O, The Oprah Magazine articles from June 2007

O, The Oprah Magazine archives from June 2007

The back story.
June 1, 2007... Miraval Give-O-Way! THE O READERS WHO WON A TRIP to Miraval Spa with Oprah (see page 196) received special gifts during their stay there--a bookmark with Oprah's welcome and books by the experts who joined them at Miraval (Mehmet Oz and...

We hear you! Readers relive their narrow (and not-so) escapes, redraw the family tree, regroup after a meltdown, and rethink thin. Read on for more ....(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... In Case of Emergency... As I read "O's Worst-Case-Scenario Handbook" [by Penny Wrenn, April], the advice about what to do if "it's night, you're home alone, and there's a burglar in the house" caught my eye. I found myself in a similar...

The breast defense.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I understand the reasoning behind Rene Syler's drastic decision to get a preemptive double mastectomy ["Defending My Life," April]. My mother is a two-time breast cancer survivor, and three years ago, I, too, was diagnosed with the disease....

Food for thought.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I finally had my aha moment when I read Barbara Graham's article "Think Like a Thin Person" [April]. I was a latchkey kid. My mother was a single parent, and we lived in a large apartment in Chicago. Every day, from the time I got home (by...

Calm after the storm.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... Though I've never written to any magazine before, I feel compelled to express my gratitude to Martha Beck for "The Panic Button" [April]. About seven months ago, I lost an aunt who was very dear to me, and when I returned to work from the...

We are family.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... Like Carol Brennan's daughter, Joanna, who finds her birth parents ["The Other Mother," April], I am also the lucky daughter of parents who were willing--nervously, but without reservation--to open my childhood home to my birth parents and...

Ab-solution.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I loved "Dr. Oz's 20-Minute, Spring-into-Shape, Excuse-Busting Workout" [April]. I've always said I never have enough time to exercise, but with this routine, I don't need to venture any farther than my living room in order to whip my flab into...

The O that keeps on giving.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... My best friend gave me a gift subscription to O for Christmas, around the time I ended an extremely emotionally abusive relationship. For five years, I'd been struggling with letting go; I was afraid of losing the "comfort" of having someone...

Here we go!(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... THIS MONTH WE'RE ALL ABOUT LOVE! IT'S A SUBJECT WE'VE tackled before and I imagine we'll tackle again, because as far as living a healthy, happy life goes, I hold loving and being loved right up there with fresh air and water. The good...

Go figure: a wedding story: what did O readers wear to walk down the aisle? An oprah.com poll found out. (If you're in the mood for more voyeuristic matrimonial fun, turn the page for an inside look at some memorable wedding cakes from event planner extraordinaire Colin Cowie.).(O-ZONE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... CELEBRITY DAUGHTERS DEBUT, FANTASIA TAKES THE STAGE, STOVES SAVE LIVES & MORE 57 Percentage of respondents who paid $500 or less for their gown 19 Percentage who thought the search was "a stress-inducing nightmare" 98...

That takes the cake.
June 1, 2007... NO ONE THROWS A PARTY like Colin Cowie, O contributor and event planner to the stars. In his latest book, Colin Cowie's Extraordinary weddings (Clarkson Potter), the genius behind Oprah's Legends Ball gives us a peek at 14 extravagant...

Screen gems.(O-ZONE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... * Ocean's 13 has all the depth of a kiddie pool, but we'll watch anything that offers the yummy eye candy of Matt Damon, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Don Cheadle. The bonus: scene-stealers Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould, reprising their roles...

La Vie en Rose.(MUST-SEE LITTLE MOVIE OF THE MONTH)(Movie review)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... French director Olivier Dahan's new Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie en Rose, is named for the legendary chanteuse's best-loved song--but even those unfamiliar with her work will be fascinated by the singer's stranger-than-fiction life story. After...

Raising stars.(O-ZONE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... THE CAST OF EVENING, A DRAMA based on Susan Minot's best-selling novel, reads like a movie director's wildest fantasy. Despite the presence of Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, and Glenn Close, it's Streep's 23-year-old daughter, Mamie Gummer,...

