As it turns out, the term “athletic build” can mean a lot of things.

Just one of the many interesting tidbits you’ll learn while meeting people on the Internet. (Another? “Walks on the beach” = “first-date sex.” Who knew?)

Perhaps ...

Jewelry trends come and go faster than Thursday night dates.

One day it’s bangles. The next, long chains. The following week it’s the whole ethnic thing. Who has the time (or fundage) to keep up?

The jewelry obsessed can get ...

Along the roads less traveled and too trammeled, we’ve picked up a few tips about what to take with you. Herewith, postcards from the baggage carousel.

Hi, Aunt Coco. People who hit the road with nothing but underwear and a ...

Recall, if you will, what you brought home from your last international adventure.

A French lover? Mastery of the German language? Of course not. You snapped up the really cultural souvenirs: key chains, postcards, and T-shirts.

Clever couple Stephanie and ...

Your kid is so obviously the next Picasso.

Which is why you overlook the crayon swirls on the bedroom walls. And the colorful squares Magic Markered into the carpet. But the chalk circles on Grandma’s antique dining room table? You ...

During Reconstruction, carpetbaggers were shifty characters who trolled the country, meddling where they weren’t really wanted.

A century later they’ve largely been reduced to freedom fighters who just didn’t care about traveling light.

You too can be industrious — without ...

Before computers took over the world, you could count on handwriting to tell you about a person.

There’s the loopy yet charming scrawl (“I went to private school”). The back-slanted cursive (“I’m a right-brainer”). The smiley face “i” dotter (“Hi, ...