What is it you want, Mary? What do you want?" Jimmy Stewart asks Donna Reed in the timeless Capra classic "It's a Wonderful Life." They're standing outside on a moonlit night after tumbling into a swimming pool at Mary's school dance. Love is in their eyes. The courting and cooing continue. "You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down," Stewart exclaims. He jabbers on some more before asking, "Am I talking too much?"
There's nothing worse than being stranded -- except being stranded in bad winter weather. Colder months are tougher on cars, and a little preventive care now will go a long way toward keeping your car running smoothly in the face of snow, sleet and freezing temperatures.
I met a guy (born March 4, 1958) on an Internet dating site in 2007. We chatted mostly about sexual topics. I flew to California to meet him. We met in a public setting and had dinner and drinks. He was very polite, talkative and sexy.
Hospitals, churches, firehouses and even taxi companies are loading up on hand sanitizer, changing behavior and taking other steps to prevent the spread of swine flu.
How can you tell whether you have a stomach virus or food poisoning? What do you do for each?
'Life is Short. Have an Affair." So reads the catchphrase for the Ashley Madison Web site, a business devoted to helping married men and women sexually hook-up with different partners. Recently I debated its creator, Noel Biderman, on the "Laura Ingraham Show."
As long as we've had our 4-year-old mutt, she yowls with joy when my wife and I come home from work or from a 10-minute outing. She greets us like we've been gone for days. Why does she do this?
Social-networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter can help community college students become more engaged in their academics, a report out this week finds.
Downtown shoppers can have their holiday gifts wrapped in exchange for a charitable donation on Nov. 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel.
The Chicagoland Apartment Marketing and Management Excellence Awards -- billed as the "Academy Awards" of the Chicago area's apartment industry -- recently were presented to winners in all facets of the business.
You can have fun shopping for holiday gifts without overspending. One west suburban husband and wife talk about their strategies, which include sticking to their budget and writing down what they've purchased for everyone. “We still have a really nice Christmas, but at least I feel like it’s in control now,” says Cindi Duncan.
When Wendy Smith was a teenager, her family sponsored a child from Cambodia who was about Smith's age. The experience, she says, had "a very big impact on me."
Recently, one of my co-workers said that eating too much fruit can make you gain weight because of its high sugar content. Is this true?
I am a Capricorn born Dec. 28, 1965 at 11:31 a.m., who has been involved for 15 years with a Gemini (born June 8, 1966). Our relationship is one that "ebbs and flows" and it makes me crazy.
Darin Riggio has a thing for older women -- he dated his first "Cougar" when he was a 19-year-old college student. She was 43.
Consumers are willing to watch their energy bills go up 70 percent before feeling forced to make energy-efficient home improvements.
Mine has to be the most guilt ridden generation of parents that has ever existed.
Pet owners love to take photographs of their pets, and often the photograph ends up as the family's Christmas card.
"Do you have NOPQ? If so, ask your doctor about Nopquease." I can't tell you how many times I've watched commercials for medicine on TV without ever figuring out what malady it is supposed to cure.
Q. Do you know what happened to the two shepherds, Shoka and Nala, on "Jon and Kate Plus Eight?" The dogs have vanished.
Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare. But an increasing number of kids can tell you that the Sesame Street character "Elmo" sneezes properly into the crook of his arm, and if they sing the whole "ABCs" song while washing their hands they'll get them really clean. They're also well acquainted with hand sanitizer, anti-bacterial wipes -- and their germ-fighting abilities.
As Old Man Winter readies for another cold winter, several Chicago area organizations are hosting coat drives to warm the needy and homeless.
'If I hadn't rented an apartment here, I would have never met my fiancee."
6 Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey and newcomer Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe star in the thought-provoking "Precious," opening today.
A therapy-based entertainment system -- designed to encourage wellness and social connectedness that can help prevent memory loss -- will be among the new technologies to help seniors showcased in the Idea House, on display next week at McCormick Place.
Suzanne Somers is at it again. Less than a year after the former sitcom actress frustrated mainstream doctors (and cheered some fans) by touting bioidentical hormones on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," she's back with a new book.
When things get out of control and you momentarily lose your emotional balance, there are any number of little things you can do to regain it.
Automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans, which is on the rise, appears to significantly boost participation in the plans, but the process may leave some workers with too little in savings when they retire.
Two-thirds of independent landlords will reduce rents to help tenants remain in their homes. And one-third of these landlords say they have lowered rents over the past 18 months, according to a new survey.
Once upon a time, the ideal for a child's room was a cozy haven filled with sturdy push-pull toys, handmade dolls and a few baskets of dress-up clothes.
New York City makeup artist and La Prairie Colour Ambassador Raychel Wade talks cosmetics:
This weekend I forgot my cell phone when I went out to do a few errands. It was fantastic! My kids couldn't bug me every eight minutes with "Where are you, when are you coming home, and can you please get to the store for 'fill in the blank?' "
As a therapy dog, Baxter comforted hundreds of hospice patients in their final hours. This year, old age caught up with Baxter.
My children are grown now, but back in the late 1970s I would mix their baby formula with boiled water and put it into the plastic liners of disposable baby bottles, which I now know contain bisphenol A (BPA). My children haven't had any problems, but I am still concerned about the danger I've put them in. Is there anything they need to know to minimize their cancer risks?
I have been casually dating a man born Oct. 5, 1974. In his job, he is constantly meeting women. I like him a lot and feel that he likes me. I have tested him in my own little ways and he passed. Can you advise if I should take this to the next level? I was born Jan. 10, 1971 at 5:11 a.m.
Seventy-eight percent of home remodeling professionals witnessed an argument between a couple in the last year, according to a new survey. The disagreements were either in the planning stage or during the remodeling work.
Probably few women can imagine not gaining weight while pregnant.
A reader wonders, what kind of dog would be a good match for a newly single 58-year-old woman?
Injured or sick cats and dogs in the Chicago area often need donor blood for emergency transfusions. That’s why the Chicago Veterinary Emergency Services is looking for pets to donate blood for its special Blood Donor Bank. Cat and dog owners are encouraged to bring their pets to the facility to be screened and donate blood.
Pet first aid classes are a combination of lecture, discussion, video presentation and live demonstration. They can be taught for dogs, cats or both, and topics include actions to take in an emergency — such as CPR and controlling bleeding — and how to recognize one. It can be life-saving information for man's best friend.
My boyfriend and I are planning our future together, and he is moving in with me. After I sell my home, we will be buying one together.
As health care workers around the country work frantically to accommodate the millions seeking protection against the H1N1 strain of influenza, they have to contend with a counter-trend: significant numbers of Americans who don't plan to vaccinate themselves or their children.
For the past two Halloweens, Julie Bonn Heath has gotten into a few battles with her son. It wasn't that he was eating too much candy -- he was just eating the wrong kind.
Your dog is like a member of the family. And like the relatives, all sorts of issues crop up. Ask Dog Lady offers common sense advice about your four-legged pals.
Halloween may be fun for humans, but for cats and dogs it can be a stressful day.
Don't let safety fall to the wayside in the excitement of Halloween.
