boston globe magazine
August 23, 2009

Fall Fashion: Red, Hot, and New

If you buy just one item this season – and everything here is under $199 – go with a piece that pops in fall's must-have hue.
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coupling: stories about relationships

Keeping our roots

My former husband and I have decided that friendship is much better than fighting. And our new spouses agree.
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Open minds

They march to their own drumbeat. Can they get in step?
miss conduct's ettiquette column

A fashion don’t?

Wearing white after Labor Day, plus too-hard handshakes.
pierced column

Denial, continued

Odd how these “nonracial” incidents add up.
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