TiVo This.(O-ZONE)(Tyler Perry's House of Payne; Shot in the Dark)(Television program review)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... * TBS's unprecedented 100-episode order of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, a comedy about three generations of one family forced to share living quarters, premieres June 6. The sitcom is the first crack at television for the cross-dressing...

Nugget.(O-ZONE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... "Love and appreciation are both positive emotions. And when you engage in either of them, or any other positive emotions, you cannot simultaneously be miserable. That's because the brain is not wired to process both a positive and a negative at...

What's Playing in Fantasia Barrino's Ear?(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Color Purple isn't just the only Broadway show Fantasia Barrino has ever starred in--it's the only one she's ever seen. Three years after taking the American Idol title, the scrappy, resilient Grammy nominee is playing Celie, the...

Fueling hope.(How Can I Help?)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... IF YOUR REACTION TO NEWS OF ATROCITIES IN Darfur, Sudan, is horror mixed with helplessness, it's time to get involved. Many women living in refugee camps have no choice but to put themselves in the path of government-supported militiamen,...

Lover's leap: intimacy (the soul-baring, bogie-and-bacall kind) is tougher and knottier than love songs suggest. Martha Beck sidles up beside you with a few great ways to throw yourself into it.(advice, etc.)
June 1, 2007... PSYCHOLOGISTS TELL US WE'RE BORN AFRAID OF JUST two things. The first is loud noises. Do you recall the second? Most people guess "abandonment" or "starvation," but neonatal dread was simpler than that: It was the fear of falling. Today we all...

Dr. Phil: "plan a date, farm out the kids, light some candles, and seduce him": Phillip C. McGraw, PhD, on sex: a wife craves romance ... a tired mother loses interest in intimacy ... and a woman wishes she desired her husband.(advice, etc.)
June 1, 2007... Q My husband and I used to make love all the time. He would play soft music, give me massages, and kiss me endlessly. Then, three years ago, he was unfaithful. We worked things out, but ever since, we've just had sex: no romance, no fire. I've...

Something to think about: love across time.(advice, etc.)
June 1, 2007... All love is tested, especially in marriage. While some unions aren't meant to last, a study showed that 80 percent of couples who stayed together to work through marital problems reported being happy when surveyed again five years later....

Suze Orman: "you've decided to put your mother's needs ahead of your own": must I support my irresponsible mother financially? ... Should I borrow money for a fertility treatment? ... Why bother making small donations?(advice, etc.)
June 1, 2007... Q My 75-year-old mother is totally irresponsible with money. Her only savings was a $16,000 IRA, which she spent needlessly in the past few years. She has a minimum wage job and rents a modest apartment. She won't tell me if she has life...

What do I do now? From cell phone misbehavior to pushy coworkers, Jancee Dunn canvasses experts on how to play well with others.(advice, etc.)
June 1, 2007... Is it okay to "just check" a BlackBerry or cell phone at dinner... ... if you're having a work emergency or have a sick child at home? * Only if you alert your companion first. Trying to hide what you're doing is rude. I was in a...

Christine Ebersole's aha! Moment: over-the-hill? Not when you construct your own hill. The actress makes a life-defining, career-sparking move.(advice, etc.)
June 1, 2007... I BEGAN MY CAREER PERforming in plays and musicals in New York, but by the mid-eighties, opportunities in Hollywood beckoned and I made the move to Los Angeles. It was a good decision. Work took off, but most important, I met my family out...

A million ways to save the world.(advice, etc.)
June 1, 2007... AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT EVE ENSLER RESUMES HER MONTHLY MISSION: to canvass the best brains around the globe for their earthshaking, world-fixing ideas. So that by Valentine's Day 2008, the tenth anniversary of V-Day--Ensler's movement to end...

The O list: "a few things I think are just great."--Oprah.(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... There's No Place Like Home "I believe every human should watch, and wait to fall in love with our beautiful planet earth." ($80 for DVD set, $40 for book, Discovery Channel Store; discoverystore.com. See "What I Know for Sure," page 270,...

Beach upgrade 2007: beach isn't synonymous with bare (in fact, the hottest suits now are one-pieces) ... the chicest cover-ups can double as dresses ... and towels have become almost an art form.(style)(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... 1. Lightweight striped tunic in feel-the-heat colors. ViX, $104. 2. Oversize sky blue shades mix sporty and retro glam. Juicy Couture, $180. 3. Elegant beach wrap with terry cloth on one side, painterly swirls on the other. Dianora...

