Good fences make good neighbors is a time worn phrase. Taken literally, it doesn’t make much sense. Why would something that keeps people apart make them good neighbors? It’s counterintuitive.
Despite my Aug. 8 column about proposed parking fee increases in Downtown last Tuesday, City Council (by a six to one vote) conceptually approved a raft of recommendations and asked staff for a "plan of action" that will eventually make it much more expensive to park in the Bayside area — despite re
Jaycee Lee Dugard’s case is every parent’s nightmare, a troubling reminder that the evils of this world are not confined to dark alleys in big cities.
We all know people who act like they would rather text or check the Internet than eat. The airlines have noticed this, too. A new survey suggests that more business travelers would choose an airline with WiFi service over flights with meals, free movies, or even convenient arrival times.
Q. Dear Rachel, I’m reeling from a failed year-long relationship with a man who I thought was my ideal match. I was first drawn to him because we shared a common interest in spirituality, or so I thought.
Today is the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept, 11, 2001. It feels like five years at most. Perhaps because the attacks were so horrific and shown on TV over and over that it looms so large.
Dear New Shrink, In just two weeks my second child will be leaving for college. I am excited for this new opportunity and for him but I find myself much more anxious than when my first child went off to college.
Much to my disappointment, it recently came to my attention that my fourth all-time most expensive purchase (behind my house, car and a little crocodile purse (that was so pricy, I made it promise me all 50 hatchlings from its next litter before I’d seal the deal) has gone out of style.
I have been watching with great mirth and morbid fascination the growing debate concerning the recent ACLU suit on behalf of the odoriferous “accidental tourists” known as the “homeless” against the erstwhile evil empire of the Peoples’ Republic of Soviet Monica.
Seven years ago, I made the decision to leave New York City for Los Angeles. I had never been to Southern California before, but I’d just put the finishing touches on a brilliantly sharp and grabby script complete with compelling characters, smart dialogue and a brand-spanking new approach to tradit
Among the more amusing items I’ve run across are pending amendments to the city’s zoning ordinance concerning parking and access provisions in parking lots and parking structures with more than 40 parking spaces — approved by the Planning Commission last week and forwarded to City Council for action
A century ago the most dominant tree in the U.S., the American chestnut, towered over the land and ruled the East Coast forests from Georgia to Maine.
