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Stop Saying 'If' When You Apologize
Learning how to apologize properly can help you get along better with everyone from your friends to your coworkers. Apologies today lack sincerely. Too often we're called upon to apologize when we're not really sorry. We spit out the words "I'm sorry" because it's what is expected. Show More Summary
A Good Mom?
At Newsweek, I got an annual review from my boss. And on the job these days, I get end-of-quarter ratings from my college students and traffic reports on my stories. But at home, no one is whipping out a No. 2 pencil (or clicking "exceptional," "good," "fair," or "poor" on the computer) to rate my performance as a mother. Show More Summary
Another Benefit of the Mediterranean Diet: It Keeps You Smart.
Sticking to a Mediterranean diet—a diet rich in whole grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables, legumes, fish and even some red wine—is not just good for your heart, but it may keep you smarter, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. read more
Best Places for Boomers to Live
Baby Boomers like me grew up restless and ready to be on our way. So when our chance finally came, we moved. Ours was a generation that learned at the knee of Jack Kerouac's On the Road and Ken Kesey's hippie band of Merry Pranksters who were on a cross-country bus trip to see the 1964 World's Fair. Show More Summary
Teens and Study Drugs: What You Should Know.
During the next few weeks, as teenagers prepare for final exams, some may rely on 'study drugs'—prescription stimulants and amphetamines—to keep them alert, focused and awake through the night. However, most parents are in denial or just plain in the dark when it comes to their teenager and this type of drug abuse, according to a new University of Michigan Poll. read more
Celebrity Ice Cream Flavors
The Celebrity Apprentice finale last night has me thinking about ice cream. Specifically, celebrity ice cream, which means flavors that are created by pop culture icons. Ice cream played a huge part in the final challenge, and of course my family had to run right out and try the new flavors. Show More Summary
Myths About the Aging Process
Those of us who grew up living with or near our grandparents have formed an opinion about what it means to grow old. Good or bad, we saw it, smelled it, heard it, touched it and felt it. The aging process, for us, is based on what was imprinted on our impressionable young minds. Show More Summary
What I Learned From My Dog
I got my first dog at midlife. I was always allergic, and although I liked dogs I never thought I'd have one of my own. I'd sneeze and wheeze each time I'd go over to a friend's house, and I'd have to avoid even petting their pooch for fear my hand would break out in welts. read more
How to Prevent Dog Bites
Kids make up more than half of the 4.7 million people bitten by dogs in the United States each year. With National Dog Bite Prevention Week May 19-25, Family Goes Strong talks with Dr. Corinn Cross, an American Academy of Pediatrics spokesman who is a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, to learn what you can do. Show More Summary
Santa Rosa Wedding from Myrtle and Marjoram
When I first heard emerald green was named Pantone's "it" color of the year, I immediately began brainstorming what a wedding wrapped around this hue would look like. Rich, elegant, and of course, completely gorgeous. But it wasn't until this wedding hit my desk that I could fully visualize how pretty it could be. I'm talking off-the-charts-pretty.…
Are Boys and Girls Wired Differently?
At 20 months, my grandson Zeke lives for vehicles. Show him paper and pen, and he'll say "Car?" hoping you'll draw one for him. His favorite publication is Consumer Reports, because there's always an entire section of trucks and cars at the end. Show More Summary
The Getting-Ready Playlist
Being the type-A person that I am, I of course had to plan in advance a kick-ass playlist that the girls and I can listen to as we get our hair and makeup done the morning of the wedding. Mr.…
Wordless Wedding: Katie & Roei’s Jewish Wedding In A Friend’s Field
It was perfect because we are in love, and our family and friends felt welcomed, got to celebrate, and had a party with us. Success.
Airs of indifference and being "too cool" for this wedding stuff
I have this idea that I should be embarrassed about wanting a wedding. I keep pretending to care less than I do. Insisting that my dress isn't a big deal — I'll still get to get married, even if I don't look pretty doing it. If our retired-baker...Show More Summary
Baked Donuts with Cinnamon & Sugar
I bought a donut pan. Which seems to be the new must-have pan in the world of Pinterest. I get it. Donuts are cute. They are yummy. And they are generally fried so the idea of baking a donut that actually satisfies the craving is like too good to be true. But I should tell…
A Higher IQ May Mean A Higher Sex Drive
People with higher IQs might just have a higher sex drive than their lower-IQ having counterparts (even though those people doubtless have kindness IQs of 175). A sex toy retailer conducted a survey that found that, in England, students at Cambridge spend the most on sex toys, while students at Oxford spend the second most. Show More Summary
Otterly in Love: The First Look
After opening gifts, Mr. O and I proceeded in separate cars to the venue.
While I was waiting in the car, I saw them walking him down to where we would later say our vows, and I was once again overwhelmed…
What Dating Was Like In The 1950s
Dating wasn't all cruising, pinning, and going steady. Or was it? Here's what dating was really like in the 1950s. More » What Dating Was Like In The 1950s is a post from TheGloss - Get the best women's beauty, make up, hairstyles tips. Get sex, dating advice, culture news and hot trends for women..
Long Island Wedding from Christina Szczupak Photography
Unfussy, wide open beauty is something that seems easy enough but takes a very special mix to get right. That mix needs to be paired down to only the most beautiful elements, nothing too overdone. Think figs decorating a simple white cake, an old barn gussied up with colorful florals and photo-ops in fields with…
New Hampshire Wedding from Birch Blaze Photography + Signature Events
Have you been to a wedding with a Chinese Sky Lantern lighting? I haven't, but it is officially on my bucket list. It's so romantic, so gorgeous. And it makes for some really incredible pictures (like these from Birch Blaze Photography). The rest of this wedding is even more special than the lanterns, if you…
