Your social life is full of challenges.

The awkward pause. The forgotten name. The malaprop. And that terrifying moment of you’re juggling your purse while shaking someone’s hand and simultaneously trying to hang onto your martini glass.

It doesn’t get ...

If you’re going to name your restaurant after one of our greatest presidents, you’d best be prepared to serve up some seriously patriotic food.

Lincoln, which just opened in Santa Monica, is the latest from the Ivar-Paladar-Tengu-Nacional gang. (Can you ...

Has spring sprung? Hard to tell just yet. But that’s no reason not to get the season’s shopping underway.

What: Satine
When: 3/26; Fri. 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Where: Star Shoes, 6364 Hollywood Boulevard, between North Cahuenga Boulevard ...

You’ve waited, hoped, and planned for it all your life. Now it’s here.

One final chance to spend as much of your parents’ money as possible. Or not. Whatever your budgetary constraints, your path to irrational, control-freak Bridezilladom should be ...

You savvy shopper, you.

Scouring the sample-sale circuit, surfing eBay, day-tripping at the outlet mall, bragging about how you haven’t paid retail since ‘92.

Don’t be too shocked when your friends start to one-up you in the designer-discount department. The ...

You know what they say about style. Can’t be bought. You have it or you don’t. Gotta come by it naturally.

Oh, please. That’s just what stylish people say to throw you off their scent. In fact, they simply know ...

Sage advice is hard to come by. It’s either unwarranted (Mom), unhelpful (friend-on-the-verge), or inopportune (late-night infomercials). If you’ve been seeking counsel from the Magic 8-ball or your Ouija board, more power to you. But it’s time you went more ...