O, The Oprah Magazine articles from September 2005

O, The Oprah Magazine archives from September 2005

We hear you! Readers are up in arms about the lack of treatment for troubled teens, rally around Anita Hill, extol the virtues of "me" time, and live strong with Lance.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... I was so impressed with "Too Young to Kill" [by Jan Goodwin, July]. I'm a senior and grandmother who, with my husband's help, raised a bipolar grandson until a year ago. I know firsthand the lack of understanding people have regarding mental...

Break on through!(here we go)
September 1, 2005... The dog has been walked, the birthday card has been mailed, and the mortgage has been paid. You've done all the things you're supposed to do; now it's time to get started on that one thing you've been aching to do... if only you knew what it...

Getting unstuck.
September 1, 2005... september "My future depends mostly upon myself."--PAUL ROBESON [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED]

Dr. Phil: "you must give yourself what you wish your mother would give you"; Phillip C. McGraw, PhD, on an underappreciated working mom, a widow who's still looking backward, and a cancer survivor's new battle.(tell it like it is)
September 1, 2005... Q How do I stop trying to live up to other people's unattainable standards? I'm 38, have been divorced twice, served in two branches of the military, raised three kids mostly by myself, bought a house without anyone's help, work long hours,...

Suze Orman: "what really bothers me is not his sorry behavior but that you've put up with it. For four years"; A woman wonders if she should kick her deadbeat boyfriend to the curb, a couple ponder their investment options, and a divorcee dreams of a home of her own.(financial freedom)
September 1, 2005... Q My boyfriend listens to you, so I need your help. Bottom line: I pay the bills because he says he can't afford to pay anything. He says he can afford to live with either his mother or me but not on his own. He's a substitute teacher who works...

Things to Think.(live your best life)(Poem)
September 1, 2005... THINGS TO THINK Think in ways you've never thought before. If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message Larger than anything you've ever heard, Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may bring a bear to...

Queen of the jingle: Julianne Moore shines (and rhymes) as a contest-winning mother often.(Movies)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The resolutely peppy commercial jingles of the fifties and sixties may sound quaint to our jaded ears, but for the women of the pre-Feminine Mystique era--slogging through endless household drudgery--those cute rhyming verses carried distinct...

Nugget.(LYBL)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... "You'll be walking down the aisle [in the hospital], and all of a sudden you feel someone grab your hand. And you look down and it's just a little one who's, like, 4 or 5. And you see the power of contact. I remember one boy specifically,...

A list.(LYBL)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Adapted from David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize--winning play, with Gwyneth Paltrow as a young woman dealing with the death of her genius mathematician father (Anthony Hopkins), Proof (September 16) adds up to a mustsee.... Writer-director Michael...

What's playing in India.Arie's ear?(Music)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... India.Arie shot out of Atlanta in 2001 with Acoustic Soul, an album of breath-of-fresh-air folk-tinged classic soul that sold more than 2.5 million copies and snared her seven Grammy nominations; the follow-up won two. Finishing her third...

A list.(LYBL)
September 1, 2005... Starbucks will champion another venti music legend when it releases Herbie Hancock's Possibilities, on which the jazz pianist is joined by Sting, John Mayer, Annie Lennox, Carlos Santana, and others.... Olivia Newton John's new album, Stronger...

It's our party! (And we'll sing if we want to).(Must-Hear)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
September 1, 2005... THE ARGUMENT AGAINST SO MANY CD boxed sets--that they're more concerned with clever packaging than the music inside--can't touch Rhino Records' One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found. Sure, the four-disc set comes in a...

Radiohead.(GIZMO)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 1, 2005... Most iPod owners have lamented at least once the pretty contraption's lack of radio reception. Pioneer's AirWare ($330) is the solution, a 4.4-inch-tall portable XM Satellite Radio receiver that can digitally record its own programming. The...

She's got game: a quarterback's wife tells how to stop sulking and enjoy football.(Q & A)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... In her new book, Get Your Own Damn Beer. I'm Watching the Game!, actress and football wife Holly Robinson Peete--married to former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Rodney Peete--offers a vibrant girl-to-girl guide to catching your fanatic mate's...

