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Shopping: here's a collection of all of our articles filed under shopping

Category: Columnists
Home/Office
To Buy or Not to Buy, Online
By Dana Tuszke
We're halfway to Christmas, and I haven't done any shopping. Okay, wait.  Let me be more specific. I have purchased a few gifts for my son and my husband, but I bought them both online. I didn't have to leave the comfort of my home, or my office...read more
Category: Columnists
Growing Pains
Skating Through Life, Talking Street and Living with Almost Etnies
By Elizabeth Thompson
With school having started I’ve had to finally face the fact that my kids have outgrown EVERYTHING and perhaps consider that we may actually have to, you know, get out of the house! Thank goodness the mall is air-conditioned, but -- here’s...read more
Category: Columnists
Mother Magnetism
NYC Beauty & Style: A Shopping Tour of the City in 64,937 Steps.
By Kelly Reising
(Yes, I have a pedometer to prove it.) Here I am at one of the Sheratons in New York City. I chose to stay here because the Sheraton reminds me fondly of my childhood. It might have been the fact that in my house we had Sheraton logo adorned towels...read more
Category: Parenting
Project Runaway
I like shopping... by myself.
By Melanie Lynne Hauser
I’m a girl. (No, really! I know my family doesn't see me that way, but I really am.). And as a girl, I like clothing. I like fashion. I like shopping — when it’s just me, and I have a relatively empty credit card, and I’ve just...read more
Category: Parenting
Project Runaway
I like shopping... by myself.
By Melanie Lynne Hauser
I’m a girl. (No, really! I know my family doesn't see me that way, but I really am.). And as a girl, I like clothing. I like fashion. I like shopping — when it’s just me, and I have a relatively empty credit card, and I’ve just...read more
Category: Columnists
What's the Matter With Mommy?
I'll have an eggnog. And make it a double.
By Kelley Cunningham
Well, the Halloween candy has been condensed down to one bowl, and all of the Fun Size Snickers have been picked out of it. You know what that means. It’s time for Christmas preparation. Am I the only one who dreads this time of year? I make Scrooge...read more
Category: Politics/Society
A Better Mousetrap?
Today's supermarket aisles are full of innovative new products like green ketchup and purple french fries. What are these people thinking??
By Linda Sharp
It has long been said that if you "Build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door." So true. Inventors have long enjoyed very lucrative careers spent ferreting out that which needs to be improved, enlarged, reduced or what,...read more

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