This obscure object of desire
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Norrice Auen and her 18-year-old son Luke arrived at the Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham on Thursday evening.
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The thirst to acquire new neat stuff never seems to go away.
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We've got two more entries this week in the category of "What weird, useless stuff is for sale on eBay that I just have to have?"
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A campaign for sunglasses carries a theme â âNever hideâ â that seems counterintuitive when you consider the product.
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The American fetish for homeownership can lead to some perverted outcomes.
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Arts & entertainment: What's behind our sudden craving for big, bold works of public art?
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To engage with an artwork, especially contemporary works, can be a daunting task.
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How to uncover your own Hidden Gems.
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A medium breaks the bonds of time and expectation to find its inner razzle-dazzle.
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Contrary to popular belief, sex doesn't necessarily sell. While movie ads are usually rife with the promise of romance and sensuality, the rare film that frankly delves into explicit sexuality does so at its own risk.
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I have recently begun to circulate through some of New YorkÂs secondhand stores nursing the vague hope that I may find something interesting or inexpensive.
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Take a close look, and you might like what you see.
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The search for tiny treasures continues.
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You don't really want a pile of money. You want something much more.
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Candle, $9.99. Personal lubricant, $15.00. Animated pornography ... priceless. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
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ÂThe lingering, perceived essence of anotherÂ sounds like the subject of a Proustian rumination. In fact, it is a line from an academic paper last April in The Journal of Marketing, by Jennifer J. Argo, Darren W. Dahl, and Andrea C. Morales. The authors examined a phenomenon that drives store managers crazy: consumers love to touch products in stores, but they hate buying things others have touched.
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What seem to be ordinary, everyday objects to some people can carry a storehouse of information about the ownerâs ideology.