http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/ All Lifestyle en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:09:45 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211674-115.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml This is one of a series presented by the National Aviary. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12053/1211675-51.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml It's a quintessential summer day, and Boston Commons is abuzz with activity. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211516-314-0.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml "Hollywood style for everyday moms" is the thinking behind Janice Mahoney's line of quilted totes, wristlets and Kindle cases. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211525-51-0.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml DEAR MARY ANN: I have a problem that may sound silly, but it is causing a rift between me and my husband. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211517-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml NEW YORK -- All sights may be set on spring, but what to wear next fall and winter was the focus of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, which wrapped up last week after eight days of runway shows, parties and presentations throughout New York City. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12051/1211092-114.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml If you suffer from excessive, uncontrollable worry, perhaps the best way to treat it is through exercise, a recent study at the University of Georgia indicates. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12051/1210950-51.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Jeremy Lin is the biggest story in the National Basketball Association. It's OK if you haven't heard of him. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12051/1211458-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml To the Editor: Regarding "So, Just How Safe Is Your Ship" (Practical Traveler, Feb. 5), I've only been on Royal Caribbean, and can say only positive things about it. Muster drills were competent and strictly enforced. The crew was also very competent. At the port where we docked, we saw the crew practicing their lifeboat drills. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210779-51.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml With VisitPittsburgh promoting a new city slogan to attract visitors -- "Birthplace of Pop Culture" -- here's an intriguing thought: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210772-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml MIAMI -- It's officially called the Metromover, but you'll hear it called the "people mover." Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210775-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Can the radiation from airport scanners cause a miscarriage? The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and the U.S. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210783-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Ludwig and I had the kind of relationship where I could ask him anything without fear of reproach. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1211054-358.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml A whiteout is raging in Eastern Pennsylvania. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210773-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml LANCASTER, Ohio -- The Knobs stand out, in more ways than one. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210774-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Downtown Lancaster is also filled with Ohio history. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1210776-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Q: How about some advice on how to complain effectively? A: Sure. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1211324-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml IN Italy, where fashion designers are modern Medicis, nightclubs are named after Roberto Cavalli; restaurants designed by Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana; museums dedicated to Gucci and Ferragamo; and theaters -- used only a few days a year for their runway shows -- built by Gucci, Armani, Prada and Versace. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1211325-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml A LITTLE over a year ago, Maine Huts & Trails opened its newest backcountry eco-lodge in the mountains of western Vacationland. Each of the lodges, now numbering three, has hot showers and private guesthouses and serves breakfasts and dinners prepared with locally sourced organic ingredients. Ditto the brown bag lunches. Connecting them is a rolling, 45-mile trail that begins outside Sugarloaf ski resort, two hours north of Portland, and ends in the tiny community of West Forks. Once a week, the trails Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1211326-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml ALTHOUGH many residents of Beirut were strolling along the newly opened waterfront promenade, Zaitunay Bay, on a mild January morning, it was almost eerily quiet. The Lebanese capital is not exactly known for tranquillity  --  a cacophony of car horns provides the soundtrack for nearly all strolls here  -- but on this attractive marina nestled below street level, you could hear the water lapping against the hulls of docked pleasure craft. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1211327-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml BRYAN BATT has been in nine Broadway musicals and several films and television shows, most recently as Salvatore Romano on "Mad Men." But one of his favorite performances was at Mardi Gras in 1984, dancing the moonwalk on the back of a flatbed truck in the Garden District of his hometown, New Orleans, dressed as Michael Jackson. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12050/1211328-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml SOMEWHERE over the Mississippi River I looked up from my book, glanced out the window, realized that my flight out of New York was actually in the air, that we seemed to be making good time, and that there was a slim chance I would make a tight connection in Texas and get to my first meeting in New Mexico. Duly noted. I glanced at the snaking river below me, took in the squared-off landscape, and plowed right back into my book. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500