Go green. It’s not just for the Web

Add comment January 15th, 2009

Starting Sunday, Life&Style will get a little greener.

Inside, you’ll find a new weekly Go Green page devoted to local and national news, trends, events and advice that will help you be more Earth-friendly.

It also will include excerpts from my Go Green blog, which launched last May. If you have any questions, call Life&Style editor Lisa Glowinski at 815-987-1379.

Of course, remember to recycle your newspaper when you’re done!

she’s getting a makeover!

Add comment May 23rd, 2008

sunday life&style, that is.

ever since we launched the monday-saturday GO section two years ago, the life&style section went from seven days a week to one.

this weekend, we’re unveiling a new look for the page: more magazine-like, with shorter stories on topics readers have told us they like: family, home/garden, travel, tech, relationships, food, movies, music, books and fashion.

we’ll also have a health item from healthyrockford.com, which launches next month, and a short excerpt from rockford woman magazine.

maybe the highest profile change is moving elizabeth davies’ generation x/mommy column from thursday’s people section.

some things have moved: will pfeifer’s dvd column about older releases can be found in the friday go section. the “go way ahead” planner can be found in saturday go.

on a final note: remember when i asked for your mom/dad/grandma/grandpa moments and photos? we’ll put them in sunday life&style. so send them in to me at jpollock@rrstar.com!

mother’s day is only a week away

Add comment May 2nd, 2008

so don’t say you we’re reminded (i have to still buy my gifts — eek!).

in that spirit, i thought i’d tell you that we plan to kick off a new feature in sunday life&style called “mom moments.” we want you to send your pictures and quotes from the things your kids did or the things you did as a parent that made you smile or laugh. think of the stuff you see in parenting mags or reader’s digest.

we also want “dad moments,” since the person who came up with this idea was a father who was laughing about telling his son about the birds and the bees. and i bet we’d get a lot of “grandma moments” and maybe even “grandpa moments.”

for now, send them to me at jpollock@rrstar.com if you have ‘em. of course, i have to include the standard language…..

“Include your name, city, daytime phone number (for verification) and caption information.

Only submissions that include the submitter’s name, address and phone number and that are verified by the Register Star can be considered for publication.

All submissions may be edited for length, accuracy and clarity. All submissions may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other forms.”