Pants to party gowns were the fashions of the day when the Tampa Palms Women's Club held its annual charity fashion show and luncheon. ...more

April 22, 2009

"The Women," by T.C. Boyle (Viking Penguin, $28) ...more

February 15, 2009

Considering the head-spinning properties of previous Brian Eno-David Byrne collaborations - three of the first four (and best) Talking Heads records and 1981's analog-sampling trailblazer "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" - this new pairing comes off a little, well, conservative. ...more

December 12, 2008

"The Heretic's Daughter," by Kathleen Kent (Little, Brown & Co., $24.99) ...more

October 19, 2008

Some customers insist on seeing and "touching" a product before they buy it. ...more

October 6, 2008

"The Book of Lies," by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central Publishing, $26) ...more

September 7, 2008

You should hate these people, really, these smug American yuppies chatting gaily about golf, tennis and boating over red wine on a sun-splashed Spanish afternoon. ...more

August 17, 2008

one we can all watch. This one is in response to a campaign ad from Republican presidential candidate John McCain that parodied Democratic candidate Barack Obama as a celebrity on par with Britney Spears and Hilton. ...more

August 13, 2008

"Love trumps journalism every time," golf writer Jack Brannon insists. "Anybody with sense knows that." ...more

July 23, 2008

Think Liza Minnelli, parent Jacquie Singleton said, with a growl in your song and some sass in your strut. ...more

January 27, 2008