With school in full swing, kids may begin to reminisce of summer days of lazing around the house, enjoying a relaxed breakfast with mom and dad, splashing around the community pool, and building sandcastles at the beach. But the change in season brings a host of fun things you can do with your children. Raise [...]

Just as animals use the fall to prepare for winter, now’s the perfect time to transform your home into a cozy nest where your family and friends will love to gather. Ginny Bean, publisher of Ginny’s catalog, suggests the following simple decorating touches to add seasonal warmth. * Put out the welcome mat – literally. [...]

After a summer filled with sunny beach days and sleepovers, getting kids motivated to head back to school and adjust to a new routine is often a challenge. To make the transition a little easier for kids and parents, here are some tips and fun ideas to get creativity flowing and wake-up brains for learning. [...]

Of course you know how to eat chocolate – who doesn’t? But as you indulge on your dark chocolate bar, are you really getting the most enjoyment out of it? Are you really tasting it, or just devouring it at warp speed? Chocolate is a wonderful indulgence, and can be a great way to take [...]

Lisa Cholodenko makes a lot of good decisions in the smart, funny, and wise The Kids are All Right. The risk of realistic domestic dramas is that they can become overly sentimental, preachy, or acquire a stultifyingly serious pose. This film does none of those things. (Instead, it does three things that are like catnip [...]

Do you love the idea of entertaining, but feel like getting your home ready for a social event requires too much time and attention? Not to worry, there are a few easy things you can do to make sure your home is always ready to host guests and they may not be as difficult to [...]

Ever had a dream that felt so real you thought it was reality? What if somebody actually managed to sneak into your mind while you were having that dream? That, in a nutshell is the premise of “Inception,” Christopher Nolan’s new movie and the best one to come out in a long time. Leonardo DiCaprio [...]

It is a natural human trait to believe that for art to be great it must be old and the artist must be long dead. A Van Gogh wouldn’t be worth quite as much if he were still alive today. That same sentiment, consciously or not, is also applied to literature. We have some excellent [...]

Nothing says “bring on summer” quite like a backyard barbecue. It’s the perfect mix of friends, the fresh outdoors, and fantastic food. But just because you want to throw a social, doesn’t mean you have to break the bank. Here are a few ideas of how to entertain outdoors on a budget: Food Send an [...]

Guacamole Crab Cakes 1½ cups Spicy Wholly Guacamole ½ cup bread crumbs ¼ cup mayonnaise 2 eggs 1 lb. lump crabmeat 1 lb. select crabmeat Sea salt and pepper to taste Olive oil as needed Limes, thinly sliced 1. Combine Spicy Wholly Guacamole, bread crumbs, mayonnaise and eggs. Stir and set aside for 5 minutes. [...]