Wendy Navratil

For nominees who leave the Oscars without a statuette, there's the consolation libation of Chicago's own Effen Vodka, nestled within a bag--or would that be a wheelbarrow?--of $46,000 worth of...

It's the next generation of karaoke, and a first step for Oscar wannabes. - For at-home thespian training--or, more likely, just a good chuckle--hook up the "Movie Karaoke Presents 'American...

Unsavory on a good day, the labors of a plumber are sometimes just too much. "You wouldn't believe the way some people live," mine said, chuckling after I apologized for...

Parents of cart-riding children, brace yourself for a grocery-store gross-out. One study at the University of Arizona found that not only meat drippings but also body fluids--blood, mucus, saliva--sometimes go...

Longing for logos of your own in the wake of Fashion Week in New York? A fun spin at Spa Emilia in Chicago is manicures (and pedicures) with the Louis...

Final credits hadn't even rolled on the HBO series, and already there was a new "Sex and the City" in town. So it has seemed on Sunday nights at T's...

Crime may not pay, but it plays-- with a full deck--thanks to a burst of celebrity courtroom activity. New "Starz Behind Barz" cards feature non-retouched mug shots and rap sheets...

Why let couples and bouquets corner the flower market? Friends and family can pop the top on a pastel can, give it a splash of water and sunlight, then watch...

For both the inner voyeur and the inner exhibitionist, a few frosted shower stall walls, men's and women's, will be in view of the front desk at the new Crunch...

At last, one of the most fiendish fitness problems is solved. Zip It Ankle Sox have one zipper pocket per pair where you can stash a key, an ID and...