Once upon a time there was a lovely girl named Nicole.

She was a very serious student. Just sentences away from completing her masters in creative writing. Each day she would sit at her computer perfecting her prose. And each ...

Ah, youth.

To drive fast, party hard, worship the sun, sleep till noon, and crank the rock ‘n’ roll to decibels that even Granny could hear.

So foolish, so fun, so … What’s that you said?

If years of too-loud ...

Gotta love women’s lib.

Birth control, equal pay, the sexual revolution — freeing all of us from many a patriarchal double standard.

One or two constraints, however, can, on occasion, be a good thing.

Take, for instance, the Corse-T-ny. Made ...

Your best friend, Macho Matt, won’t fork over the keys to his new baby — a 3 Series with a six-speed transmission — because, he says,

a) You look so pretty in shotgun.
b) You drive stick like you throw.

Think there’s nothing new under the sun? Come on, summer’s not that cliche.

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What: Up to 50 percent off kicks, tracksuits, and accessories.
Why: You’ve got to hit the ground running.
When: Fri. ...

Used to be that Chicago steakhouse dining was a little like going back to Bedrock. Brontosaurus-size steaks. Dark, smoke-filled rooms. Men with alarmingly large heads. Lots of fur.

It was all so, er, robust.

More subtle carnivores can now head ...

Everything is relative.

Take sales. If a blouse begins its retail journey at $800 and is subsequently reduced to $400, some might consider that a steal. Others? Um, not so much. Unless, of course, the blouse in question is by, ...