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It's like the Consumer Reports of local services: "They rate the automobiles, we rate the places to get them fixed." That's how Robert Krughoff, founder and president of Consumers' Checkbook,...
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If there's such a thing as an "average" son of a preacher man and Marine, Jon Passavant is far from it. Featured in Cosmopolitan and profiled on "Extra," Passavant is...
Thinking outside the candy box
If you're one of those relatively rare breeds who prepare for Valentine's Day more than four hours in advance, custom-made objects of affection can score bonus points. For a gift...
Champagne and shopping
Consider it the whipped cream on your weekend. TwoScoops.net, which supplies daily e-mail briefings on local style and beauty, serves up "Flavors of Fashion" on Sunday--that's today to most of...
She’s a winner with her red Corvette
It's the day after Election Day that will go down in history for Michella Taylor, a criminal justice student at Indiana University. That's when Taylor, 31, received a phone call...
Another maternity growth spurt
Wellness has been another area of expansion in maternity shopping and services. Beyond her Target maternity-wear partnership, designer Liz Lange also has teamed up with Nike for a workout wear...
No ordinary rock hunt
Call it the seventh wonder of the diamond world--and a mysterious one at that. Cartier is displaying the Patiala necklace, the biggest necklace it has ever made, at its Chicago...
A place for dreams and a job
On Monday afternoon, a holiday rush already was on at American Girl Place, a temple of dolls, dreams and diversity. But the throngs weren't shoppers, they were job applicants. Word...
Sharp-dressed men
Men's style guru Alan Flusser will amplify advice from his latest book "Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion" (HarperCollins, $49.95) in Chicago on Thursday. That means pointers...
Celebrity-spotting at home
If you could swear you saw Tipper Gore or Elizabeth Hurley breezing down the street last week, your eyes weren't necessarily playing tricks on you. It was a big week...