Denise Joyce

Lori Bonne Associate editor High: Getting to meet author R.L. Stine (above). He was a great guy (and just a bit ghoulish). Low: Trying Mehndi! Getting my hands painted with...

Thirst: "The uncomfortable or distressful feeling caused by a desire or need for water (or another beverage)." Anyone who has truly been thirsty at the height of a Chicago summer...

You get way out of line and your mom or dad sends you to your room: no TV, no going out with your friends. Might as well be in prison,...

Everybody's food vocabulary--however humble, however haute--contains a few guilty pleasures, those foods that play a culinary siren song to normally respectable appetites. Kind of like true love, without the heartbreak....

The past, present and future mixed and mingled last weekend when the Clarendon Hills Center of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago staged its annual dinner dance. For outgoing president...

There are some who breathe a sigh of relief on Dec. 26. Then there`s Irene Spaetzel. Spaetzel, who runs Art Plus Associates along with Sue Rockouski, coordinates arts and crafts...

''Seabert Saves the Animals of Africa'' (Celebrity Home Entertainment, Just for Kids; 1985. Running time: approx. 80 min. $29.95) This is kidvid with a message: Those who champion the cause...

''Tranzor Z and The Bobobot'' and ''Tranzor Z and Dr. Demon`s Acid Bath'' (Produced by Bunker Jenkins. A 3B Production, Sony Video Software Co. 1985. Running time: 60 minutes each....

Bruce Talbot of the Woodridge Police Department takes his job literally. His mission as instructor for the police department`s Drug Abuse Resistance Education is to help kids get high without...

''The Adventures of Commander Crumbcake, Vol. 1'' (Created and developed by David Burke and Fred Surr. Hi-Tops Video, 1987. Color. Running time: 60 minutes. $14.95) Meet Commander Crumbcake, a talking...