Living Here

Style Watch: Seasonal deals start before holiday meals

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Dan de Grandpre considers himself an obsessive bargain hunter – and that was true long before the economy turned sour.

Shopping for Answers: Garnier roller ball good for puffy eyes

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DEAR SHOPPING: I would love to find the Anti-Puff Eye Roller, but the company's Web site doesn't help at all, and the given phone number doesn't work from this area.

Street Whys: River Park streets branch out like a family tree

By Carlos Alcalá - 12:00 am

It's common for a developer to name streets for family members.

Undying Love

By Anna Ritner - 12:00 am

Bella Swan, the perfectly ordinary heroine of Stephenie Meyers' "Twilight Saga" phenomenon and the object of my seething jealousy, is just like every other ingénue with daddy issues – she likes bad boys … for all the right reasons.

Home and Garden

The King of mums puts down the crown

This month represents the grand finale for the family business. At age 88 and after four hip surgeries, King decided to sell his nursery.

Glorious mums

Health and Fitness

Kaiser has a reason to cheer

For the first time since the state began rating health maintenance organizations in 2000, two Kaiser Permanente plans Thursday earned the highest possible marks – four stars – for meeting national quality care standards.

Books and Media

The Young Library: Chaotic fun for Jack and his pal

Art Spiegelman won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for "Maus," his adult graphic novel about the Holocaust. His searing story, told in comic panels with dialogue bubbles, broke ground by elevating the format to serious literature.

Style

'Tuna Christmas' lands in Woodland

Some people say Texas is a whole different country. Others will tell you it's a different state of mind.

Family