House of Flying Dancers.(Dance)(play Raise the Red Lantern)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
September 1, 2005... IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE WHO'S SEEN THE arresting movement sequences in Hero and House of Flying Daggers that the director of both films, Zhang Yimou, has a ballet to his credit. He adapted his 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern for...

Safe bets.(Art)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... For most people the idea of "safety design" brings thoughts of childproof caps and seat belts--necessary annoyances. But for Paola Antonelli, curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art, these objects contain the power...

Madame president: oh, say, can you see ... a woman as chief executive? Hail to Geena Davis as TV's regal, harried, utterly resourceful commander in chief.(Must-See TV)(Commander-in-Chief)(Brief Article)(Television Program Review)
September 1, 2005... We thought it would happen on The West Wing, when everybody's favorite fictional president neared the end of his second TV term. Jed Bartlet seemed like the kind of guy who would fight to get a woman to succeed him. Alas, the show's writers...

Well done!(TV)(Kitchen Confidential)(Brief Article)(Television Program Review)
September 1, 2005... AS THE MAN WHO COOKED UP Melrose Place and Sex and the City, Darren Star knows the recipe for a hit series: a handful of attractive players, a pinch of melodrama, a soupcon of sex--brought to a raging boil, then served up with showy panache....

Reinventing the wheel.(Travel)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Wine is fine, but cheese? Yes, please! Next time you're in San Francisco, consider a day trip through the California cheese country, a gorgeous swath of Marin and Sonoma counties where some very lucky cows produce excellent cheese. First stop:...

Gilda the great.(LYBL)(Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner)(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... She was a bruised angel--a pink cotton candy and pixie dust warrior--silly, lovable, and more than a little bit lacerating. But above all, Gilda Radner was ridiculously funny. As one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, she held...

Give tees a chance.(What a Concept)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Whether they're announcing that the wearer's boyfriend is out of town or evoking a fictional tiki bar, T-shirts can't seem to keep quiet lately. So if your top's going to make a statement anyway, why shouldn't it be a constructive one? Heidi...

Mayra Montero's Aha! moment: the modern mind doesn't believe in voodoo, magic potions, secret ceremonies. Could the modern mind be wrong? In a Haitian village, the novelist walks into a mystery.(LYBL)
September 1, 2005... NIGHT IS FALLING IN Saltrou, a small Haitian village near the border of the Dominican Republic. Beside a hut made of wood and palm leaves, the voodoo priest is almost ready for the ceremony called desounin, from the French, meaning...

Why can't life be like TiVo? If only our best and worst experiences were rewindable, fast-forwardable, deletable. Hey, pause: they are! Martha Beck shows you how to seize (remote) control of your life.
September 1, 2005... "WHY," A FRIEND ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, "can't life be like TiVo?" She wanted to know why we can't just program ourselves to scan reality for experiences we're going to love and avoid things we'll hate. Why we can't replay situations we want...

What's going on: noteworthy events & happenings.
September 1, 2005... babyGap Enter To Win You could win the ultimate baby shower. We're teaming up with party experts MiGi to create the ultimate baby shower--a very special day of spa treatments, hors d'oeuvres, desserts and gifts for you and 30 of your...

Something to think about.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... There are times when the next step in life is obvious. Other times we haven't a clue. Or if we know where we're going, we don't know how to get there. As you mull over plans for the future, consider the following: 1 Pushing past your...

The O list.(Buyers Guide)
September 1, 2005... "A few things I think are just great."--OPRAH It's All in the Wrist "I could give you the whole story about how these mango wood bracelets were created by Teman and Teran Evans, identical twins who graduated from Harvard Design...

Fall into fashion: check out our fall favorites!
September 1, 2005... Fall into this season's latest fashion trends with the George line--available exclusively at Wal-Mart. From daytime to evening, George offers style and versatility that will get you noticed. It's smart shopping that's affordable-chic. The...

