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[caption id="attachment_37029" align="alignright" width="300"] (From Mark Bittman's great New York Times story)[/caption] Are you so over New Year's resolutions – the list-making, not the doing? Do you resolve not to read one compilation with new and improved options? Well, I suggest this one time you make...

Ed. note: Jerry Roberts sent this update today (Friday): "Viewing the latest model runs today it looks like we could have a better shot at snow in the San Juans.  Increasing orographic winds along with cold temperatures will enhance the potential of snow production Saturday. ...

[caption id="attachment_36994" align="alignright" width="300"] Ladybug[/caption] The first Second Chance Pet Column of 2013 promoted making positive and empowering resolutions – as opposed to resolving to NOT doing something, which rhymes with just setting yourself up for failure: for example, last year Boris resolved "I will not eat...

Fashionistas, this one's for you. Found this tongue-in-cheek (not really) blog in HuffPost Style about shooting for the stars on New Year's Eve  – only to crash land back on Earth. New Year's Eve is probably the most overrated event on the calendar. And yet each...

We show up at a holiday party, and run into people we haven’t seen in months. Instead of just saying hello, I dive right in, saying how beautiful the photos of their vacation were. My husband looks at me incredulously. How did you know where...

[caption id="attachment_36840" align="alignright" width="300"] Dogs given celebrity names at shelters in the hopes of attracting adopters include, clockwise from top left: Connie Britton, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Bill Murray, Cat Deeley, Rod Stewart, Diane Sawyer and James Earl Jones. (From The New York Times article...

[caption id="attachment_36858" align="alignright" width="190"] The swans, above, at $1,000 each, are the costliest gift, although the price hasn't budged from 30 years ago. (From New York Times Biz section post)[/caption] Turns out the cost of engaging the lords and ladies went up the most. The price...