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The Great Escape is all about your time. Each week, we’ll tell you about one great idea to give you a much deserved break, and make your life a little easier—and maybe a whole lot more fun.
Tucked away amid tall, mature tress on eight acres is the quaint and quiet Oscar Swan Country Inn in Geneva. The bed and breakfast, housed in an historic mansion at 1800 W. State St., has been offering themed luncheons the past two months, and the last one is Saturday. Called The Luck of the Irish, the menu includes a baked potato bar and all the toppings, pork tenderloin, two desserts and more for $15.95 per person. You also can enjoy the delicious food and charming decor at this 100-year-old estate for the weekend, if you would like to stay after lunch. Call 630-232-0173 by Friday for lunch…
The ultimate Great Escape—The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Remember those late nights when you would slip out of your parents' house wearing a bizarre costume and smuggling toast and maybe even rolls of toilet paper to see this 1975 cult film? Well, you can see it again, but this time you don't have to sneak out. Just get a babysitter. But don't forget to put on a French's maid's outfit or dig out those fishnet stockings, make some toast and grab a roll or two of toilet paper. You'll be set to go Friday to the Arcada Theatre in downtown St. Charles for an 11 p.m. showing of this rockin' …
We know if you hear that word—MOM!—one more time ... Well, you can be whoever you want to be Saturday at Karaoke Night at Caboosees Bar & Grill, 300 Crescent Pl., Geneva. Unleash your inner Madonna, Carrie Underwood, or maybe even Lady GaGa. The mike is all yours from 9 p.m.-midnigh Most likely, no world's record will be broken that night. (According to Wikipedia, the feat of the largest number of people singing karaoke at one time was accomplished May 26, 2006, in Helsinki, Finland thanks to more than 80,000 Finns.) But you and your friends or husband, if he is not embarrassed, will have …

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