Don't forget the small stuff: wear the same old accessories every day and you miss a chance to sneak dashing, cliche-smashing style into your wardrobe. Six very engaging updates.(KEY PIECE)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 1, 2005... Earrings dujour Change them dally (variety is the spice...) but keep them quiet--we prefer smallish, refined pairs (look for a matte-gold finish) that add just a trace of color and luster. 1. The Mazza Company clip-on pearls. 2. Pomellato...

Look what we found! A rainbow of roll-on eyeshadows, a hot skincare ingredient, and more. Here's what O's beauty editor--Valerie Monroe--fell in love with this month.(beauty)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 1, 2005... There's only one teeny problem with these Bella Il Fiore Roller Ball Eye Shadows ($7 each; $23 for a set of four): They're so much fun to use that if you don't restrain yourself, you'll run the risk of overdoing it. The intense, slightly...

Ask Val: how to shimmer ... calm your skin ... pep up your hair.... O's beauty director, Valerie Monroe, gets to the bottom line.(beauty)
September 1, 2005... Q: What's the best way to wear shimmer? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A: The last time I wore shimmer was the day after my gym teacher made too big a deal of my being hit in the face in dodgeball, which to my 6-year-old mind required that I...

Message in a bottle: rich. Happy. Optimistic. Elegant. (Not to mention sexy, sporty, romantic.) Whatever you'd like to feel--or project--researchers have isolated the fragrance that will do it. Valerie Monroe is on the scent.(beauty)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 1, 2005... A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I MADE AN unsettling discovery: I didn't really know how to smell. That is, I perceived odors, if not in black-and-white, then in primary colors only. Sure, I delighted in the fresh, sharp scent of mowed grass, the dark,...

Creamware: lap it up; It's like the perfect ivory shirt: pure, unpretentious, feminine, and able to mix with any color. Creamware makes everyday meals feel sweeter and can preside serenely over the grandest occasions.(comfort zone)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 1, 2005... Rich and handsome? You bet--that's why there's a global infatuation with this luscious stuff. A bit of history: Creamware was developed in the mid-1700s by potters in Staffordshire, England, as an alternative to costly patterned porcelain...

Shall we cook? Recipe for a rich, delicious relationship: a man who knows his way around a stove, great conversation, and mouthwatering co-creations (jambalaya, ratatouille, gazpacho). Lee Smith tells how she made her second marriage simmer.(dish fulfillment)
September 1, 2005... MY SECOND MARRIAGE CAME AFTER A LONG COURTSHIP of cooking together--the more complicated the recipe, the better. Endless chopping led to endless conversation, a dialogue that has continued for almost 20 years now. But back at the...

Two for the road: they had the rest of their lives--and the world--ahead of them. Too bad one of them was 12 and the other couldn't plan her way out of a paper bag. Justine van der Leun looks back in bemusement at the pleasures and perils of traveling with her mom.(connections)
September 1, 2005... "WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO GO ON ADVENTURES." MY mother said the night my father left. She was dressed in a kimono, drinking a glass of wine in bed. "I've always wanted to go to Santa Fe," I said, lying next to her in my pajamas, eating a bowl...

Saving the ranch: how a self-described trembly-voiced mom took on a powerful developer, a toxic nuclear testing facility, even local environmentalists, and became, in the process, a force of nature. Marina Krakovsky reports.(connections)
September 1, 2005... "I'VE ALWAYS PREFERRED THE FREEDOM OF RIDING ALONE," ELIZABETH Crawford says, taking long, purposeful strides as she shows me where she likes to bring her horse. We're on Ahmanson Ranch, a vast tract of rolling, oak-studded hills bordering Los...

Let your mouse do the walking: you need medical advice. Now. But how do you get your doctor--or someone else with expertise--to respond?(body wise)
September 1, 2005... As long as you have a phone or a computer with Internet access, you can get answers to your most pressing questions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * ONLINE DOCTORING If you have a simple query for your doc but can't convince her to respond,...

But do they work? Are they quirky or quacky? What nine alternative remedies can do for (or to) you. Chee Gates reports.(body wise)
September 1, 2005... Insomnia? Warm milk. Body ache? Epsom salts. Broken leg? Whiskey. "No matter how quirky the treatment, you'll find somebody who's had a miracle cure from it--and a doctor who disputes it," says Lewis Mehl-Madrona MD, PhD, a coordinator at...