Style.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Look What We Found! Power Cuffs Why pile on jewelry when one piece will do? A singularly sensational bangle is all you need for the day--and the night. 1. Rich green bordered in black is like bamboo for the wrist. Banana Republic, $28. 2....

Editor's choice.(style report)(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... Label We Love Strong, sensual orbs in silver, yellow, and white gold typify the new collection by designer Jacqueline Rabun for Georg Jensen, the century-old Danish jeweler. Rabun's works have already made her a hit in London. (Necklace,...

Adam says.(style report)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Q: I'M ABOUT TO GO ON VACATION. WHAT SHOULD I WEAR ON THE PLANE? A: I'm not one of those paragons who arrive pressed and perfect. Looking seminice is a more realistic goal. Cargo pants are as relaxed as jeans but looser and have all...

Look what we found! A moisturizing, heavenly scented body mist, an illuminating shampoo and mask, a collection of lipsticks with an intriguing twist, and more ... here's what O's beauty director, Valerie Monroe, fell in love with this month.(style beauty)(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... Instructions for a perfect weekend evening: At the end of a warm, early summer Saturday, grab this magazine-and draw yourself a bath. While you're having a good soak, turn to page 212 and read all about the tender vicissitudes of love. When the...

Ask Val: you've got questions? Our beauty director, Valerie Monroe, has answers.(style beauty)
June 1, 2007... Q | Should I dye my very light eyelashes and eyebrows darker? I've seen lots of women having their brows dyed in various salons over the years, so I thought this question was a no-brainer. But it's not. There are no FDA-approved dyes for...

Whiter! Straighter! Brighter! Because your smile is one feature you can totally make over without doing anything drastic, invasive, or (necessarily) wildly expensive, here are five ways to boost your dazzle quotient, and two radiant before-and-afters. Valerie Monroe has a choppers advisory.(style beauty)
June 1, 2007... I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO SHE IS, BECAUSE IT WOULD EMBARRASS HER, BUT I can tell you that one morning not long ago, a colleague came to work with six stitches in her forehead and--way worse--a front tooth chipped nearly in half. She'd had one hell...

Internet fertility brokers: can you trust them?(bodywise)
June 1, 2007... THERE ARE SO MANY STUNNING, ACCOMPLISHED young women profiled on the Web site, it's hard to know whom to choose. The 21-year-old Jewish blonde who is on a full athletic scholarship to an NCAA division 1 school? The 23-year-old...

Touche, tush.(bodywise)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... SOME CALL fencing one of the oldest competitive sports in history; I call it the enlightened woman's approach to a speedy butt lift. My backside made more progress in a couple of weeks of riposting than it did in a summerlong Bums and Tums...

Bye-bye, breast biopsy?(bodywise)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... FOUR OUT OF FIVE women who get a biopsy following a worrisome mammogram find that the mass poses no threat. That's a lot of unnecessary discomfort, which helps explain why there's been so much buzz about elastography, an experimental ultrasound...

Invisible fitness move.(bodywise)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... WAITING IN LINE doesn't have to be a waste of time. Karen Erickson, a New York City chiropractor and spokeswoman for the American Chiropractic Association, suggests using those minutes to stretch out your lower back and work on your abdominal...

Your hunch is correct.(bodywise)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... LEAN BACK AND RELAX--your spine will thank you. Doctors in Scotland used a new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan 22 people while they were seated in different positions. Just ten minutes of sitting hunched forward or ramrod...

The way to eat: David L. Katz, MD, sorts out the healthy, the harmful, and the hype.(bodywise)
June 1, 2007... Q | I'm trying to eat better, but it's hard to do it on a budget. Junk food really is the cheaper way to go. Is there a way to keep my grocery bill down and still eat healthy? --BETHANY TEAHAN Nashville You may have to spend a...

Where did she go? What does it take to lose 200 pounds? Teamwork, says Laura Prescod, who tells Aimee Lee Ball how it went down.(bodywise weight)
June 1, 2007... A PATIENT IN A MANHATTAN ONCOLOGIST'S office was scheduling a follow-up appointment when she realized that she hadn't seen a familiar face behind the desk. "Where's that really fat girl who works here?" the tactless woman asked--which was heard...

