Trying to find the perfect pair of jeans is like trying to find the perfect mate – frustrating. Although kissing a lot of frogs is not a requirement for going on a shopping expedition for jeans, trying on a lot of rejects is de rigueur — especially for gals who may be hoisting around a…Read more »

After you hit a certain age – let’s say, 45 – lots of things live only in your memory. Those late-night binges with friends that ended with an early breakfast and then, it was off to work – no sweat. Firm muscles — taut pecs, toned triceps. And perky everything. And those dress sizes: 0,…Read more »

Your favorite hometown restaurant is a hidden gem, known to only a selected few culinary fanatics, and all of you practically have to give a secret handshake to get inside its doors. But lo! One day you show up for your favorite Casa de la Maison Blue-Plate Special and, to your horror, to find yourself…Read more »

Most people who are on the road a lot — by plane, train, car or even bicycle — get it about travel insurance. Yes, they make sure they get it, and shell out the bucks for a policy. Why, why, why? the cheap and the foolish might ask. Well, consider the events of 2010, a…Read more »

The staffers at the Animal Poison Control Center, of the ASPCA, were as busy as bees last year handling around 170,000 frantic phone calls from owners scared witless that their beloved cat or dog or bird or other type of pet had been exposed to toxic stuff. What’s a loving pet owner to do in…Read more »