America’s Most Caffeinated Cities
Thursday, February 2, 2012 by optimize
Find out where people spend the biggest chunk of cash on cups of joe (hint: Seattle is not #1).
The 20 Best Reads of 2011
Monday, January 9, 2012 by optimize
From magazines, newspapers and the Internet, the most unforgettable articles that crossed our editors' desks (or screens) all year. 1. “The Life Reports” and “The Life Reports II,” by David Brooks, The New York Times, November 24 and November 28, 2011 Liz Vaccariello, VP, Editor-in-Chief, Chief Content Officer: "I find Brooks one of the smartest, wide-ranging columnists in the business...
A Wife Gives her Husband the Gift of Life
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 by optimize
The year 1998 was the beginning of a remarkable transformation for my family. My father, Jim Dineen, the always healthy, weightlifting, never-missed-a-day-of-work kind of dad, discovered he had kidney disease. He was 52, and had no symptoms. We don't really know how he got it -- he even guessed that exposure to Agent Orange when he was in Vietnam could have been a factor -- and the road to recovery has been long...
Holiday Stories: The Gift of Possibility
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by optimize
That Christmas Eve, the streets of Boston were clogged with tourists and locals bundled in wool and flannel. Shoppers, hawkers, and gawkers whirled and swirled around me. "Frosty the Snowman," "Let It Snow!" and "Jingle Bells" played in stores; on the sidewalks, the street musicians did their best...
Holiday Stories: All I’m Asking For
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by optimize
I must have been about nine years old, too dignified to sit on Santa's lap at the Mason's department store in Anniston, Alabama, but still young enough to ask — please, please, please — for a G...
Holiday Stories: The Gift of Possibility
Monday, December 26, 2011 by optimize
That Christmas Eve, the streets of Boston were clogged with tourists and locals bundled in wool and flannel. Shoppers, hawkers, and gawkers whirled and swirled around me. "Frosty the Snowman," "Let It Snow!" and "Jingle Bells" played in stores; on the sidewalks, the street musicians did their best...
When to Wear Sunglasses
Thursday, December 22, 2011 by optimize
Get the most from your sunglasses by sidestepping these pitfalls. Skipping sunglasses in the winter. Snow reflects 80 percent of sunlight — three times more than water and five times more than beach sand. Relying only on contact lenses...