Ross Werland

Not since someone invented the wonderfully ambiguous term "personal trimmer" has there been such a pleasant advance in hardware for unwanted hair. It's the Micro Touch from Idea Village Inc.,...

Scientists have been warning us about the signs of global warming and ecological doom, and another bad sign came in the Chicago area during the last few weeks. Between the...

Most people walking through the Loop during extreme cold don't seem to worry much about how stylish their winter defenses look. A particular hat or scarf might look hideous, but...

KIDS' STUFF Snowy fun is not all in the wrist Sweaty hands on top of icy wrists have cut short many an afternoon of sledding and snowball fighting. L-Bow Mittens...

It's nearly February, and most of us have hardly even gone through a quart of the new colognes we received over the holidays. Then again, it may take years to...

This much can be said for the label on Cleavage Creek Cellars wine: It does catch the eye, showing an attractive young woman--and cleavage, as inspired by wine country geology....

Psychology Today magazine has declared a new era in mating: the rise of the new trophy wife. Based on surveys and evidence from researchers in the field, the tide has...

Not yet a month into Illinois' new left-lane law, I can report that the right lane on major highways is nearly deserted. At least, that was the lane of choice...

Canada is very close to the Guy Page's heart, because of all those walleyes, northerns and beers, eh? But we have one little quibble with an otherwise fine Canadian product...

In the event of nuclear war or some other general catastrophe, don't be in downtown Chicago. I can say this through observation of the fruit salad bin in the Plaza...