Patrick Kampert

The subject of teaching your kids some basic skills like fishing, baseball and yo-yo tricks has the potential to be a terrific cure for insomnia. But Renaissance man Jeffrey Lee...

CAMOUFLAGE DIRTY LAUNDRY One of the rules of bargain hunting: Never pass an Army-Navy store without stopping in. Where else can you find dinged-up mess kits and canteens for the...

Do you fail to smile when you meet someone new? You may come across as distant or cold. Do you lean toward people when they're talking? They may see you...

Last week a group of seven girls ages 13 to 17 were arrested after two women were attacked in robberies on the CTA. Considering the much-publicized hazing incident by female...

Though flu season usually doesn't end until April, it's OK to breathe a small sigh of relief--just don't do it in somebody else's face. Fears of a pandemic did not...

"Lo que no te mata te engorda." --Chicago native Mayda Del Valle related the best advice she got from her mother. Her mother's influence and her childhood as a self-described...

You're a guy who takes your music seriously but stopped reading Rolling Stone at least a decade ago. You're bugged that your radio choices seem limited to contrived pop or...

Can the everyman appeal of NASCAR gain some do-it-yourself traction in Chicago? In winter, no less? That's what Chicago Indoor Racing is banking on, opening its first indoor go-cart complex...

It is not a fad, it is a new order. And more and more, Chicago-area restaurateurs are seeing its effects every day: people dining under the influence of the low-carbohydrate,...

Bug spray? That's so yesterday. Same with citronella. For those worried about West Nile virus--or just tired of mosquito bites--American Biophysics' Mosquito Magnet uses a naturally occurring chemical called octenol...