The best way to load a dishwasher
It would seem the simplest of household tasks: Grab dirty plates, pop them in the dishwasher and run them through a rinse cycle. Donzo. Well, not so fast. If "clean"...
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Don’t lose your children! Tips for parents at carnivals and crowded places
Keeping track of kids at an amusement park or other crowded venue is a roller coaster ride in itself. And the bigger the crowds, the more loopy you're bound to...
Life Skill #493: How to improve your handwriting
Look at your hands. See those fingers? Chances are, they know how to type and swipe. But can they hold a pen and produce the kind of handwriting that would...
Frame-worthy tips from Clickin Moms CEO
Child in a sports uniform giving a thumbs-up. Child curled up on the couch in PJs. Child with a maniacal grin standing next to Mickey Mouse. We've all seen these...
Masculine mystique
Made for men, admired by women The man bag just got manlier. In August, Louis Vuitton released the Damier Graphite line of luxury luggage and accessories that has a distinctly...
Give the gift of good wrap
Your nieces are still quibbling about whether they want Barbies or Bratz for the holidays. But that doesn't mean you can't get ahead on shopping. Start with the wrapping paper....
Solid gold
Perfume bottles, with their chiseled glass designs and shiny caps, sure are pretty. But they're not always practical. (Try squeezing one into a clutch handbag and you're doomed.) As an...
FOR BIG SHOTS
Big-screen plasma TVs. SUVs. Extra-large fries (plus ketchup and salt, please). We live in a super-sized world. But when it comes to fashion, there's not much for the big and...
TRAVEL ACCESSORY
On a long flight, you'll do anything for a little R&R (such as requesting an exit row for more legroom and ordering a mini bottle of whiskey to, er, sleep...
Click your heels for comfy, stylish footwear
QC's Shop Hop highlights cool shops and salons in and around Chicago. Want shoes that feel good, but leery of "comfort footwear" shops? A new Southport Corridor boutique has comfy,...