Femara[R] (letrozole tablets).(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 1, 2005... Introducing Femara. After breast cancer, after tamoxifen, there's something more you can do to increase your chances of staying cancer free. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clinical trial results from an international study involving over...

The way to eat: I want (healthy) candy! ... grapeseed and flaxseed oils vs. cholesterol ... exercise after an injury. David L. Katz, MD, has the 411.(body wise)
September 1, 2005... Q If I were to allow myself a treat every afternoon around 4 P.M. from the candy counter downstairs, what's the best pick nutritionally? Sometimes a piece of fruit and a handful of nuts just don't cut it. --JAMILLAH HOY-ROSAS, Brooklyn ...

The yes, I can diet: think you can't lose weight? Maybe you don't know your own strength, says hypnotherapist Jean Fain, whose blend of attitude adjustment and practical advice works wonders for her clients (and will for you, too).(body wise)
September 1, 2005... AS IF READING FROM A SCRIPT, DIETERS WHO SETtle onto my couch start their story virtually the same way: "I've tried everything. Nothing works. I can't lose weight... keep it off... get off this plateau...." With each failed diet, each pound...

Feed your inner rock star! Throw a do-it-yourself karaoke party that will have friends singing all night long.(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
September 1, 2005... Set the stage for karaoke night at your house! A rocking sing-a-long is a perfect party for birthdays, graduations, promotions or even an anniversary. Just fire up the karaoke machine and make it a night to remember by creating glossy photos or...

Places, please!(O to go)
September 1, 2005... If you tend to lose your way while losing yourself in a great novel, memoir, or history, let one of these beautiful bookmarks show you the way back home. "Books are... funny little portable pieces of thought." --Susan Sontag "A...

When the strutting stopped.(reading room)(Rolling Stones 40 x 20)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Since the subversive 1960s, photographers have tried (and they've tried... and they've tried...) to capture the brash, high-voltage energy of the Rolling Stones. Now, in sync with the apparently immortal band's 40th-anniversary world tour, 20...

Dowsing for dollars: Rick Moody's mind-bending new novel of media mania, brazen ambitions, and Krispy Kremes.(reading room)(Diviners)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... THE DIVINERS (LITTLE, Brown), Rick Moody's first novel in seven years, is an unstoppable wrecking ball of a story that takes on dozens of characters and, through them, tackles the nature of media, narrative, self-perception, money, language,...

Old loves: seventeen writers revisit cherished authors and their own younger selves.(reading room)(Rereadings)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Rereading a beloved book after many years can provide an intimate, even startling encounter with a former self. Who was the person who scribbled those notes in the margin? In the immensely engaging essays collected by Anne Fadiman in Rereadings...

Surprise, surprise: a scientist probes the brain's need for novelty.(reading room)(Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... If Mick Jagger really can't get no satisfaction, then he's missing something more fundamental in life than "the usual suspects like sex, money, and status." Or so says Gregory Berns, MD, an associate professor of psychiatry at Emory University,...

A gift from the sea: a precocious 13-year-old boy fishes out essential truths about nature and himself.(reading room)(Highest Tide)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Jim Lynch's radiant first novel, The Highest Tide (Bloomsbury), gets off to a bit of a slow start, but patience is deeply rewarded in this memorable story of Miles O'Malley--a 13-year-old who knows more than most of us ever will about marine...

Life lines: Jane Kenyon's shimmering poems illuminate the profound in the everyday.(reading room)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... ONE OF POETRY'S pleasures is the delight of recognition; a poem can speak our own emotions back to us more clearly than we could ever have named them ourselves. Readers couldn't choose a more trustworthy companion to the life of feeling than...

Sounds of silence: a mysterious drum beats a rhythm of longing and loss in Louise Erdrich's spellbinding new novel.(reading room)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... TWO LITTLE GIRLS STAND together on a high branch of an apple tree in full blossom. A headstrong young woman climbs into a stolen red Toyota with a boy her father has forbidden her to see. A 9-year-old big sister leaps from the back of a sleigh...

