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The Naperville Jaycees' annual Last Fling celebration runs 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Sunday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday in downtown with music, food, carnival rides, games and more. Also, a craft show runs 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today and Sunday and an antique car show runs 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St. Info: lastfling.org. • Theatre-Hikes presents "Little Women" at 1 p.m. most Saturdays and Sundays in September at Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. The show moves among settings, taking the audience on a hike. The Sept. 9 show is low-impact on paved trails. The Sept. 16 show is at 4 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner; reservations are due Sept. 13. Tickets: $15 regular shows; $37 dinner show. Info: (630) 968-0074 or mortonarb.org. • Patriot Golf Day at Naperville's Springbrook and Naperbrook golf courses asks golfers to donate $1 to Wounded Warriors Inc., which benefits the Fallen Heroes Foundation to help wounded soldiers and families of those killed in action.
Entree into the kitchen
The question is a hot topic in certain food circles: Why are outsiders being hired to open certain top-drawer Washington restaurants? Isn't the reputation or education of home-grown talent good enough?
Celebrity chefs Eric Ripert and Wolfgang Puck are scheduled to head up two first-class eateries in the District next year, following others who have come to the region from other large cities.
It's not the quality of local cooking schools that is in question, suggest District chefs Jeff Tunks of Passion Food Hospitality, a restaurant group that includes Ceiba, DC Coast and TenPehn, and Vikram Garg of Indebleu, but the high stakes of being successful in an extremely competitive field where problems include keeping young chefs who often think moving from job to job builds a more impressive resume.
Change Your Life One Day at a Time with New Multiple-Day Lifestyle Enhancement Journeys
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Orlando Grande Lakes' new Lifestyle Enhancement Journey, is priced exclusively and available to guests at both The Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) August 18, 2007 -- Although pampering of the body has a purpose, a massage for the mind and spa therapy for the spirit are equally as important in achieving complete wellness. The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Orlando Grande Lakes' new Lifestyle Enhancement Journey, is priced exclusively and available to guests at both The Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott. The Orlando spa offers a fulfilling path that addresses the total being; a program which rivals what was once only available at destination spas. Self-discovery, preventive care and the development of positive lifestyle habits are the roots of this multiple-day (two or three) program.
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