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Glossed and Found?

Your attempts at witty repartee draw concerned looks from bystanders.

The last time you tried batting your lashes at someone he asked if there was something in your eye.

When it comes to flirting, you’re a perfect four.

Fortunately for ...

Genie in a Swaddle

You know what those nine months are for? Gestating a beautiful nursery. The perfect crib, an adorable but unisex color scheme, matching accessories.

Since baby’s arrival, however, such interests have been replaced by larger concerns — like basic hygiene. Your ...

Let Love Rule

Everyone knows that Valentine’s Day has been exploited by greeting-card companies and florists to fill the glaring post-Christmas gift-buying void.

Easy answer: boycott.

But why not take the high road and reclaim romance for the real world? This year, instead ...

Frankly, My Dear ...

Variety may be the spice of life, but people come up with some pretty weird combinations.

Mac-and-cheese with ketchup. Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. Pancakes and franks.

Now there’s a new one. But greeting-card company Pancake & Franks makes the ...

Brain Food

So there was Proust. Munching his madeleines on the Seine, transported to new realms of memory, riveted to life-changing wisdom. Yes, by a cookie.

Now just imagine what weighty ideas might have hit him if he’d been eating something really ...

Get Lei’d in Hawaii

Hawaii! So much more than cursed tiki dolls and tarantulas. (That Brady Bunch episode haunted us, too.) It’s tropical perfection and you don’t even need a passport (though it’ll take more to get invited to the privately owned Niihau. Poor ...

The Princess Diaries

When you were little, your preferred alias was:

a. Ugo, the Flying Lizard of Doom.
b. Samantha Swain, Private Eye by Day, Exotic Dancer by Night.
c. Cinderella.

If you answered c., Wendy Rachel’s jewelry is just the thing for ...

Mess de Cuisine

Ah, cooking with the kids. Pouring love into a delicious meal that nurtures and sustains your family. Planting the seeds of a lifetime of happy memories.

Right. Spend one harried weeknight trying to make it happen and your soft-focus fantasy ...