2009 comebacks
Ever since the invention of the tumble dryer, it's been a mark of status to show the world that you don't have to air-dry your clothes anymore. Housing developments and apartment buildings around the country have banned the practice, ostensibly because seeing all those clothes is unsightly, but...
Dolly's pouring herself a new cup of ambition: Broadway. One of the only bright spots in the Great White Way's season is the incoming musical 9 to 5, based on the now-classic 1980 workplace madcap comedy. For the past decade, Broadway (like Hollywood) has generally abandoned originality in favor of...
2009 comebacks: Here's to the return of the classic cocktail
7:00AM 1/27/2009
A friend of mine, Wayne Curtis, has a new gig writing a monthly review of classic cocktails for the Atlantic.Curtis, who is the author of And a Bottle of Rum, A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails, spent a couple of years roaming the continent researching the art of mixology. Nice work if you...
Nowhere is the past more prologue than in the fashion industry, and again in 2009 the past-popular returns with updated details to make them appear fresh. Three noteworthy trends for the coming year are the resurrection of platform and thick shoes, fringe hairstyles, and the oh-so-comfortable Ugg...
2009 comebacks: Time Is Right for a Sleek, Fast, New Camaro
4:00PM 1/24/2009
GM is bringing back the Camaro -- just in time for a baby boomer mid-life crisis. As Chevy lover Bruce Springsteen sang, "The time is right to go racing in the street."The 2010, fifth-generation Camaro can be special ordered now and ready for cruising this spring. It's got a choice of a V6 engine...
2009 comebacks: Recreational fishing and camping
7:00AM 1/24/2009
Mix together a huge population bubble approaching retirement with savings depleted by a sagging economy and you end up with a lot of people with free time and not much money to spend. This is sweet music to purveyors of cheap recreations like fishing and camping, especially when it comes with the...
Desperate times inspire desperate actions. This may be part of the business plan behind the reemergence of Amway from behind the obfuscating name it adopted, Quixtar. The company, often criticized for operating much like a pyramid scheme, is returning to its best-known brand name, Amway, no doubt...
What to expect when you're expecting: Onesies, bibs, receiving blankets by the dozen, high-chair, stroller...and oh yes, glass baby bottles. Years after they fell out of favor, glass baby bottles, of the sort used by our parents and grandparents, are now de rigeur for new and expecting parents.The...
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