The gaslight effect: is he playing with your mind?(mindwise)
June 1, 2007... RED FLAG NO. 1: You feel as if you can never quite get your footing in your relationship. Red flag no. 2: You're constantly asking yourself, "Am I as demanding and emotional as he says I am?" Red flag no. 3: You find yourself making excuses to...

Foleygate syndrome: "do as I say and not as I do." Gail Saltz, MD, the author of Anatomy of a secret life: the psychology of living a lie, explains the hypocrisy.(mindwise)
June 1, 2007... CONGRESSMAN Mark Foley, as chair of the caucus for missing and exploited children, is caught exploiting young congressional pages. Reverend Ted Haggard, head of the National Association of Evangelicals--a condemner of same-sex marriage--is...

Six beautiful minds: how they stay brilliant.(mindwise)
June 1, 2007... THEY ARE THE EINSTEINS of our time, one-of-a-kind thinkers awarded MacArthur "genius" grants or Nobel Prizes who have come up with theories explaining the cosmos, inventions for the blind, and art that shakes our souls. We asked some of the...

Hotshots.(reading room)(Photo by Sammy Davis Jr.)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY DO FOR AN ENCORE? SAMMY DAVIS JR., WHO DIED IN 1990, was such an exuberant megatalent--actor, dancer, singer--it's dizzying to learn he was an avid photographer, too. Photo by Sammy Davis Jr. (Regan), a great big kiss of...

Emotional rescue: from The Kite Runner's Khaled Hosseini, a sweeping novel of two oppressed, strong-hearted women.(reading room)(A Thousand Splendid Suns)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... LOVE MAY NOT BE THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU consider the war-ravaged landscape of Afghanistan. But that is the emotion--subterranean, powerful, beautiful, illicit, and infinitely patient--that suffuses the pages of Khaled...

Break the cycle!(reading room)(Pop: A Celebration of Black Fatherhood)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... That's the goal of Pop: A Celebration of Black Fatherhood (Stewart, Tabori & Chang), Carol Ross's tender black-and-white photographs of 51 fathers--from struggling single parents to business magnates--with the kids they adore. In the...

Writer, Reconstructed: Gritty and lyrical--a fine first novel of the American South.(Cataloochee )(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... It's hard to remake yourself at 50, but Wayne Caldwell, a literature PhD turned furniture retailer, decided at that age to become a fiction writer, and it's good he did. His stories won prizes, he wrote what he later called a "bloated...

After the fall: DeLillo's wrenchingly beautiful novel of 9/11.(reading room)(Falling Man)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... DON DELILLO HAS LONG been our most prescient novelist, the man whose imagination felt like a crystal ball in which we made out the ghostly silhouettes of our future. Only once before has he cast an eye backward at a particular event in history:...

Lovesick.(On Chesil Beach)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Always a gorgeous stylist, Ian McEwan has never written more beautifully than he does in his melancholy and haunting new novel, On Chesil Beach (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday). Two newlyweds, Edward and Florence--both virgins--are on their honeymoon...

Standing her ground: a young polio victim wills herself to move and, years later, to remember.(reading room)(In Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... In 1950, just after her 11th birthday, Susan Richards Shreve was sent to FDR's polio rehabilitation hospital for a series of surgeries and physical therapies to reconstruct her disease-damaged right side. In Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood...

Nanny makes three: a bold look at the intensely complicated relationship between mothers and their children's caregivers.(reading room)(The Perfect Stranger: The Truth About Mothers and Nannies)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... FOR ALL WORKING MOTHERS, THE DESIRE for a clone is intense, especially in the first weeks back after a child is born. We want, or need, to keep earning that paycheck, but we also want a perfect substitute at home who will at least appear to...

BibliO: Fortune's favorite, love's collision course, the bitch at the dinner table, and a postmodern murder mystery.(Bibliography)
June 1, 2007... * The woman in the lush green Balmain gown on the cover of Frances Kiernan's The Last Mrs. Astor (Norton) has been a world-class socialite, a hands-on philanthropist, and recently the focus of a legal battle that was the stuff of tabloid...

