Louis R. Carlozo

Deals we can't resist. If you're on the go enough, you're familiar with situations that might call for these compact cases of Paper Soap (15 sheets, $1) from Pier 1....

If you think about it, the gap-toothed jack o' lantern makes an appropriate Halloween symbol, what with all those cavity-causing sweets around. But fear not if you feel like saying...

We asked 10 people to name the one thing they'd never do without, no matter how bad the economy gets, and the one sacrifice they're mulling over -- or perhaps...

The $1 ribbon packs at Target. There's a Halloween pack, with 3 yards of Boos! and spiders, and 6-yard non-seasonal selections. They're meant for scrapbooking but we are going to...

High gas prices make car-sharing services I-GO and Zipcar more tempting than ever for city dwellers. The two companies, with more than 500 vehicles around Chicago, offer memberships for drivers...

Quick meals your family will love. 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Slice 2 small bell peppers (one red and one green) and one link of Aidells chicken sausages into...

In the heavy rock band Korn, Brian "Head" Welch provided the guitar attack for a collective whose lyrics ranked among the raunchiest around. Then Welch found God, became a Christian...

Kane County's Randall Road mixes down-on-the-farm goodness with a different sort of bumper crop: suburbia on steroids. Yet in this landscape where cornfields rub shoulders with strip malls, it's possible...

In its homeland, a Philly cheese steak combines shredded porterhouse tail cut with sheets of melted cheese -- usually provolone or Cheez Whiz -- all tucked in a fresh, crisp...

Claim to fame: Gruhn (pronounced GROON) owns Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. Open since January 1970, the shop has numbered Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, George Harrison and Hank Williams Jr. (Gruhn's...