Ready, aim, write!(reading room)(Reading, Writing and Leaving Home Life on the Page)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Writers have to be ruthless. In her keen eyed and hilariously funny new book. Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home Life on the Page (Harcourt), novelist and memoirist Lynn Freed tells how writers deal with life's large and little tribulations:...

Biblio: recommendations from our shelf to yours.(reading room)(Truth and Consequences; Ghost Town; Solitude of Self; Dancing in the Dark)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... * Martyrs take note: Self-sacrifice can be a pain. In Alison Lurie's new novel, Truth and Consequences (Viking), dutiful, plain Jane, a university administrator, is horrified to admit that she hates having to coddle her infirm husband, Alan,...

Books that made a difference to Jodie Foster: the actress finds her own flight plan in Greek drama, French verse, modern fiction that stirs the soul, a poet's letters, and some nakedly hilarious essays.(reading room)(Flowers of Evil; Song of Solomon; Cathedral; Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides; Naked; Letters to a Young Poet)
September 1, 2005... BOOKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY escape--where I go to bury my nose, hone my senses, or play the emotional tourist in a world of my own choosing. I'm a "head first" person, really. Words are my best expressive tool, my favorite shield, my point of...

Excerpt: what Remains.(memoir)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2005... A headline-making plane crash that killed her husband's cousin John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, her best friend, Carolyn Bessette. Then three weeks later, the devastating death of her own young husband, Anthony Radziwill. To the world, the...

Life is energy. Energy is motion. Everyone moves.
September 1, 2005... The goal is to move forward. Each chance encounter life offers me is an opportunity to take a step. Each step makes a difference. Opportunities and people flow in and out of my life. I started moving forward when I learned to take one day...

"I couldn't stop thinking about my own story, and how to make sense of it": Carole Radziwill talks to Frances Kiernan about transforming pain into words--the making of a memoir.(memoir)
September 1, 2005... A YEAR AFTER THE SUMMER OF '99. I DID ALL THE THINGS they tell you not to do," Carole Radziwill says. "I sold the apartment and left my job. I ended up squatting in a friend's studio on the Lower East Side for a year and a half. I was a wreck....

Oprah talks to Christiane Amanpour.(THE O INTERVIEW)(Interview)
September 1, 2005... Ah, September! That time of year when females from age 11 to 101 want to shop. Stick with us for the season's smartest buys. We'll break for a bite to eat from chef April Bloomfield, whose simple dishes always pack a surprise ingredient And...

Let's go shopping for fall.
September 1, 2005... O's master plan--mistake proof, style savvy, money smart. While you're lolling on the beach new stuff is swarming into stores faster than you can say, "I'll take it." But which trends have legs? Which buys are the best and the rightest? Our...

Editors' choice: fall makeup.
September 1, 2005... We cast our gaze over a magnificent, if somewhat daunting, abundance of fall makeup and noticed some stunning trends. We've never seen a wider variety of gorgeous color--from pale angelic pink, muted purple, and deep cranberry to delectably...

Getting unstuck.
September 1, 2005... It's September. Do you know where your life is going? If you're like a lot of us, there's at least one area where you feel stagnant, stymied, at a loss. Should you try to breathe life back into a tired relationship--or stop throwing good years...

Stay or go? Five women who thought they were stuck in not-great-but-not-terrible relationships recall the sudden flash that freed them--for better or worse--to make the right decision.
September 1, 2005... "I wanted to believe him" Alexis Smith,* 39, fashion designer and mother of three, New York ALEXIS MET GEORGE* IN COLLEGE--she was 20, a wild party girl studying fashion, he a shy art student. "We were attracted to what the other had...

Your first $1,000,000.
September 1, 2005... Maybe making a pile of money isn't the driving force in your life--but maybe you were brought up to believe that nice girls don't or can't or shouldn't even try to get rich on their own. All we're saying is, consider the possibilities. NICOLE...