Books That Made a Difference to Natalie Angier: So her childhood wasn't ideal--but reading was pure, sacred, continual. The Pulitzer Prize--winning New York Times science writer recommends the exotic novels and mind-boggling nonfiction that shaped her destiny.
June 1, 2007... I GREW UP IN A VIVIDLY GRIM BRONX apartment, along with two overworked parents, three surly siblings, two unspayed cats, a long stream of disturbingly short-lived goldfish, a spindly geranium plant that must have been bred to survive the rigors...

How could she not have known? When former New Jersey governor James McGreevey revealed that he was gay, women everywhere had one thing on their minds: his wife. Had Dina McGreevey suspected? If so, why did she stay? If not--well, how was that possible? Now that the former First Lady has written a book telling her version of the story, O editor at large Gayle King poses the question we've been dying to ask.(reading room)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... OF ALL THE STUNNING THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT JAMES McGreevey's press conference on August 12, 2004, the most stunning, in the eyes of some, was the behavior of the woman beside him. Dina Matos McGreevey, then 37, stood by her man as he resigned...

A little mouse music: love is in the air--even if you can't quite hear it. Cathleen Medwick listens in on a tiny, touching serenade.(connections)(Essay)
June 1, 2007... I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO LATE ONE night, just as I was drifting off. The news came in on the lips of a BBC reporter, through the salt spray of an impending dream. Mice can sing. To one another, when they want to mate. You can't hear it, the...

Lisa Kogan tells all: for those days when you can't quite figure out what's eating you, our occasionally cranky columnist suggests you try eating vast quantities of pork ... and other techniques to avert a full-blown tantrum.(connections)(Essay)
June 1, 2007... I TEND TO BE A LITTLE WHINY AND, YES, it's been suggested, even a touch moody. Oh, I know what you're thinking: You? But Lisa, you're so charming, so gosh darn delightful, so sparkly, so devil-may-care, so deliciously optimistic, so--what's the...

The life in there: years after her mother died of Alzheimer's, Lauren Kessler was still terrified of the disease. And so she decided to meet her fear head-on--by taking an entry-level job at an Alzheimer's facility. First came the shock. Then, amazingly, the awe. What she learned will change the way you think about the diagnosis we all dread.(connections)(Excerpt)
June 1, 2007... ON THE JOB APPLICATION, THERE IS NO SPACE TO LIST ADVANCED DEGREES. There is, however, a space for "special skills." I think hard: Archival research? Pilates? Italian cooking? Surely there is something I know how to do that qualifies me for...

Journey to the center of yourself: sixty women won the chance of a lifetime. A five-day retreat at Miraval Resort and Spa with Oprah. Gayle, and a dream team of advisers for mind, body, and spirit. What they learned could change their lives--and yours. Aimee Lee Ball brings the experience back for you.(Personal account)
June 1, 2007... FIVE THRILLING DAYS AT MIRAVAL: a life-changing empowerment retreat with Oprah for 60 women at the end of their rope * Fascinating new research on love (paired with an only-in-O quiz) explains who clicks with whom, and lays down the new...

Sear ye! sear ye! A hiss, a cloud of smoke, and-omigod, that smells good!--summer's next mind-blowingly memorable meal just landed on the grill. If you've always left the open-flame thing to the menfolk--and if you'd like to get really, really good at it--grill guide Moira Hodgson is here with the rules, the tools, and some recipes you should clip out right now before you forget.
June 1, 2007... FOR ME THE GRILL IS AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN. I USE IT year-round, even in snow. I love the way an open fire intensifies the flavor of food: it crisps the skin on a chicken and caramelizes the juices on a steak, giving it a nice charred crust. ...

Love: the latest.
June 1, 2007... Who are these four people and what can they tell you about your love life? According to relationship wizard Helen Fisher, PhD, they're the four basic personality types, and once you know which you are (take her test on page 252), you'll know...

8 entirely new ideas about love: forget everything you've been told. Like: don't be picky; plan dates with your mate to keep love alive; don't even try to change his annoying habits. Wrong, all wrong. In this eye-opening and incredibly useful report, researchers stand conventional wisdom on its head.
June 1, 2007... 1 It's Good to Be Picky. Very Picky Single women the world over will thank God for these two researchers: In a study of speed daters, Paul W. Eastwick and Eli J. Finkel, PhD, of Northwestern University, found that people who selected a...

