Sweet dreams are made of …
If my insides are particularly well-preserved, it's not because of the steamed broccoli crowding my dinner plate. No, it was the Twinkies. My longtime habit of consuming the famously imperishable...
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Hey, guys, you get to go to a bridal fair
Bridal fairs and events don't exactly conjure an image of a room full of eager grooms-to-be. Sure, brides-to-be drag their guy along. And some guys actually like going (for the...
Totally for moms
One day you're vice president of a Fortune 500 company, the next you have pureed peas in your hair. Such is the terrain mined by total 180!, a feisty and...
One smart Cookie
The cover of the premiere issue of Cookie, showing a mother and son jumping on the bed, is already a sign that this isn't your typical parenting magazine. Pilar Guzman,...
Creating a low-tech keepsake
In an age when you can zip an electronic message to a friend in seconds, it seems that a product that requires you to handwrite a note in a book,...
Helping girls navigate their preteen years
Preteen girls may lose track of who they are, as they feel pressured to fit in with and be accepted by their peers. Now a new book may help them...
Smart strategies for safeguarding your children
It's an unparalleled moment of horror. Your child, who a split second ago was standing beside you, has disappeared into a crowd at the beach--or the amusement park, or the...
MEDIUMS FOR EMOTION: 2 POWERFUL OUTLETS
"I could not get a publisher to touch this book for two years," said Marcia Stevens Sherrill. "No one wanted a book on breast cancer ... We were told `what...
MEDIUMS FOR EMOTION: 2 POWERFUL OUTLETS
What does it feel like to have breast cancer? The painful answer to that question appears in an immensely powerful new book that features the art and writing of women...
TIMELY ADVICE TO PLACE YOUR ORDER
Holiday shopping from catalogs is the ultimate in convenience. Just turn the pages and pick up the phone. But you need to pay attention to delivery time. It would be...