March 2001 – Jae-Ha Kim

Go out `Sopranos’ style — Chicagoans pay tribute to TV’s hottest show: call it wiseguy wear

March 28, 2001September 2, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

Anthony Potenzo has one thing to say to about how the men dress on “The Sopranos”: “It’s about time!” A big-time “Sopranos” fan, Potenzo hosts weekly Sunday night parties. In his Gold Coast apartment festooned with photos of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, Potenzo cooks up a pot of homemade soup or pasta, serves wine to his nattily dressed crew and tunes the TV to HBO’s hit mob series, which just began its third season.

Eyelid surgery: self-loathing or self-expression?

March 28, 2001September 2, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

“I very rarely see a patient that says she wants to look different than her heritage,” says says Dr. Alan Matarasso. “The goal is to give more definition to the eyelid, but not to make Asian women look Westernized.”

She is Hooked on DVDs: Like millions of others, staff reporter Jae-Ha Kim shamelessly cast aside her VCR in favor of new technology. Now she gets her kicks buying films on those CD-like discs

March 27, 2001June 16, 2023 Jae-Ha Kim

Those shiny, pristine CD-like discs are my obsession. Each time I get a new one, it’s like I’m getting a sweet gift. Besides their affordable price, they are a movie buff’s dream. Sure, there’s the prime attraction of the movie. But most discs contain myriad treats, such as the director’s commentary, alternate endings, the option to watch the film with subtitles or listen to it in a foreign language, interviews with the cast and so on.

Compulsive talkers

March 15, 2001August 11, 2011 Jae-Ha Kim

The motor-mouth trap: They’re compulsive talkers–and they’ve got you cornered, frantically looking for a way out of their constant yammering. You know the ones. Ask them what time it is, and they tell you how to build a clock. Here’s how to savor the sounds of silence again.

The privacy plight

March 13, 2001July 27, 2017 Jae-Ha Kim

Every time you click on an Internet site–even those having nothing to do with e-commerce–you are taking the chance that some marketer or Web host will take the opportunity to gather personal information about you without your knowledge, says the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Harry Potter movie previews on Net

March 2, 2001August 8, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

Harry Potter fans got a sneak peek at the highly anticipated movie Thursday when Warner Bros. put up the film’s first trailer on the Internet. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” won’t be in theaters until Nov. 16, but fans may catch the nearly two-minute trailer at www.warnerbros.com.

Voicemail brings endless love

March 1, 2001May 9, 2021 Jae-Ha Kim

You can’t press it into a scrapbook or frame it. But voicemail messages offer the gift of forever–something Lynn Petrak cherishes. Petrak has one of the last messages her mother left for her before she died six years ago.