Denise Joyce

There was something not quite right about the scene glimpsed from a cab traveling west on Adams Street toward Union Station. It wasn't the fact that everyone in a crowd...

Noon was approaching one May Sunday when my husband and I found ourselves near one of his favorite Mexican restaurants in Downers Grove. Given the hour and the day, the...

You know it's coming. Just as the memories of last summer's family road trip fade, here come the holidays and yet another opportunity to jam the family into a closed...

One pricey Italian restaurant on Walton Street complicates its menu with courses beyond appetizer, entree and dessert, logically dubbed "in-between" courses. On a recent weekend, our party of eight took...

The day I noticed that my husband's wallet was in danger of falling out of the growing hole in the left rear pocket of his "good" jeans was not the...

Many self-help books purport to explain the difference between male and female communication: how to decipher hidden messages, unspoken thoughts, implied meaning. I have learned to assume nothing. The most...

Do-it-yourself hair color can be time-consuming and a tad messy, and salon visits can be time-consuming and expensive. So it's a pain (we're told) when roots start to re-appear only...

It took a little bit of arm-twisting to persuade our moderately gray-haired test subject to try Just for Men shampoo-in hair color. After all, this is a guy whose preferred...

Passing through the farmers market at Daley Plaza recently, I was tempted by blueberries, peaches and sweet corn. I hesitated because buying anything would mean lugging it to work and...

At Q we could have rushed into a burning building to test the efficacy of My Xcaper Smoke Mask, but we're not stupid, so we just stuck our head into...