FYI / Living
What’s in name? When it comes to menu items, plenty
Jun 2, 4:17 AM
Naming food after people is a long-standing tradition. You see it with some of the world’s most famous dishes. Salisbury Steak, Peach Melba and Fettuccine Alfredo are just a few.
Come on, baby boomers, get happy
Jun 1, 3:47 PMA sense of humor and happiness are essential for healthy living. Do you worry about tomorrow and forget to live for today? Do you focus on what’s wrong with your life and ignore what’s going well? Happiness and satisfaction can be yours today, right now. All you have to do is decide to be happy. Here are some strategies and suggestions:
Peekaboo! Cutout swimsuits make the pool sexy
Jun 1, 4:22 AM
Want to play hide-and-seek at the pool this summer? You’ll need one of this season’s hottest trends: a cutout swimsuit. Swimsuit designers translated the cutouts, rips and slashes seen on fashion runways for the current spring season in a way that’s glamorous without being vulgar, revealing just the right amount of skin.
Here are some great new books for kids this summer
Jun 1, 7:19 AM
Fear not, young readers trapped in the tedium of required summer reading lists! Rick Riordan is coming to the rescue. Riordan, author of the popular Percy Jackson series about a young demigod and his battles with mythological Greek gods, has written the first book in a new series, the Kane Chronicles.
Dear Abby | Wife conceals late husband’s feet of clay for sake of kids
Jun 1, 3:44 PMDEAR ABBY: My friends and neighbors thought I had the best husband, and our children thought he was the greatest dad. But on the day he died, I found out he had been having sex with another woman. Abby, she was a prostitute.
Jeneé Osterheldt
‘Yo Gabba Gabba!’ is hit with adults
Forget about Barney and the Teletubbies. Not since “Sesame Street” has a kids TV show had the mass appeal enjoyed by DJ Lance Rock and the crew of monsters of “Yo Gabba Gabba!” The Nickelodeon show debuted about three years ago, and though it targets the 3- to 5-year-old set, fans include Brad Pitt, Jack Black, Tony Hawk and a host of adult hipsters and hip-hoppers.
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