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I don't like to jump ahead too often because when you have kids it seems life moves at warp speed as it is. But I've often thought about how fun it will be when our kids are older and they come home from college or beyond for the holidays.
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For lots of young adults and parents, life currently is an extended holiday in a recession that has hit young workers extra hard. One in seven parents with grown children have had at least one of those grown children move back home this past year, according to a Pew Research Center study. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (2) | Blog
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For those of us who have
several lists going in our head this week as we prep for
Thanksgiving, Mark Bittman, the food writer for The New York
Times, has some wonderful, calming words for us. Now, this is
the kind of guy who could send us into a tizzy with things like
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Is that rain, or the tears of thousands of publishers, TV executives, and celebrities plotting their public rehabilitation pouring down?
AP: Oprah Winfrey at the start of her extraordinary career
It's official: Oprah Winfrey will pull the plug on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Rumored for what seems like forever, likely feared for longer by CBS Television Distribution, which distributes the show to more than 200 U.S. TV markets, the shuttering of the heart of Oprah's media empire is nigh. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (32) | Blog
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Growing up, laundry lines
hanging in backyards were a common site. We'd hang our sheets
on ours, and I remember throwing a big blanket over it more than a
few times to make a "tent" for backyard camping. But when
my husband hung some sheets and other items outside on a line soon
after… Read More »
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If befriend is a word, why not
defriend, or say... unfriend? Well, as of today, unfriend is
officially a word. So say the wordsmiths at the Oxford University
Press, publishers of the New Oxford American Dictionary. Of course,
we have Facebook and other social networks to thank for it, with
all of… Read More »
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It's a big week for Sarah Palin.
Four months after her early departure as Alaska's governor, a year after the end of her vice presidential bid as John McCain's running mate for the White House, and six months after signing a book deal with Harper Collins, Palin's book is out. She appeared on Oprah to kick off her book tour, and sales were brisk before she sat in Oprah's coveted chair. "Going Rogue: An American Life" is on the bestseller lists at Barnes and Noble and Amazon, which is selling the $29 book for $9 to compete with Wal-Mart's bottom-price bestseller deals. (No wonder advance sales are doing so well!)
Book reviewers and the AP have gotten advance copies of the book, so as we wait to dive into the 432-page, no-index read ourselves, let's take a look at some of the early reviews: Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (238) | Blog
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Parents have applauded
efforts to get sugary juices, sodas, and desserts out of school
cafeterias and to provide more healthy choices for kids in the
middle of the school day. So as the milk industry, after a good run
with its "Got Milk?" campaign, is ready to launch another
campaign--this… Read More »
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While lots of restaurants have been making small menu changes and offering deals to entice money-strapped families through their doors to splurge on a meal out of the home, Ruby Tuesday has been undergoing a $100 million makeover. Goodbye flair and all kinds of garage-sale stuff on the walls, hello homey lamps, warm hues, and paintings of chefs at work adorning the walls.
Ruby Tuesday: The new look.
The look is new, and so is the menu, which goes upscale a bit--a tricky move during tough economic times. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (332) | Blog
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Spoiler alert: If you haven't seen the final episode of the season and plan to, don't read this. But do watch it soon!
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I hate waiting a week for the next episode of "Mad Men." So it's a good thing the amazing Season 3 finale of "Mad Men" gives us so much to think about during a too-sad, too-long break between seasons. One viewing of this classic caper episode, or "Sterling Coup," as the Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan calls it, just won't do to absorb all that has happened, especially with the women in Don Draper's world.
The women of "Mad Men" have always been among the most compelling characters of what may be the most compelling TV show ever. And in this season, some, like Betty Draper, found their voice, while others' voices grew stronger, more confident. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (21) | Blog
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We're closer than we've ever been to passing a health reform bill, but there is still a long way to go. Members of the House of Representatives worked over the weekend, passing a health care bill 220-215 on Saturday.
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President Barack Obama called the vote "courageous," since no federal legislative body has gotten this far. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, "No longer will being a woman be a pre-existing medical condition" because the bill would end insurance company practices of charging women more for coverage than men. And Senate Republicans were all over the Sunday news shows saying the House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (26) | Blog
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