Emerald is the birthstone for May. Ranging in color from light to deep green, emeralds were Cleopatra’s favorite gemstones. Her admiration was so deep, she claimed the ancient Egyptian emerald mines as her own. The word emerald derives from the Latin term “smaragdus”, simply meaning green gem. Emeralds are from the beryl family of minerals ...
Some of Chicago’s best restaurants are hidden on the outskirts of Chicago. One of the best in the Southwest suburbs is Chi Tung, located at 9560 S. Kedzie. Chi Tung offers a huge selection of Chinese, Japanese, and Thai cuisine, all for affordable prices. A fun atmosphere and giant portions also make Chi Tung a ...
If you got your Nokia phone from your mobile provider, chances are, your mobile is probably locked to your network. What does it mean? It means you can’t use your phone with other service provider, so if you decide that Company A has a bad service and you want to switch to Company B and ...
Diners looking for healthy alternatives in restaurants have an on line source that points them in the right direction, Healthy Dining Finder. Just put in a zip code and get information on restaurants that offer healthy choices on their menu. Click on the restaurants link and you go to a page with the nutritional information. ...
“Home is a small town with a deadly secret.” -Gary Indiana The television series, Twin Peaks, creates a sense of nightmare by introducing a quaint, small, American town and then stuffing it with a seedy underbelly of sex, drugs, murder, greed and corruption. By building a television show on the story of the town’s good-looking, ...
Who can agree with me that most women love to shop? For some reason though when it is time to do all of the boring household shopping we get a bit hesitant. Usually it would mean going to the mall to buy clothes, to the shoe store for inexpensive shoes, to the grocery store for ...
Orange and brown were very popular colors in the 70’s, and they are making a dramatic comeback. However, they are much richer and far more visually appealing than the hues of decades past. An orange and brown modern living room with white accents is particularly stylish, and other colors including blue and yellow can be ...
In the recent years a number of businesses have endeavored to answer to consumer demand for faster fast food. What could possibly be faster than food prepared in advance kept under a heat lamp and dispensed through a drive-through window? You might ask “Haven’t we degraded the American diet sufficiently by catering to the mobile ...
Gorgeous pale green crystals made it among my most precious purchases at the Tucson Gem Show 2011. Combining them in a graduated array with large cluster pearls, I uttered a spontaneous “WOW” from my bench on completing the piece. The last two pale green crystals I had were worked into attractive drop-chain dangle earrings. Unknown ...
As I was driving in my area recently, I saw a hubcap propped up against a telephone pole in someone’s yard. That reminded me to check the hubcaps on my own cars. This winter has been especially mild here in the Midwest, so the roads are in pretty good shape. Still, hitting potholes is just ...
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