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For as long as I can remember, my girlfriends have been an important part of my life. We’ve graduated from Kool-Aid and cookies to brie and Cabernet and

Culinary talent comes naturally for some people. They take a few ingredients, a plastic fork, a stove on its last legs and a flour sifter, then miraculously transform

I have a confession to make. I spent most of last week delving into other people’s secrets and now I’ve got a dirty little secret of my own:

“A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” — Leslie Dinaberg’s South Coasting Column, 2004 Foolishly optimistic, somewhat deluded person that I

 Whether you're spending New Year's Eve dressed to the MILF-a-luscious nines with Prince Charming sipping champagne from your glass slipper—or whatever the male equivalent to that scenario might

December is one of the cruelest months.Sure we have Hanukkah to celebrate our urge to shop, and latkes to indulge our genetic urge for carbs, and we can

Dear Santa,I'm not sure if you remember me. It’s been a while since I’ve written. Truthfully, I was giving you the silent treatment, whether you realized it or

Other than the day the clocks “fall back” and I get an extra hour of sleep, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving is always reliably stuffed with good

A friendship, too, is a kind of romance-complete with possessiveness,jealousy and mistrust. -Nick LairdWhile sifting your friends from your foes should be straightforward, it's not always obvious who's