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Is it tile or not? Fabulous fakes are behind the biggest cover-up in home design. And just about any bare surface is a candidate for today's fashion-forward ceramic tiles --...

Just when I think that this wonderful nation is beginning to shed some of the incoherence of the last six years, something new comes up and smacks me right in...

Love tomatoes? Then you're lucky to be living at a time when they're available in more shapes, sizes, colors and flavors than our ancestors ever imagined. During the summer, farmers...

Is it tile or not? Fabulous fakes are behind the biggest cover-up in home design. And just about any bare surface is a candidate for today's fashion-forward ceramic tiles --...

If you want to live the good life and lessen your ecological footprint, it's time to start treasure-hunting at salvage yards. There you'll find everything from flooring and doors to...

Lest you cling to the impression that the Bush administration is looking for ways out of Iraq instead of digging ourselves deeper in, take a look at recent headlines. "U.S....

For several years, Jon Boyd and his wife have engaged in a turf battle over home office space. As co-owners of a real estate brokerage, both spend many hours working...

We were on our way to Antarctica's Deception Island when the MV Discovery suddenly slowed to a nautical tiptoe. Looking out from our aerie on the bridge, I could see...

The novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux ("The Mosquito Coast," "Dark Star Safari") never makes a trip without Tabasco sauce, a shortwave radio and a Swiss Army knife. The shortwave...

Just before the first Gulf War, during that ominous fall of 1990, I spent some time in Saudi Arabia and in the region. I explored the eastern provinces, where Americans...