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The Wine Is Mine

Ah, re-gifting. A random Merlot here, a cheap Chianti there … The unopened wine bottles seem to travel from one house to another like a door-to-door salesman, overstaying his welcome.

Why perpetuate the ceaseless re-gifting of fermented grape juice when ...

Waste Not, Want Not

Remember childhood dinners? No having fun (freeze tag, TV, torturing younger siblings) until after you finished eating. Which meant creatively shuffling your chicken cutlet and string beans into hiding.

Some of us are still playing with leftovers.

Philadelphia-based design collective ...

Talk About Mud Flaps, My Girl's Got 'Em

You? You’re all class.

Like, you never belch in public unless absolutely necessary. And you bathe twice a week — at least! And you’d never hang those chrome silhouettes of naked ladies on your eighteen-wheeler.

But mud flaps featuring silhouettes ...

Cinderella, Dressed in Yella

Learning to jump rope is a rite of passage for every second-grade girl. Once mastered, it can unlock the door to life’s mysteries: Prince Charming’s initials (eeew!), the number of kids she’ll have (eeek!).

Unless your precious hopper trips in ...

All That Glitters

Once upon a time, there was a precious metal called gold. And beautiful as it was, it was too often taken to rather unfortunate extremes.

The glam strands of the disco era? Too flashy. The heavy chains of many a ...

Office Space

Same old. Day after day. Gray walls, endless monotony, relentless surveillance.

We’re talking about your job, of course.

Transform your cubicle from drab prison cell to cozy corner with a little revamp.

Home Sweet Cube?

No room for an Oriental ...

To Have and to Hold

Funny thing about destiny.

Just when you think you know what life has in store for you (credit-card payments, antidepressants, death), it throws you a curveball.

Take Barbara Rourke of Bells&Whistles, who thought her fate lay in the furniture company ...

Blanking Out

If you are traveling to _________ (place) or stuck at home on a _________ (adjective) day and your kids are _________ (verb ending in “-ing”) you crazy, it’s tempting to let them amuse themselves with _________ (totally mind-numbing high-tech diversion ...