The best apps, shows, movies for toddlers
Most parents applaud the American Academy of Pediatrics' advice against screen time for tots through age 2 — and a limit of one or two hours throughout childhood. But then...
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Second City comedians pooh-pooh sticky situation with ‘Someday a Bird Will Poop on You’
Resilience is the mother's milk of this decade, widely regarded as a crucial building block for a child's long-term health and prosperity. Which is one reason two Second City comedy...
Summer camps that won’t wait
Days of shorts and flip-flops never seem farther away than in January, but some of the most popular summer camps are opening registration this month. Procrastinate, and your child just...
A new hair trend emerges from Golden Globes. Try it.
After seasons of splitting hair straight down the middle, stars' manes are taking sides. Deep side parts narrowly prevailed over updos as the biggest hair trend emerging from the first...
Designer Tracy Reese puts fresh spin on fashion
In the dead of winter, designer Tracy Reese can always be counted on to revive women's senses with sun-bathed colors, fresh prints and breezy silhouettes. Those celebratory signatures are one...
Winter boots that let you stay warm — and stand tall
Hunter or duck boots do a fine job of keeping toes warm and dry between home and office, but rubber uppers don't look so great in a business meeting or...
Dolce and Gabbana look to spring
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana pour champagne for their design team, tailors and assistants at the end of their runway shows each season. "It's a way for us to say...
Maggie Daley ice ribbon: Know before you go
Maggie Daley Park isn't the only fresh-frozen destination where families can break cabin fever over the school holiday. But its ice ribbon — an undulating quarter-mile loop rather than a...
The essential bow tie primer: What size? Is clip-on OK?
Bow ties once clung to the extremes of nerd (Pee-wee Herman, Orville Redenbacher) or hero (James Bond, Winston Churchill), surfacing in the mainstream only for formal occasions (weddings, proms, black-tie...
What’s cooking in chef Paul Virant’s kitchen on Christmas Eve
Chef Paul Virant always brings work home for the holidays — in ways that are fun for his two boys. Those experiences helped the James Beard Award nominee, who owns...