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From food to fun, it was a jungle in there.(Food Plus)

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From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Date: 20010704
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Byline: Laura Bianchi

Shirley LeBeau's recent African Safari dinner party for six was so authentic you would swear her guests could hear Tarzan letting loose a yell as he swung from fixture to fixture.

In fact, Tarzan was in her bathroom in the shape of a doll that yelled when you moved.

That doll was just one tiny detail of a dinner party that was a year in the making as Shirley collected decorations, dishes, party favors and recipes for an Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired African jungle safari.

Burroughs, the author of the Tarzan series, is a favorite of husband ...

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