Boys who never grew up show off their outer child
Paige Wiser: Technically, Tom Ciesielka is an adult. He is 47 years old, he's married, he even owns his own public relations agency. But in many ways, this North Sider never grew up. There's the extensive toy collection, for instance, including the clanging monkey who screams when you bang its head.
Paige Wiser: Technically, Tom Ciesielka is an adult. He is 47 years old, he's married, he even owns his own public relations agency. But in many ways, this North Sider never grew up. There's the extensive toy collection, for instance, including the clanging monkey who screams when you bang its head.
Good gossip gone bad in reality TV
Paige Wiser: Call it "delayed gratification." It's the phenomenon that there is real-time gossip going down, but we'll have to wait till the next season of the reality show to get the whole scoop. It's like saying, "I taped the game, so don't tell me the score -- till January."
Paige Wiser: Call it "delayed gratification." It's the phenomenon that there is real-time gossip going down, but we'll have to wait till the next season of the reality show to get the whole scoop. It's like saying, "I taped the game, so don't tell me the score -- till January."
New economic engine: game shows
This seems like a very good time to acquaint ourselves with the growth industries of the future. I'm not saying you'll lose your job. But if you were pinning your career hopes on being a troubadour or something like that, you may need a backup plan.
Believability Meter puts candidates to the test
Call me an optimist, but I'm impressed by the selection this election year.
What women can do to combat 'frenemies'
Paige Wiser: Tracy Fulce and Corinne Litchfield are proof that "frenemies" need not be fatal. The word is a combination of "friend" and "enemy," for those relationships where it's hard to tell the difference. These two started as friends but took a nasty detour toward enemy territory. "Corinne and I competed in almost every area," says Fulce, 34, of Evanston. "It got to a point that it was clearly toxic for the both of us, but neither of us could control the impulse to hurt the other."
Paige Wiser: Tracy Fulce and Corinne Litchfield are proof that "frenemies" need not be fatal. The word is a combination of "friend" and "enemy," for those relationships where it's hard to tell the difference. These two started as friends but took a nasty detour toward enemy territory. "Corinne and I competed in almost every area," says Fulce, 34, of Evanston. "It got to a point that it was clearly toxic for the both of us, but neither of us could control the impulse to hurt the other."
New medical column prescribes wellness
Sun-Times Exclusive: Starting today, doctors Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen will be contributing a weekly column about wellness and quality of life. The best-selling authors break down complicated concepts to Biology 101. You'd probably recognize the doctors if they were standing next to faithful reader Oprah Winfrey. Appearances on her show have raised their profile.
Sun-Times Exclusive: Starting today, doctors Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen will be contributing a weekly column about wellness and quality of life. The best-selling authors break down complicated concepts to Biology 101. You'd probably recognize the doctors if they were standing next to faithful reader Oprah Winfrey. Appearances on her show have raised their profile.
These phenoms redefine 'celebrity'
Once upon a time, celebrities knew their place. They used their powers for good -- volunteering as a UNICEF ambassador, maybe -- or just to get free sunglasses.
Size matters in the Ferris wars
Paige Wiser: In these uncertain times, there is at least one industry that is positively booming: Ferris wheel manufacturing. Yes, in general, the news is bad. Forbes magazine just ranked Chicago the No. 1 most stressful city in America, what with the unemployment rate, gas prices and poor air quality. Those are complicated problems. We might never recover from them. But we can do our darnedest to close the Ferris wheel gap.
Paige Wiser: In these uncertain times, there is at least one industry that is positively booming: Ferris wheel manufacturing. Yes, in general, the news is bad. Forbes magazine just ranked Chicago the No. 1 most stressful city in America, what with the unemployment rate, gas prices and poor air quality. Those are complicated problems. We might never recover from them. But we can do our darnedest to close the Ferris wheel gap.
Rooftop 'farm' a true labor of love
'It just kind of grew," says Doran Swan of the rooftop garden he and wife Jennifer Cutilletta started a few years ago with a pepper plant or two.