If you're going to be sipping cocktails tonight, make sure you have a designated driver. ...more

June 26, 2009

"You're Not Who You Think You Are," by Albert Clayton Gaulden (Atria, $22) ...more

January 4, 2009

Ever sit in an airliner in front of a family with a parent who tells the youngsters to stop kicking the seat because "that mean woman in front of you wants you to stop?" ...more

November 29, 2008

TAMPA Ever sit in an airliner in front of a family with a parent who tells the youngsters to stop kicking the seat because "that mean woman in front of you wants you to stop?" That's one of the examples of in-flight rudeness respondents related in a recent Trip Advisor.com survey of 11,000 U.S. passengers. ...more

November 26, 2008

How weird would it be if I put a small vegetable garden on the side of my house instead of in the back? ...more

October 12, 2008

It's like watching an old friend die. The Albertson's grocery store I've shopped at for 30 years is going out of business, having been bought by chain-grocery Publix. A month from now, it will reopen with all new staff and a different mix of products. ...more

August 20, 2008

The conditions since last Sunday still have not improved much, so the forecast at best, looks the same — a very weak morning bite which lasts until 9 a.m. and after that sheer luck is your only hope. ...more

November 14, 2007