Thursday, October 25, 2012

Your 12 hourly digest for Lifestyle: Food, Style, Travel, Advice, Home, Garden & More - The Washington Post

Lifestyle: Food, Style, Travel, Advice, Home, Garden & More - The Washington Post
Washington Post Lifestyle gives you the latest fashion and beauty trends, home décor pointers, food and recipe ideas and reviews, relationship advice, travel ideas, wellness tips and much more.
Need a winter coat? We've got it covered.
Oct 25th 2012, 15:44

We either love or dread seasonal shopping. In summer, swimsuits in bright dressing rooms remind us of our flaws. In winter, at least we get to keep our clothes on while trying on coats.

But trust us, you can still leave the store feeling bad about yourself, particularly if you spend too much money on a winter coat — an investment that can set you back as much as $500. And with so many options, styles and seemingly good deals, you may spend too much on a piece that will spend most of the year in a closet.

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Election 2012: Former Redskins player Jimmy Farris in the run of his life in Idaho
Oct 25th 2012, 13:32

Fall

On his way to changing the country, Jimmy Farris was late hitting the road. He didn't load his car until after 8 p.m., and the trip from Georgia to Idaho would measure more than 2,300 miles. His 3-year-old cat, Caesar, was a nervous wreck — and he was the calmest one in the car.

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The hero at the center of Ann Coulter's 'r' mess
Oct 25th 2012, 11:00

Frank Stephens has been preparing for his moment on the public stage for about 24 years.

From the time the 6-year-old talky Fairfax kid volunteered to join a group of other intellectually disabled children on an equestrian team, he has been challenging his own limitations and the expectations of others.

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Swine connoisseur: Why she will eat her pigs
Oct 25th 2012, 11:00

Editor's note: As part of her Pig to Table Project, Haspel has been regularly updating readers on her porcine charges' progress. This will be her last blog item in the series. You can read her earlier posts in the links below.

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$10 million donation launches Smithsonian study of coastal marine biodiversity
Oct 25th 2012, 04:01

Michael Tennenbaum, philanthropist and senior managing partner of Los Angeles-based Tennenbaum Capital Partners, and his wife, Suzanne, have given $10 million to launch a long-term project to study coastal marine biodiversity and global ecosystems, the Smithsonian Institution announced Thursday.

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Could the campaign ads benefit from the Mad Men touch?
Oct 25th 2012, 01:27

The men and women of Madison Avenue can't believe what they're seeing: During every commercial break, there's a snarling candidate not seen since . . . the last commercial break.

To advertising executives, this onslaught of attack ads looks like a giant waste of money. It certainly runs counter to every risk-conscious maxim the industry has honed since the days of "Mad Men."

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BBC sex-abuse scandal echoes across the Atlantic
Oct 24th 2012, 23:41

Odd how Britain's media scandals have a way of lapping up on this side of the Atlantic.

First there were the revelations about Rupert Murdoch's phone-hacking journalists and the wormy interrelationships among Britain's tabloid press, law enforcement and government officials. That mess continues to have implications for Murdoch's U.S. media empire, which includes Fox News Channel, the Wall Street Journal and 20th Century Fox.

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