Wendy Navratil

First came Silhouette's Skinny Cow ice cream bar. At only 1.5 grams of fat, these 4 ounces of indulgence fed a chain of fond testimonials from Weight Watchers types. Now...

Want the wicking but not the clinging? One of the latest tweaks of performance wear is Nike Sphere, which keeps the moisture-management capability of its predecessor garments while loosening up...

Open a bridal magazine and enter into a relationship not unlike your romantic one, with infatuation, disillusionment and, sometimes, despair. Take these tomes slow--spaced over a couple of seasons and...

RECYCLING From filter to fireplace Lord knows our caffeine-crazed culture downs plenty of coffee--American coffee hounds gulp an average of three cups a day apiece, according to the New York-based...

SAFETY A kit for high-rise occupants Somehow in January, we get a little more serious about life. So the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago suggests a sobering safety check....

Hitting the town with the hordes this New Year's Eve? Holing up with a handful of friends at home? Whether you fall into the innie or outtie category this New...

In the final nights before Christmas, many children are stirring with anticipation of electronics. The downer? That's about all the movement they'll get with some of their dream gifts, Consumer...

What's as red-hot as Santa's suit in the final throes of the holiday-shopping season? Toys with electronic assets, such as the Bratz Formal Funk Super-Stylin' Runway Disco (MGA Entertainment, $99.99)...

How do you spell "personal" with holiday gifts for girls or girls-at-heart? Most literally, with her own name or initial written all over it, as proof positive that you gave...

Do we detect a mutiny against the metrosexual as the new male ideal? The latest action hero is more salty than suave, and he doesn't get manicures. First came "Pirates...