Don’t let a spoilsport ruin your outdoor games
With Fourth of July just around the corner, you'll likely be going to a large family gathering or cookout with friends, playing games out in the yard. Softball, volleyball, badminton,...
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Summer beauty dews — and don’ts
Summer's bare-faced beauty can drain the color from a woman's cheeks. "Natural" looks great on Kate Moss on the May cover of British Vogue. But how does the nonmodel citizen...
Nothing like gladiator school for family mayhem
It's not often you step out of a chauffeured Mercedes and cheerfully answer "yes" when asked if you are "Ready to die?" On a recent visit to Rome, my son,...
Battle-tested sunglasses
OVVO Optics Phoenix polarized sunglasses stand up to a lot of abuse and still look great. Name: OVVO Optics Phoenix polarized sunglasses What they are: Sunglasses composed of a steel-titanium...
Don’t let a spoilsport ruin your outdoor games
With Fourth of July just around the corner, you'll likely be going to a large family gathering or cookout with friends, playing games out in the yard. Softball, volleyball, badminton,...
‘Gone with the Wind’ exhibit
Austin, Texas, is loaded with pleasures ranging from live music to bat-watching, and you can now add one more attraction that will run through Jan. 4. Starting Sept. 9, the...
Thomas Jefferson’s wine
In a garden beside rows of fruit trees and vegetables, grapes ripen on a sun-dappled mountainside. A few yards away, visitors snake their way through Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. Even...
Can you fake sexual satisfaction? New study thinks not
Meg Ryan did it so convincingly — and hilariously — in "When Harry Met Sally." Cynthia Nixon pulled it off with panache in "Sex and the City." But should you...
Star-spangled anniversary
As about 50 eighth-graders from New Jersey gathered around, Elizabeth White unzipped a large duffel bag. "It's coiled like a big snake in there," said White, a park ranger. The...
Travel deals: Russia and the Baltic
Travelers looking for new destinations might want to take a look at the Kaliningrad & The Baltics tour from MIR Corp. There's just one date this year, Aug. 4-16, for...