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RLabel The Reset You know when an item looks great in a picture but then feels thin and cheap IRL? This is not that dress. This black, sleeveless maxidress from R Label's The Reset is maxi-drama-dressing perfection. Long, slinky, lean, the fabric…

Improve your moves

Need another reason to skip the gym? Home improvement may be the best one yet. According to Lowe's Home Improvement stores, doing typical tasks around the house are a good way to tone muscles and lose weight. Lowe's, teaming up with Liz Neporent,…

A night for learning to fly solo

No one makes eye contact when she first walks into Early to Bed, a woman-oriented sex-toy boutique on Chicago's North Side. That's normal, store owner Searah Deysach said. "Most people look horrified when they come in," she said, laughing. This night…

To PMS jokes: Bah, humbug!

Feeling crabby? Premenstrual? This probably won't help. As though PMS isn't bad enough, there's a product designed to "humorously" anticipate what mood to expect based on where you are in your menstrual cycle. Introducing the PMS Tracker, a novelty…

Lost innocence at an early age

Capturing adolescence is a tough task for any writer. The fears, longings and bewilderment are difficult to get right, particularly when they involve a young woman's budding sexuality. This is the territory of Lisa Dierbeck's bracing new novel "One…

Quench thirst, arouse desire

If you believe the popular media, we are having less sex than ever. Newsweek magazine reported this trend in the summer with a cover story that trumpeted "No Sex Please, We're Married." According to the article and other sources (Dr. Phil), modern…

A drug with sex appeal

Do we need a drug to turn us into the Hilton sisters? Drug manufacturers seem to think so. A synthetic hormone called Melanotan was being tested for its skin-darkening qualities at the University of Arizona Cancer Center when its side effects cropped…

DARK DAYS

There are so many haunted houses this year in the city and suburbs that it's, well, scary. In the city, many of the same haunts are still haunted, but a new ghost, Captain Fear, has come out to frequent Navy Pier. Skyline Stage will be transformed…

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