Q: My great-grandmother died years ago and it came to the attention of everyone that I was the only girl to receive all the heirlooms in my family. I've seen a ton of things recently, from quilts to bibles, and in the end, I ended up with some fine china
A: I own a set of Noritakes bought in the early 1970's and I intend one of my grandchildren to have it.
You will have to send me a picture by email so that I'll have a fair idea of how much it could be worth. How many pieces in the set? Is
I saw it online once at a korean spree...but I forgot the link to it!
Its a darkish grey, (semi) tweed bag, kinda like a mix between a chanel bag and a birkin bag, with a zipper near the bottom. The zipper circles round the bag tho, it
The Chicago Botanic Garden
The following events will take place at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road in Glencoe. For more information call (847) 835-5440 or visit www.chicagobotanic.org.
Registration for the 2012 summer day camp programs has begun. In addition to the Chicago Botanic Garden’s week long summer day camp, Camp CBG now offers full-day camps from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. for two weeks for children ages 6-9. Among the camps offered are My First Camp 2 & 3; Green Sprouts; Green Thumbs; Explorer; Adventurers; Leaders in Training; Yoga Bash; and Discover Dance.
After 6 long agonising yrs of being discarded as a "sleeper" after the Chechnya campaign I have finally received the usual cryptography from "fat Penguin" I have been expecting a call back to action as soon as the Koreans ordered a
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Community Calendar for April 20 Illinois Quilter Inc. will meet at 6:45 pm May 3 at Beth Hillel Congregation, 3220 Big Tree Lane, Wilmette. The speaker will be Maggie Weiss discussing “Personal Geography Mapping Your Life in Quilts.” An all day workshop will take place May 5 and |
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GALLERY: Historic Journal photos of area Girl Scouts Credit: Journal photo by Scott Hoffmann -- 4/21/1986 -- Edyth Ann Green puts a stitch in the quilt that she and other members of Brownie Troop 382 made for the Ronald McDonald House. Helping are troop leader Mary Jo Brewer, left, |
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Our guide to the summer festivals of 2012 June 23: Wheeling International Fest 2012, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9930 S. Capital Drive, Wheeling: 11 am to 6 pm Saturday, June 23. Community wide-food festival, showcases shopping and dining opportunities and the variety of cultures in the |