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All Fired Up

Sure, having coordinating dinnerware without the benefit of an elaborate wedding registry in your past is totally doable.

If by “coordinating dinnerware” you mean a bunch of trays, table runners, and impromptu swans made of out Reynolds Wrap.

Alternatively, you ...

Map Dance

You’ve never been a killer with coordinates.

Four degrees latitude and twelve degrees longitude? More like totally lostitude.

Which is why you should leave the charting to an expert like aesthetician Elaine Farrell-Bloom. Her one-of-a-kind body mapping service combines several ...

Best of 2005: Wash Out

Hear that? It’s the tune of 2006. Before we dive in, a shout-out to our favorites from 2005. Feel free to hum along.



Originally published 10/14/05

Used to be, a woman’s place was in the home.

And for some of us, ...

Charles in Charge

’Twere mere days before Christmas, and all through the house
Poinsettias abounded — thanks (not) to your spouse.

Your hints he’d ignored for tropical blooms.
Consequently, you can’t stand the sight of your rooms.

Then who at your wreath-laden door should ...

Let It Faux

A white Christmas in the Lone Star State?

Sure. The same winter hell freezes over.

But at least your Christmas tree can escape such regional biases with a snow recycling machine. Just attach the blower tube to your artificial tannenbaum ...

Tooning into the Holidays

Her Saturday morning cartoon habit is one of the many things you love about her. So this year, give her something her two-dimensional heroine would appreciate.

For Judy Jetson
Design Within Reach (4524 McKinney Avenue, suite 103, Knox Henderson; 214-521-0100) has ...

Collage Life

In your book, picking out greeting cards is like getting an oil change.

Both are necessary, need to be done several times a year, and leave you feeling gypped.

But there’s nothing chore-like about Tracey Cards. The designs — sparse in ...

Monkey Business

If only you’d known then what you know now.

One sheet of notebook paper crammed into the back of your Trapper Keeper isn’t exactly the foundation of a lasting romance — no matter how heartfelt its contents were at the ...