8:59 a.m.: Arrive at your desk. (Early!)

9:01 a.m.: Smarmy co-worker saddles up to you. “Looks like someone had a rough night, eh?”

9:03 a.m.: Co-worker, duly ignored, leaves. You pull out pocket mirror. Ew: puffy bags. Grayish circles. Bloodshot ...

Gone, Daddy, gone. Summer’s gone …

SEE
Floating Out: Marine Botanical Art
What: Pick up prints made from seaweed pressings at ecofriendly store Dunia; 20 percent of sales go to the Organization for the Assabet River.
Why: Whatever ...

Ice-cold toes. Goose bumps galore. It’s not even (officially) fall and you’re already shivering at the thought of another Boston winter.

Rather than await the onslaught, meet it head-on with a trip to The Loft for esthetician Rachel Zaltman-Murphy’s American facial.

The ...

The living room? From-the-pages-of-a-shelter-mag perfect. The boudoir? Color-coordinated but comfy and always ready for guests. Bathroom: same deal.

Oh, wait. That’s your best friend’s apartment. Yours has more of a hodgepodge thing going, thanks to the, shall we say, eclectic

It’s hard being you. So fabulous. So envied. Finally, some recognition for the superstar you are.

You: the Movie

Don’t forget to thank the folks at Hindsight Media during your Oscar speech.

The Cambridge-based company believes that everybody has a ...

Getting hot under the collar? Here’s your cheat sheet for staying calm, cool, and collected.

BUY
13th Annual Summer Poster Show at International Poster Gallery
What: Catch posters depicting all of summer’s sybaritic pleasures — gardens and lobsters to dancing and ...

Dear Body,

We have to talk. Sure, your ability to rebound after gymnastics class is astounding. Ditto your tolerance for vicious volleyball games and drinking binges.

But, these days, you’re seriously slacking. Especially you, Flabby Abs. And you, Mush Tush.