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The Play's the Thing

Everyone knows teenagers that don’t like having parents around.

But younger kids can use some space too.

After years of frequenting craft studios, one (very wise) woman noticed a chronic problem: “Moms would stress over the time,” she says, and ...

Cool Kids

Strange how we always bemoan summer’s end.

Really, now. What’s to miss? The scorching heat? The smog levels? The unforgivingly skimpy clothes?

Which reminds us: New season means new fashion. (See? Now you’re perking up.) First stop for shoppers: Kids ...

Mexico Pretty

Some people insist on doing things the old-fashioned way.

Like Steven Arroyo, owner of Cobras & Matadors, the Hillmont, and Cobra Lily. When he opens a restaurant, he skips the big-shot designer and decorates it himself. Instead of throwing a ...

Pipsqueak Chic

As for most things, science has an explanation for cuteness.

The theory goes like this: Babies and animals are cuddly and endearing so that adults of the species (or of other ones) will want to take care of them.

And ...

Hot Wheels

Head to toe you’re a badass at the wheel.

You drive stick shift. You wear driving shoes. You even own leather racing gloves, you big fat dork.

But to really stand out in the front seat, you’ll need ...

Habit Kinney

Shopping can be a lonely business: you, a pile of ill-fitting clothes, a tiny room, scary fluorescent lighting, and an evil mirror.

For those moments when you just can’t deal with languishing in the isolation booth, there’s Meg, the latest ...

Lapping It Up

No matter how hard they try, laptops just aren’t glam.

The latest ThinkPads and iBooks look sexy in magazines, but in real life they’re just five pounds of heavy-metal heft.

If you can’t beat ’em, wrap ’em … in something ...

Mere Cash

Cashmere: the new fabric of our lives?

It may never be as common as cotton, but you can get everything from panties to bunnies and bears to tracksuits made with it. So shouldn’t the price be going down?

Former TSE ...