http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/ All Lifestyle en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:53 -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/09324/1015081-30.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Fill out the form to enter the Post-Gazette's Renovation Inspiration Contest. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014920-455.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml A bumpy half-mile missing link on the North Shore Trail will be filled handsomely this winter by a $5 million elevated structure stretching near Millvale. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015030-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Matanuska Glacier, Alaska -- THE temperature was soaring to 75 degrees, and I was walking on ice. Around me the Matanuska Glacier, about 100 miles from Anchorage, sparkled and shimmered in the afternoon sun. The only sound was an occasional rush of cool wind sweeping down from the towering Chugach Mountains and the crunch of my crampons as I made my way up a crevasse with a group of six other trekkers. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015031-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml SEATTLE-- LIKE a reminder of theater's past, the face of the playwright August Wilson stares out from a gleaming glass door set in a 12-foot steel portal at the top of August Wilson Way here, a sloping side street behind the Seattle Repertory Theater. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1006964-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml TORQUAY, County Devon, England -- She has been called England's most prolific serial killer, having disposed of some 300 victims during the course of a lengthy life of crime, in such a variety of ways -- poisoning, garroting, stabbing, strangling, bludgeoning -- that an FBI profiler would have been flummoxed. ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1012574-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- A mainstay of western North Carolina tourism is making a transition from attraction to a portion of a foundation. ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014886-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Where: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave., for nonstop dancing at the ninth annual PittStop LindyHop How far: 10-15 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh How much: $20 at door for Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014905-30.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Howard "Hoddy" Hanna III, chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, was honored recently by an organization of top real estate brokers for his work toward increasing homeownership and building better communities. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014974-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml WASHINGTON -- Flights over much of the eastern United States were delayed yesterday by a predawn failure in a fairly new communications system, which led to the shutdown of a computer that accepts flight plans from the airlines and feeds them to air traffic controllers. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014858-51.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml When you return to Pittsburgh for the holidays, is there one place you have to go first? A favorite food you have to have? A person you must see? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1004266-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml TAMPA, Fla. -- A spotlight on Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood in the October issue of Southern Living magazine reveals a vibrant blend of cultures. ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1006962-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml LYNCH, Ky. -- Joseph Marzelli is glad for the cheerful canary singing in the darkness of an Appalachian coal mine. ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1012571-287.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml LARAMIE, Wyo. -- The Snowy Range Ski Area is scheduled to open in late November this year. ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014516-96.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Video game reviews. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014421-51.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Michael Buble's itinerary is listing a March 17 date in Pittsburgh for his Crazy Love Tour. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014396-51.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Do you dread the traffic and hoopla of Light Up Night and do whatever you can to stay away from Downtown that day? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014232-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml When Holly Lattanzi married Jacob DiCesare in Heinz Chapel last year, her heart belonged to her new husband, but her earrings belonged to someone else. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014354-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml WILLIAM FAULKNER once said: "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again, since it is life." Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014355-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml IN any marriage, there is a natural division of labor. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014356-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml The pale gold carpet in Bergdorf Goodman's shoe salon was pockmarked with hundreds of small indentations one recent Thursday afternoon. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014357-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Some are cyberexperts and others are technophobes, but most designers today embrace a variety of technology applications. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014358-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml It was not so long ago that the spread of the mobile phone sent waves of fear through the reserved world of fine watchmaking. The practicality of a portable phone that doubled as an accurate digital timekeeper made the necessity for a wristwatch vanish almost overnight. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014361-30.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml LOS ANGELES Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014362-30.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml A THREE-BEDROOM, 3000-SQUARE-FOOT HILLTOP HOME IN CUENCA Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014363-47.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml WITH Thanksgiving fast approaching, many hosts face a perennial challenge: finding enough chairs so that a special someone isn't relegated to the floor. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1006961-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml HOPE, Ark. -- The Bill Clinton First Home Museum will soon be a part of the National Park system, a designation that will give the modest structure on a busy street more visibility as a tourist destination. ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010725-30.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Pittsburgh was in the midst of its first building Renaissance when Hyman Katz purchased a 1.6-acre lot in Squirrel Hill, tore down the stone Colonial that had marked it for decades and set about Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010727-30.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml HIGH POINT, N.C. -- When it comes to freshening up a room the accent is on accessories. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010729-47.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Using inexpensive shrubs and conifers in containers, which remain outdoors all year, is an easy way to stretch your gardening dollar. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010732-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. In the past five years, more and more couture designers are partnering with corporate retailers to give the average buyer a chance to own an original design instead of the chop house version. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010738-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml This winter, designers have created hooded scarves and detailed tights to make accessorizing your cold weather wardrobe reasonable and elegant. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010758-323.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml The holiday season is upon us and it's time to start dreaming, celebrating and creating magical memories. This year, more than ever, is about being with family and friends. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1012569-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml OAKLAND, Calif. -- A new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series. ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1012570-140.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- If the Adirondacks fall off of your vacation radar once summer ends and autumn's foliage fades, you might be surprised to hear that hotels, lodges and attractions stay open year-round in places like Lake George, Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014233-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Art review and art news: In ways comparable to today's multitasking cell phones, a new technology began to change the way people envisioned and documented their environments, and one another, in 19th-century France. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014236-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml This holiday season, savvy shoppers are learning that the road to couture might run through their current wardrobe. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014179-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml NEW YORK -- What makes a good holiday gift for a traveler? Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014113-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml The Russian model Natalia Vodianova pulls a fierce face as she tangles with naked winter branches. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014114-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml When the Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai glided into Oprah Winfrey's talk-show studio a couple months ago, she dazzled the audience with her grace and glamour. But her appearance also left some observers wondering why she had chosen to wear something as unusual as a black sari. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014115-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml The biggest buzz during the last round of fashion shows wasn't about the trends for next summer, the amazing sets or even the celebrities. It was about the ways that social media -- blogging, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and the like -- have, almost overnight, become an integral part of how fashion brands get their message to the public. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014116-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml As the Chinese ambassador to France, Kong Quan, flipped the switch for a large display of the site, no fewer than 40 chief executives of luxury brands as diverse as Christian Dior, Baccarat, Boucheron, Hermès and the Plaza Athénée hotel were among the beaming spectators -- led by Françoise Montenay, president of Chanel and of the Comité Colbert, the 70-member luxury industry group behind the project. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014117-314.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Cities, like music, have their own rhythms. They rise and fall in fashion, from Paris in the Belle Époque to Swinging London in the 1960s. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1004265-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a program to certify hotels as "green" for using environmentally sound and sustainable practices. ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1006960-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans' most famous street is a nightly swirl of bright neon and happy tourists strolling with a beverage in hand. ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1012564-37.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml NEW YORK -- Outside magazine's November issue scopes out the best ski resorts in North America, from Alaska to Vermont. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013980-68.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Q: I am a 78-year-old widower and have two sons, two grown grandchildren and one great-grandchild. We all live and work on the family farm (300 acres worth $450,000) I inherited from my father. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014049-455.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml Pittsburgh's newest stretch of reclaimed riverfront is still a bit dusty and its freshly planted landscaping has yet to flourish. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500