Summer is a great time to relax and catch up your reading. Here, our favorite beach reads. Names My Sisters Call Me, by Megan Crane (Grand Central Publishing; $13.99) Whether you’re getting married or have long dealt with the challenges of navigating sisterly relationships, you’ll relate to...
Every girl loves a trip to the spa to relax after a long week, but not every budget has room for that luxury. While a massage and a manicure are fabulous ways to unwind, at many spas services can be quite expensive. With a little creativity and a few minutes of research, you can get spa-quality...
Everything’s going well: Your career is on track, you love where you live, and you actually have a love life. Then something terrible happens—you’re diagnosed with a serious illness. Or maybe you’ve been living with a condition for years, but it starts to get worse. Likely, you’re headed down a...
It’s cold-and-flu season, and you know what that means: lots of germs lurking around the office. If you do catch a cold, it’s easy to see why, since a recent survey found that 49% of people go to work “very frequently” even when they feel sick. Respondents cited a lack of sick days and a fear...
Curl up this Christmas with one of these books. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster; $25.95). Fans of Weisberger’s first two novels—The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing—will recognize her snappy writing style and flawed characters. This time around,...
It’s Sunday night at 8 p.m., and your heart is:a. Fluttering because someone special just fixed you a sumptuous and romantic supper. b. Thumping with anticipation because Desperate Housewives is about to come on and you can’t wait to find out what’s happening on Wisteria Lane.c. Pounding because...