With the dank days of winter hanging on and the sweet smell of green things growing still weeks away, shopping for a new fragrance should be promoted as the gloom buster of the season.

The carpool is becoming the Holy Grail of New Orleans' commuter class. Drivers who have one glow about its glory -- its powers to save money, restore lost time and bestow sanity.

Shoe fetishists out there devote much of their shopping time to ogling and purchasing shoes. To them, shoes aren't just a shell protection against the ground, they're a form of self-expression. And since we spend most of our daily lives with our feet en

DANVERS and mdash; About 450 die-hard shoppers, most of them women, crowded the foyer of Nordstrom Rack yesterday morning for a chance at a $1,000 shopping spree during the store's grand opening at the Liberty Tree Mall.

Critical response to the 2005 wines of Bordeaux has been nothing short of orgasmic on the part of normally restrained critics. Said the Wine Spectator’s James Suckling, “These young wines seduce already with their complex aromas of ripe fruit, mineral