It’s 11:35 p.m. Your post-work martini turned into three, plus two beers and a shot of tequila. Being in public is not a legally viable option. But you still need food.

Or maybe it’s only 10 p.m., but you’re already ...

At a certain point, your daily to-do list becomes nothing short of an existential affront.

Three hours spent waiting for the cable guy. Two days planning your dad’s surprise birthday party. Two nights addressing thank-you cards. Six afternoons waiting in ...

Since the dawn of our makeup-buying years, most of us have accumulated enough sticks, wands, and brushes to recreate Guernica. The buzz of new cosmetics can be tough to resist, so our vanity drawers brim with pencils and tubes ...

You.

So ahead of your time. Nose ring? You had one back in the sixth grade. Wedge espadrilles? You carved ’em.

So while all your “contemporaries” amble around with yoga mats strapped to their backs, you’re toting a bow and ...

Let Newbury Street line its corporate retail coffers. And let Beacon Hill revel in preppified cuteness. If there’s one neighborhood that has unquestionably earned a lock on cutting-edge style — as found at the junction of historic and hip — ...

The clock’s ticking, so let’s get right to that list of life goals: 1) swim with dolphins, 2) read Encyclopedia Britannica, 3) own a Jeff Fichera painting.

Um. Jeff who?

The name may not ring a bell, but just ...

Back in the day, life seemed so much easier.

Marriages were arranged. Beauty rituals were relatively uncomplicated. And, best of all, there wasn’t a cell phone to be found — let alone a Blackberry, Treo, Palm, or wireless notebook.

So ...