Bride-to-Be Beauty
by Leah Jayasanker

It’s wedding season! Most likely you know at least one bride-to-be who is pulling her hair out this Spring. It may even be you who’s planning to sashay down the aisle in the coming months. Continue reading...

Once We Were All Beginners: DIY Pillows
by Mary Mertens

Let’s say for a moment that you missed out on home ec class. Maybe you opted for shop, and you built a fabulous birdhouse. Or maybe you decided to bone up on your studies and took an extra foreign language. While you now may know all the curse words in Spanish, something is missing in your life. Continue reading...

My Mother’s Voice
by Rosanne Coury

The Secret Beneath The Secret
by Marian Baker

How’s it going with attracting all the goodies you desire by focusing your thoughts and gratitude vibes? Not as quick and easy at it sounds? Welcome to the authentic human club. It’s great... Continue reading...

Know Your Roots
by Megan Sheils

When we really analyze what we have of value in this world, and what legacy we will leave behind, most of us come up with a list of intangibles: love, family, health, happiness, memories. What if you could document this love and these memories ... Continue reading...

When Everyday Becomes Mother’s Day: Reversing Roles and Repaying Mom
by Rachel Friedman

One Sunday every May, sons and daughters, no matter what their age, turn the household hierarchy upside down and attempt to reciprocate everything Mom has done for them by showering her with gifts and treating her to her favorite restaurant. Those 24 hours are not much compared... Continue reading...

The Skinny on Alternate-Day Diets
by Leslie Goldman, MPH

Imagine being able to eat to your heart’s content on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Really, go for that steak and glass of red wine; maybe even have some ice cream for dessert. The catch? Continue reading...

There’s No Place Like Home…for Fitness
by Kevin Valluzzi

It’s 7:30 am and you’ve got exactly 90 minutes to work out, get cleaned up and clock in. You breathlessly pull into the parking lot and—there are no spots left. Once you’ve ditched your vehicle and get inside ... Continue reading...

EARTH TALK
by Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Thanks in part to pressure from non-profits like Greenpeace International—which has published quarterly versions of its landmark “Guide to Greener Electronics” since 2006—computer makers now understand that consumers care about the environmental footprints... Continue reading...

International Migratory Bird Day
by David Eisenhauer

The annual International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD), held this year on May 10, celebrates the animal kingdom’s frequent fliers and the marvelous journey birds undertake between their summer and winter homes. What better place to see some of the nearly 700 species of migratory birds than the hundreds of national wildlife refuges established solely to safeguard habitat for them. Continue reading...

Be A House Care Hero: Filter Talk
by Chris Prickett

All the world’s a stage, and some of the most interesting shows can be found…in the furnace filter aisle of the neighborhood big box store? With a sea of sizes and selection as a backdrop, players mill around mumbling incoherently—words like “micron” and “allergen” and “electrostatic” can be heard ... Continue reading...

Four Steps to Smarter Shopping
by Kate Bandos

Consumers didn’t need a recent news story to tell them what they already knew: grocery prices are up almost across the board. According to one such story (MSNBC), “People are really feeling it when you consider food accounts for about 15 percent of the average household budget. Rising prices are in large part driven by wheat-up 44 percent. Consumers are paying as much as 36 percent more... Continue reading..

April IT Girl Finds
by IT Girl

The Information Trends Girl is always on the lookout for new ideas. Continue reading...

IT Girl’s Mother’s Day Picks
by IT Girl

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, sons and daughters everywhere are trying to find a practical yet unique gift. Continue reading...

Go with the Flow
by Sarah Schaffner

I would like to take this opportunity to let everyone in on a well-kept, prenatal secret. For every mom-to-be who has yet to experience pregnancy, are in the very early stages, only just tossing around the idea over cocktails with your partner, or simply know with confidence that somewhere down the road you plan on carrying a baby around for nine months: here is a small detail that has managed to escape the attention of every baby book, manual and conversation about pregnancy I have read or had, to date. Are you sitting down? Continue reading...

Six Degrees of Friendship
by Linda Frisone Gamber

I just returned from another totally soul-renewing gal trip. This time it was two days in Fort Myers in a simply gorgeous four-bedroom, well-appointed condo. The first group, Katie, Colleen and Cindy, arrived... Continue reading...

A Bridge to Change
by Falise Platt

The clock has already started to run marking the bridge between Earth Day (April 22) to World Environment Day (June 5). The good news is that we are not too late to join the call to action ... Continue reading..

This Month’s Good Reads
by Falise Platt

Rosie O’Donnell’s Crafty U
Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America
The New Rules of Lifting for Women;
Things I Learned From Knitting…whether I wanted to or not
Every Monday Matters
The Prairie Table Cookbook
660 Curries: The Gateway to Indian Cooking