Summer Rituals | Waking the Houses: So Much to Do, So Little Time
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Summer on Fire Island starts with a scramble to prepare houses for seasonal residents.
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Female solidarity â or the lack of it â seems to be a popular theme on television this summer.
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Greetings, dear readers. Cathy has asked me to keep you entertained, or at least awake, for a couple of weeks while she catches a break from the fashion cycle, which still seems to be rolling along even after the end of the Paris collections. New York, where it feels like spring outside, is playing host [...].
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As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will crank up air conditioners and push the city's power grid to the limit &#151; but some have found a cool alternative.
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Science & environment: The fashion for new decorations every year is helping create an eco timebomb
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I recently moved from a small apartment in Oakland to a new house in Sacramento. The cat and I are adjusting quite well, thank you, though for about one month, I was without a kitchen. Or a water heater. Or downstairs flooring. It may not have been the best-laid renovation plan.
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Much More Than Just Keeping an Eye on Your Household
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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Doing the laundry has taken on a new meaning for New Yorkers who can now watch their wash and spin cycles while listening to poetry and prose.
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By Courtney Sherwood, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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Summer dresses that allow for the circulation of air between cloth and body, nonconstricting comfort for hot, humid summer days.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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It's just another summer in the "Big Brother" house. Or is it?
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Summer is synonymous with eating outdoors and attending festivals in many parts of the States.
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From backyard barbecues to outdoor adventures to family road trips, these 22 fun and functional devices will help you get the most out of your summer.
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CHICAGO - At a time when restaurants typically put away their patio furniture, sweaters replace T-shirts and sailboats are plucked from the water, Midwesterners are out enjoying activities usually reserved for July and August - not weeks past Labor Day. Summer is here...