Summer Skills Prove Popular This Christmas

Summer Skills Prove Popular This Christmas Learning to surf and being able to cook the perfect barbecue were the two most popular skills given as gifts this Christmas. That's according to a New Zealand website, www.giftofskill.co.nz , that sells gift ...


Should you feel guilty about re-gifting?

It's the month after Christmas and all through the house, people are trying to sell gifts without offending the spouse.


Bro-tox -- Botox for Men -- On the Rise

What to get the man in your life is an ongoing dilemma. The go-to gifts have been gadgets, sports tickets, car equipment, and the like. But a hot item this year was, yes, Botox.


COLUMN: Giving a gift that keeps on giving

This will be a politically incorrect, stereotyping, male-bashing column. Its theme lies in a question to which every woman can relate: “What's the worst gift your spouse ever gave you?” My premise is that men, in general, have a habit of...


Botox -- or, Bro-tox -- Increasingly Popular Gift for Men

Last Year More Than 300,000 Men Got Botox Injections


Combat Soldiers Receive Arts & Crafts as Holiday Presents

WINCHESTER, Calif. -- Anything that brings a little slice of home to a soldier, marine, airman or sailor serving in a time of war is something very special. Thoughts of family and friends thousands of ...


Media All-Stars 2010

Not many media execs have stayed with the same shop for 27 years. Nor can many boast of multiple clients staying with the same firm for decades or more. And only a select few have earned two Media All-Star honors during their career.


GMRC 4

OKAY, guys. Because you asked for it, here's another edition of GMRC: Good Manners and Right Conduct. We left off at #45 before the Christmas holidays. A friend told me, "Why don't you write on ‘GMRC for Christmas'? Truth be told, that was tempting. But it just didn't feel right.


The Top Shopping Streets & Neighborhoods

The nickname "Magnificent Mile" -- hyperbole to some, an understatement to others -- refers to the roughly mile-long stretch of North Michigan Avenue between Oak Street and the Chicago River.


Nick Frederick Writes Santa His Holiday Sports Wish List

I hope this letter finds you well as I prepare for what I hope will be the best Christmas yet (except maybe that first one and when I got the PlayStation). How is Mrs. Claus? Did you guys have a nice summer?