If you couldn’t make it out to this year’s Star Ball, you missed out on the city-that-never-sleeps’s biggest night of luxury, charity and entertainment.

By Beverly Saltonstall

Lately the fashion industry has come under fire for its damage
to the environment. The use of fabrics such as polyester, nylon,
rayon, flame retardant and no iron fabrics containing Teflon for
clothing consumes a great deal of natural resources and produces
toxic chemicals. So much toxic waste is created that the EPA has
classified the clothing industry as a hazardous waste generator.

By Nicole Dean

Families need to eat and the hungry mouths never stop asking
"what's for dinner"? We Moms know that a pile of recipe cards
with meals that you can throw together in minutes is a
must-have. Things happen quickly in families today, and you may
be called on to put a meal together in a matter of moments.
Wouldn't it be great to have a simple plan for quick meals that
the whole family can help with?

By Paul Julian

It's hard to know what to do to help when a loved one is first
diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It's a difficult time for everyone
involved to learn that this person has a very debilitating,
incurable disease. You want to offer your support as they
struggle to come to grips with their new reality, but you aren't
sure where to start. Actually the best thing you can do is to
educate yourself as fully as possible about the symptoms and
effects fibromyalgia can have. You can visit reliable websites,
such as WebMD, for information, look for materials at your local
library, and even ask your doctor to give you references for
books you can read. In addition, you can do the things listed in
the rest of this article.

By Nicole Calhoun

When I was growing up, my two sisters and I had to clean the
house every Saturday morning. This had to be done before
cartoons, playing outside and right after eating breakfast. We
used to get up early to make sure we’d be finished in time for
our favorite Saturday morning lineups of Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry.