"Girls' Night Out" Takes A Hit with the Economic Downturn
With the cost of entertainment, transportation and meals skyrocketing, there's a natural tendency to hunker down, cocoon at home, and reduce spending.
With the cost of entertainment, transportation and meals skyrocketing, there's a natural tendency to hunker down, cocoon at home, and reduce spending.
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.19.2008 | Living
Event losers tend to care more about what other people think of them than they do about taking good care of themselves on a regular basis. This is a symptom of low self-esteem.
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 09.16.2008 | Living
Even though it's already August, it seems that wedding season is far from over, and that's fine with us. We love weddings - the beautiful brides, the...
Tango | Maya Halpen | Posted 09.11.2008 | Style
What's the difference between her hiding her diamond and me stowing my band? I suppose a smile on the train doesn't pose as much opportunity or risk a...
David A. Andelman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living
I got invited to a wedding in Switzerland. The only catch? We had to come garbed -- in chain mail and a Swiss cavalier's cap for me, and two elegant gowns for my lady.
BBC | Posted 06.29.2008 | Living
Thousands of Chinese couples are applying to tie the knot on 8 August, to help celebrate the opening of the Beijing Olympics, state media say. The nu...
cnn.com | Liane Yvkoff | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living
Being a bride's maid or matron of honor is a distinction many women cherish. But it doesn't come cheap. It can easily cost a woman $1,000 or more fo...
Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison | Posted 06.14.2008 | Living
I do. I don't. Or do I? How is today's bride -- her groom in a kilt and yarmulke, her virtual guests, half sisters, whole pre-nup and Santa Mon...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 06.13.2008 | Living
Ladies and Gentlemen: With great pleasure, I present the sixth installment of my Let's Bring Back series. A quiet homage to Vogue legend Diana Vreel...
cnn.com | Diane Mapes | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living
Mary McPhail, a 47-year-old online retailer from Bexley, Ohio, will never forget her wedding to husband and business partner Geord Douglas 23 years ag...
Kimberly Bonnell | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living
With an eerie predictability, women became engaged to the men for whom they prepared this chicken. Voila: engagement chicken. Here's the recipe, straight from the source.
CNBC | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business
Investment bank bailouts, home foreclosures and job losses have spread economic gloom through America but in New York, at least, there's one industry ...
The Times | Steve Beale | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
It's Scottish tradition that women propose to their men in leap year. Here's the back story and advice on how to do it: -or- Read one man's take o...
Newsweek | Pat Wingert and Sarah Elkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Researcher Lori Neighbors, an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, recently took a more scientific look at the r...
The New York Times | Ruth La Ferla | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
"Brides today absolutely want to look sexy and glamorous," said Mara Urshel, an owner and the president of Kleinfeld, the venerable Manhattan bridal s...
Lea Lane | Posted 08.04.2008 | Living
I'd rather be forced to read a dozen New York Times columns by Bill Kristol than go to a wedding alone.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living