Louis R. Carlozo

Even in a recession, luxury services can represent money well spent -- if you use them the right way and know when to hire and fire. PERSONAL TRAINER Hire: To...

Once upon a time, buying children's music meant you had just condemned yourself to hours of insipid songs about dancing bears and fuzzy-wuzzy kitties. Thanks to a wave of cool...

Go to these Web sites to learn to play a musical instrument: Baritone saxophone: youtube.com/watch?v=SBXtFE_sdWE Didgeridoo: youtube.com/watch?v=BBSApRvkaqY Auxiliary percussion: youtube.com/watch?v=kUIG2LX3zqY Harp: youtube.com/watch?v=3QL2PrjnG-I Conga drums: youtube.com/watch?v=2mQ1JOOs6LE Fiddle: youtube.com/watch?v=rxpKa22cFv8 Piano/keyboard: youtube.com/watch?v=l9yoHjbs0Yw&feature=PlayList&p=7518C7D1CF951DE7&playnext=1&index=2 Tambourine:...

Got a minute? Smart ways to spend an unexpected break in your busy day. Take a walk I have added 20 pounds to my once-svelte waistline over the last two...

Call it a sign of economic change: Ask the staff at the Lavazza coffee shop just off Michigan Avenue if they've seen more customers grabbing for pennies, and they'll answer...

Bully warning signs If you think bullying is an older-kid issue, think again. April's issue of Parenting: Early Years sounds the alarm on "itty-bitty bullies." By age 3, the article...

About 1,000 miles and one big dream separated Kayla Chabert of Cut Off, La., from an open casting call for the third season of the Bravo network's "Shear Genius" at...