Baby’s first letters: A-B-C. You already know how to teach that one (there’s a song and everything).

Later on the lessons get harder. Like teaching her T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U. As in “Thank you, Aunt Sally, for the hideous duck-print sweater.”

Luckily, ...

It happens all the time. You’re perched at an eighteenth-century table in a palazzo. A dashing Francesco gazes adoringly at you as you delicately lift a forkful of white-truffle risotto to your lips …

And promptly drop it onto your ...

Babies are a lot like celebrities. They’re up all night, asleep all day, spoon-fed organic food, and the center of attention everywhere they go. And, like the biggest stars, they get mighty cranky when things don’t go
their way.

How ...

Sure, candles are nice. In that “Oh, goodness. Thanks for the fruitcake” kind of way. And, sure, they set the mood, soothe the senses … But they can turn disastrously cheesy with one false move.

Vanilla amaretto? Mint musk? What ...

Shopping is so over.

The crowds. The time suckage. The better-looking person in the next dressing room who always seems to be trying on the same thing two sizes smaller. Why the hell do we do it?

Oh yeah. The ...

It used to be so simple. Preppies wore Tretorns, punkers wore Chuck Taylors, and everyone else wore Keds.

Now, however, selecting the perfect sneaker is as nerve-wracking as buying a new car. Are Adidas too retro Run-DMC? Have Hogans graced ...

On your kid’s Top Ten All-Time Nastiest Phrases list, “Lights out” ranks at #2, just after “Eat your kale.”

Understandable. How would you feel if your disbelieving parents left you all alone to fend off scary under-the-bed monsters with nothing ...