Breathing space.
September 1, 2005... Stand at the edge of this pond in Idaho's Caribou-Targhee National Forest and take in the marvelous canopy of lavender sky at sunrise. Watch the slow glide of clouds reflected in the water at your feet. PHOTOGRAPH BY WILDERNESSBOOKS.COM

April Bloomfield's greatest hits; For an inventive chef--and amateur DJ--the flavor is all in the mix: sweet with sour, jazzy with classical (check out her skirt steak salad with chilies or her caramel tart with bananas and bittersweet chocolate). Andrew Friedman tunes in.
September 1, 2005... THE SPOTTED PIG HAS ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF A white-hot destination restaurant: a smart concept, a trendy location, celebrity owners and clientele, and hordes of customers clamoring for precious tables. There's just one thing missing--a...

The little black shoe.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Work in them, walk in them, feel free to kick up your heels in them: Foot-flattering black pumps help you hit your stride, day or night. WORK SHOES DON'T HAVE A FUN IMAGE--they're as necessary as alarm clocks but (insert stifled yawn here)...

Carry me! Carry me!(Fashion)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Perfect size (a happy medium). Classic shapes (punctuated with lively studs and buckles). Surprising colors (purple, red, even metallics). THE NEW TOP-HANDLE BAGS naturally encourage a ladylike demeanor--shorter straps mean they're carried...

Facing fall.(Beauty)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... That summer glow looked great while it lasted, but now... not so much? Here's how to give your skin a fresh start. * Plus: a beauty Give-O-Way 1. Though you might say you were especially vigilant about sunscreen this summer, your new...

Watts up?(Beauty)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Four hair dryers worth trying: One's small, one's silent, one's smart, and one's very, very, strong. Why wait till your current machine leaves you high and not yet dry? 1. Switching from a standard dryer to the low-decibel Revlon Quiet...

April Bloomfield's greatest hits; Mix and marvel: skirt steak with chilies, chickpea-rosemary soup, honey mustard Brussels sprouts, and more (for story, see page 246).(THE RECIPES)
September 1, 2005... All recipes make 8 servings unless otherwise noted. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pumpkin Salad with Pine Nuts, Pecorino, and Balsamic Vinegar 1 small pumpkin or butternut squash (about 2 pounds) 2 Tbsp. fresh marjoram leaves 2 cloves...

Shop smart: fall has arrived and that means it's time to shop. Here are some of the season's top picks for fashion, beauty, body and home.(Advertisement)(Buyers Guide)
September 1, 2005... ESTEE LAUDER Perfectionist [CP+] Correcting Serum Saying no to Botox? Triumph over wrinkles with new Perfectionist [CP+] Correcting Serum. Day 1--skin looks less lined, brighter, retextured Month 1--lines and wrinkles look reduced up...

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September 1, 2005... ALPHACTIF NUTRITIF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Are you experiencing hair loss? You need Nutritif! Imported from France, this anti-hair loss dietary supplement is clinically proven to stop hair loss in women--even hair loss related to...

What's going on: noteworthy events & happenings.(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
September 1, 2005... Neutrogena[R] New! Neutrogena Healthy Skin[TM] Anti-Wrinkle Intensive Serum Don't let deep wrinkles give away your age. New Neutrogena Healthy Skin[TM] Anti-Wrinkle Intensive Serum with concentrated Retinol is clinically proven to fill...

Shop guide (all prices are approximate).(Buyers Guide)
September 1, 2005... COVER/HERE WE GO P.47 MaxMara jersey dress, $560, Bloomingdale's, NYC. Harry Winston platinum and diamond link bracelet, price upon request, Harry Winston, NYC; 800-988-4118. Ionescu yellow and white diamond ring, price upon request, Bergdorf...

Serious dark circles?[TM].(NEW PRODUCT UPDATE)
September 1, 2005... "The first product specifically developed for serious dark circles... not the kind that pop up in the morning and are gone by breakfast, but the kind of serious dark circles that stay around forever... making you look old, tired and...

"Once you decide what you want, you make a commitment to that decision".(what I know for sure)
September 1, 2005... NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL YOU decide. Years ago on my show, a young mother shared her frustration with getting her son to go to bed. Her son was 3 and ruling the house. He wanted to sleep in her bed and refused to lie down in his own. The more the...