- Dr. Atkins, I Presume
Am I a pig? While I possess no particularly porcine qualities (a sincere love of truffles notwithstanding), it may be that I am.
| - Old World Meets New
The Grille Above the Valley occupies the site atop Granger Road hill that until about two years ago housed the venerable Czech Inn.
|  | - Romantic Winter Reds
Marianne Frantz
For centuries, red wine has been associated with romantic evenings. However, not all reds are Cupid-worthy. So just what makes a red wine romantic?
| - Accidental Entrepreneurs
Kim Palmer
At 1300 W. 78th St., a nondescript brick building with the painted words "American Greetings Creative Studios" fading on its side, it's easy to run into a former, current or future rock star.
| - Every Day With Morrie
Marie Cantese
ne evening, Mitch Albom flipped on the television and saw his former professor, Morrie Schwartz, talking on "Nightline" about what it was like to be dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
| - Here / Now
Jacqueline Marino
There's a chopper in Michael Deming's basement. Not a real one. Not a model of one.
| - Local Sounds
Jim Vickers
It's not what you think. Tommy Wiggins' "Adult Themes" tackles, as he puts it in his liner notes, "love, longing, pain and regrets, bad things that happen to good people, getting up every day to go to work, a little melancholy, and a song about protecting your daughters from greasy musicians."
| - Teens Acting Up
Dalia Wheatt
When 16-year-old Tyler Slaughter watches the young actors on shows such as "Seventh Heaven" and "My Wife and Kids," one thought runs through his head: If they can do it, I can do it, too.
| - A View From the Edge
Jim Vickers
Tracey Lind spent years searching for God. Then, she encountered him inside a McDonald's in New York City.
| - Bag to the Future
Marie Catanese
Dawn and Rita Zidonis merge fashion and art with the duo's There She Goes line of custom accessories. And they've got a creation with your name written all over it.
| - Going Big-time
Kim Schneider
Pro wrestling is hitting PAX 23 television next month, but don't look for flying drop kicks and tons of trash-talk. This is not what "The Rock" is cooking.
| - Name Dropping
The Editors
There she was, sandwiched between a towel-clad desperate housewife and a teen movie starlet with a wardrobe malfunction.
| - Neighborhood Watch
The Editors
Om, sweet Om. Buck Harris couldn't be happier about the improvements soon to pop up near his yoga studio, located in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood's revamped Courtland Building.
| - On the Rebound
The Editors
Not everyone was optimistic when Cedar Fair LLP bought Six Flags Worlds of Adventure last year and restored the property to its longtime Geauga Lake identity.
| - Reading Cleveland
Colleen Mytnick
Maybe you can't judge a book by its cover. But can you judge a community by the books they're snapping up faster than the general population?
| | - Newsbites
Classics has nabbed a Five Diamond award from AAA, the first and only restaurant in Ohio to garner such a prestigious honor.
| - Pity the Fools
Thomas Mulready
Pity the fools who do not live in Greater Cleveland. Out-of-towners suffer under the delusion that Cleveland is a second-rate cultural backwater that could never appeal to elite sophisticates on the coasts.
| - Our Most Interesting People for 2005
The Editors
They set the dance stage and the nightlife scene on fire -- and set themselves ablaze, too. They dress the stars and shoot rockets to the stars. They buck the political status quo and get buck nekkid in Playboy. Here's a peek at thos who pique our curiosity.
| | - Battle Cry
Jacqueline Marino
Elecia Battle has a dream. It gets her up each morning before the sun rises over her Lee-Harvard bungalow. It calls her to the kitchen cupboard, to the expensive little bottles labeled "Amino Fuel," "Up Time" and "Women's Ultra Mega."
| - The Bachelorette Next Door
Lynne Thompson
Jen Schefft pops one red grape after another into her mouth as she sits at the kitchen table in her parents' Mentor home late one October morning. She's slowly but surely destroying the fresh-fruit centerpiece while waiting for a camera crew to begin shooting scenes for "The Bachelorette," ABC-TV's popular reality dating show.
| - Feagler for Mayor
Michael D. Roberts
Unlike the ads from last year's exhaustive political season, this column is not authorized in any way by Richard H. Feagler, nor will it be approved by whatever law firm he might engage as a result of it.
| - Beating the Back-to-Work Blues
Karen Fuller
When Christine Sivak returned to work after her three-month maternity leave, her overriding feeling was guilt.
| - Glam Garages
Diane DiPiero
Whether you need more storage space or more room to hang out, you can make the garage a more vital part of your home.
| - Home: The First Classroom
Karen Fuller
When it comes to interacting with the preschool set, experts agree that the best way for them to learn is through communication and play.
| - How to Choose a Remodeler
Diane DiPiero
Maybe you already have a vision for the space you've chosen for re-modeling, and you want to work with someone who can make that a reality. Or you might only know that you want something different, and you need a person who can craft a great plan for you.
| - Leading the Way
Kim Schneider
Don't wait around for Paige Davis from "Trading Spaces" or Evan Farmer from "While You Were Out" to come knocking on your door and surprise you with the home makeover of your dreams.
| - No More Yelling
Lori Valyko Weber
Nanette Bryan, a Chardon mother of two boys, was at her wit's end last spring when her first-grader began chewing his clothes when he was bored. Brandon would come home from school with gnawed-through shirts that had been whole that morning.
| - The Urge to Remodel
Mary Morgan Edwards
Of all the joys and troubles that come with owning a home, can anything be more thrilling — or terrifying — than the prospect of remodeling?
| - Two to One
Karin Connelly
If the walls in the home at 3388 Beechwood Ave. in Cleveland Heights could talk, they would probably have a lot to say about the past 82 years.
| - Young, Hip and Re-creating Cleveland
Amber Matheson
Ever thrilled to the idea of strolling through a museum after hours? Been to a party and thought, I could come up with something better than this?
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