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November 21, 2015

Scene and Heard: Medicine Ball

Guests at the annual Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation's Medicine Ball dressed to match its James Bond theme.
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November 21, 2015

Photos: Exploring a whimsical cottage

A Shoreview couple welcomes guests to their cottage garden, which beckons with waterfalls, a playhouse and flea-market finds.
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November 21, 2015
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Beth Dooley sings the praise of good food in new book of essays

Beth Dooley draws on years in the Twin Cities connecting the dots that make up the local food scene in "In Winter's Kitchen."
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November 21, 2015

Homegazing: Pillsbury mansion has a pedigree – and its own 'period room'

Like many empty nesters, Uri and Melissa Camarena started thinking about downsizing to a condo. Instead they upsized — big time — to a gigantic limestone mansion. You can have it for $1.995 million.
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November 21, 2015
Anna Camp (Dorothy Bradford), William Kartheiser (William Bradford), Maria Vos (Elizabeth Winslow) and Barry Sloane (Edward Winslow) onboard the Mayfl

Kartheiser sets sail for a whole new world in 'Saints & Strangers'

Vincent Kartheiser's latest campaign takes him far from Madison Avenue and "Mad Men."
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November 21, 2015
This photo was posted on the series' official Twitter account bearing the message, "Welcome to #Series6 of #Downton Abbey."

Withering Glance: Things we love and for which we are thankful

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Fresh shrimp at Es Xarcu, a beach restaurant in Ibiza. (Josh Noel/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Ibiza can be downright cozy in the offseason

Summer means endless nights of noisy clubs, but October is quaint, serene.

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