Holiday Guides

You know your childhood days are over when you greet a fresh snowfall with a groan.

We're taking our cues from our past and giving this year's holiday entertaining season a vintage twist with '40s cocktails, '50s canapes and '60s fondue.

Plenty of hotels are ready to conspire with Valentine Day lovers to make their weekend tryst a memorable one. They'll ply them with aphrodisiac nibbles, pamper them with sensuous spa treatments, tempt them with bedside champagne and chocolates, love potions and other indulgences they don't enjoy at home.

It is said that if you are lucky enough to be born Irish, you are lucky enough. Maybe that's why people love to claim an Irish heritage on St. Patrick's Day.

Behind the wheel of a fuel cell car on Earth Day, I'm driving the squeaky clean vehicle of the future. Hydrogen goes into the tank, electricity goes into the motor, only water vapor comes out the tailpipe.

Sociologists at Ferrum College in Virginia studied the long-term benefits of good mother-son bonds and discovered qualities that make a man a great mate.

Kids should have a physical before they start training for league play.

This Fourth of July, perhaps more than ever, Americans will be celebrating our freedom and heritage by filling the skies with the sights and sounds of spectacular fireworks. While we love pyrotechnics and this is a holiday all patriotic citizens look forward to, we need to remember that this is an extremely upsetting time for many pets.

Bucking a trend, my retired dad and stepmom have upsized.

Most of you would think twice about celebrating Halloween with a "sleepover" in a cemetery, but in Mexico, that's exactly what children do. They aren't braver than you, they just know they have nothing to fear from the people buried there.

PHILADELPHIA - Getting ready for Thanksgiving would be plenty for Kristina Casey even if she weren't pregnant and she and her husband, Scott, weren't putting their home up for sale.