Scouting Report

A muscle-toning sneaker, a new store in Southampton and sales in Manhattan and Brooklyn and at Woodbury Common.

The-Dream & Wavves Woo Partygoers in NYC

It's one of the odder pairings of the summer so far: surf-punk outfit Wavves opening for R&B smoothy The-Dream Tuesday night in the basement of New York's Hudson Hotel, where Fader held a party featuring the two acts, who appear on the cover of the magazine's Summer Music Issue. Nathan Williams, the ragamuffin singer-songmaker for the San Diego band, was definitely excited -- and looking for a ...

Scouting Report

A muscle-toning sneaker, a new store in Southampton and sales in Manhattan and Brooklyn and at Woodbury Common.

Gilbert sisters win on ‘Cupcake Wars’

Jessica Cuff and her sister Jenna Flowers break out their best batter and frosting in the Food Network reality show "Cupcake Wars." �

Off The Press

Costco Wholesale spends nothing on advertising and lacks a public relations team, but the Issaquah-based retail Goliath generates buzz aplenty. Costco instead relies on customers and the occasional endorsement from the queen of all media to build business. Take, for instance, the televised trip talk titan Oprah Winfrey took to Costco in 2004. [...]

Mary Kincaid: Weekly eBay Roundup of Vintage Clothing Finds

No time to page through thousands of eBay listings? Then just sneak a peek at my weekly eBay Roundup of Top Vintage Clothing Finds.

Money bags: Woman’s handbag contains �342 worth of ‘essentials’

A study has also found most women carry a total of three credit, debit and store cards, but one in twenty shopaholics have more than ten flexible friends.

Top 10 ‘The Hills’ Moments, From Speidi’s Wedding To Lauren’s Farewell

MTV News names "The Hills" top 10 moments, as the reality series celebrates its 100th episode with Tuesday's (June 29) show.

Top 10 ‘The Hills’ Moments, From Speidi’s Wedding To Lauren’s Farewell

We pick the best so far, as the reality series celebrates its 100th episode on Tuesday.

Life & Style

You're not the man I married, says my wife. It's true. For 12 of our 14 years together I was utterly feckless about money and wildly profligate. Pricey meals out, taxis, extravagant holidays, silly designer knick-knacks: these were the very stuff of life for us. Then two years ago, just before the recession bit, I got a bad case of Debt Fear and started drastically to reduce my outgoings.

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