The death of Richard Wright, founding member of Pink Floyd, in September reminded us that while classic rock is timeless, the actual rock bands are full of old, fragile humans. Good thing that the music lives on in tribute bands such as Bricks in the Wall, which is full of…

Afternoon tea encompasses the only things that are right with British cuisine: hot tea and scones. Forget bangers, faggots with gravy or spotted dick (were middle-schoolers allowed to name English food?); give us a creamy, flaky scone with preserves. Experience the range of edible British food at afternoon tea with…

It’s always good to feel good. And it’s even better when you feel good because you’re doing good. And guess what goes well with doing good? Eating well at the Gourmet for Good benefit for the National Osteoporosis Foundation. The event begins with a cocktail reception at Light & Sie…

At the end of the summer, sports lovers nationwide gear up for fantasy football. Fans carefully draft their own teams, banking on a core of experienced players and hand-picking a few promising rookies, hoping their selections will deliver a winning season. Meanwhile, clotheshorses are playing fantasy fashion, perusing the runways…

Dancing Beyond Borders: the program that takes dance across the world to the areas where it’s most needed, responding to dance emergencies with the best dance care, all handled by professional dancers donating their time. Hold on, I might be confusing that with Doctors Without Borders. Ah, yes, sorry. Dancing…

You think it’s gross to let a dog get into a swimming pool, right? You cringe at the thought of all the loose hair, the muddy paws, the slobber. Well, imagine how I feel when I see your baby in the pool with me, in a loose diaper, probably leaking…

It’s difficult being different in the workplace. Maybe you love Pearl Jam and your colleagues think Pearl Jam blows. Or they laugh at your hybrid while they’re rolling in leased Hummers. Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, though, battle barriers of another sort–those between lesbians and gays and their co-workers. Support…

Who didn’t spend many a freshman-year Friday night passed out and still clutching an empty bottle of Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill? Well, we didn’t, but that was just because we were too uncool to have a fake ID. Now that we’re old enough to buy wine legally, we still occasionally…

The organic movement has laid claim to our lawns, our pantries and our laundry rooms. And now they’re aiming for our closets. According to Eco-Centric, a clothing manufacturer, “Conventional farming devours roughly a third of a pound of pesticides and fertilizers to produce enough cotton for a single T-shirt.” Oops…

It’s surprising that Christianity didn’t embrace the idea of evolution decades ago. Though they claim God is immutable, the church has had to constantly revamp its beliefs–evolve, that is–to remain in mainstream society. No, church, women are not the witch-vessels of Satan. No, the sun doesn’t revolve around the Earth…

From junkies to casual users, nobody likes tainted drugs. When you end up with atropine-laced coke or smack contaminated with fentanyl, you just feel cheated. Or possibly dead. And if ethanol is your drug of choice, the same truth applies. Grain, grapes and hops, like any other crops, can be…

Children seem inherently drawn to craftiness, which they express with crayons, construction paper, glitter, sidewalk chalk and, to the chagrin of their parents, red lipstick on a living room wall. As we age, as we’re told to focus on supporting ourselves, some of us lose the confidence to give life…

Here in the South, we know what it takes to make a hoedown—a great caller, a hot fiddler, 30 gallons of sweet tea…and a passel of guinea pigs. OK, maybe a herd of guinea pigs is not a traditional square dance component, but it is what you’ll find at Saturday’s…

We don’t have to go out of our way to spice up breast cancer; it already has two attention-grabbing words. Though, in truth, we’d much rather see the word “breasts” coupled with “firm” or “luscious” or “ginormous.” But thanks to 25 years of work on the part of Susan G…

Americans love meat—to the tune of 200 pounds per person in 2005, according to the USDA. You know you’re eating meat when you’re served a juicy steak, a side of bacon or a plate of Thanksgiving turkey. But how much sneaky meat do you eat? Note the disclaimer on the…

It wasn’t until 1985 that America first heard the word “period” on television in reference to menstruation—thanks, Courteney Cox. Since then, the feminine products industry hasn’t really progressed that much. They continue to offer oddly scented “deodorant” tampons (vaginae should smell like a summer breeze!); “quiet” wrappers (because what’s more…

The idea behind a deer lick is to lure in the suckers with the promise of tasty, fruit-flavored salt and minerals, let them grow big and strong and then BLAM-O! Venison! We can only assume that a pope lick works on the same principle; once the pontiffs are comfortable visiting…

Thinking about donating bone marrow makes me queasy. But so does a holiday filled with cheap stuffed animals and subpar chocolate. This February 14, Children’s Medical Center Dallas rolls both kinds of queasiness into one day with their Be a Matchmaker marrow donor drive. It’s just a quick mouth swab…

Don’t get me wrong, I love my grandmother. And yet, I sometimes wish for a little Italian grandma. I imagine her always wearing her hair in a bun. I would call her Nonna and she’d slap my hand with a wooden spoon when I tried to sneak a taste of…

The key to a great party is a VIP guest—you know, the one whose name will dazzle the other invitees and ensure an event to remember. With no VIP to draw in the other A-listers, your party will slowly devolve into a sad game of drunken spin-the-bottle and a marathon…

Iced tea, at least in our family, is a minefield of personal, picky choices. Mom will only drink it plain, but Cousin Steph wants it as sugary as corn syrup, with three lemons. Some won’t touch it unless it’s made with actual sugar; others stir in three packets of saccharin…

Disney, apparently, can turn anything into a G-rated movie. No word yet on whether they’re working on animated versions of The Story of O or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but we’re sure Disney could whitewash those down to “general audiences” standards. They’ve already done it with The Hunchback of Notre…