The states of love: where can you get married at 13? Arrested for living together? Imprisoned for adultery? A cross-country guide.
June 1, 2007... And Then There's Hollywood... ... where anniversaries are measured in months, not years... * Average time between meeting at a party and million-dollar wedding: six weeks. * Average time for celebrities to realize that their soul...

Love's Dilemma: it's the wish to be together forever versus the inevitability of change. Trish Deitch finds the way through.(Essay)
June 1, 2007... YEARS AGO MY BOYFRIEND GEOFF AND I SAT ON THE OLD twin bed we'd bought from the Salvation Army, crying so hard our noses ran and shirtsleeves grew wet with tears. At 17 it had never occurred to me that I'd ever be without him, my first love....

The O panty intervention: clingy jersey dresses. Low-rise jeans. White pants. Pencil skirts. These are some of the danger zones for panty crimes. O's undercover team caught offenders in the act, then transformed them with sleek, no-show lingerie solutions.(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... 1 Smooth shapers zap the lines that materialize under revealing knits. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SOLUTIONS Thigh Profile Visible lines were the major panty issue (51.3 percent) in a recent 917-woman...

Breathing space.
June 1, 2007... SUNRISE AT SOUTH GEORGIA, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, 2005 Photograph by Paul Sutherland

'Since he's gone, I don't laugh anymore': heart palpitations. Insomnia. Depression. Though far from the battlefields, the families of soldiers serving in Iraq suffer from their own war wounds.
June 1, 2007... 'Since he's gone, I don't laugh anymore': heart palpitations. Insomnia. Depression. Though far from the battlefields, the families of soldiers serving in Iraq suffer from their own war wounds. Usually in silence. But now a groundbreaking...

The cork report: forget flip-flops. This summer belongs to the cork wedge. They'll keep you light on your feet, from a day at the pool to a night on the town.(Fashion)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... BREEZY BLUE CANVAS slingbacks with cross-stitched soles appear hand-finished. CL BY LAUNDRY, $50; chineselaundry.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SEDUCTIVE FAUX PATENT leather with a delicate buckle has vampish appeal. MIXIT BY JCPENNEY,...

Who's afraid of the big bad sun?(Beauty)(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... THE BAFFLING NEWS: FEWER THAN ONE-THIRD OF ADULTS BOTHER TO use sunscreen regularly, even though we know that sun protection is critical. The better news: The latest formulas offer greater protection, feel light on the skin, dry fast, and...

Summer and smoke: what's on the grill: cumin-crusted chicken, sesame-tinged duck, goat-cheese pizza, seared scallops.(THE RECIPES)
June 1, 2007... Grilled Sea Scallops with Tomato-Black Olive Vinaigrette and Potatoes When shopping, keep in mind that most sea scallops are fished by boats dragging heavy chains along the ocean floor, damaging fragile habitats in the process. Ask your...

Shop guide: (all prices are approximate).(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... COVER Tunic, Jeannie McQueeny, $1,050; vivre.com. Jeans, Ralph Lauren Black Label, select Bloomingdale's stores; 800-555-7467. Earrings, Ippolita, $1,200; ippolita.com; Neiman Marcus; 800-365-7989. Ring, Laura Munder Fine Jewelry; 877-686-3372....

Do we click? Mandy Ginsberg, vice president and general manager of chemistry.com, on modern love.(Interview)
June 1, 2007... Match.com brought a world of dating possibilities to its subscribers, but last year, in an attempt to reach a slightly older group more interested in forming lasting relationships, the parent company launched chemistry.com. The new site...

The love-type test.
June 1, 2007... Here's the way to determine what personality type you are--Explorer, Director, Negotiator, or Builder. As you go through the quiz Helen Fisher developed, keep in mind that there are no wrong answers. Also, the truer you are to yourself, the...

What I know for sure.
June 1, 2007... I THOUGHT I APPRECIATED NATURE AND understood my place in the world--until I started watching the Discovery Channel's remarkable series Planet Earth. It made me fall deeply, profoundly in love with her... Mother Earth. It made me see myself...