In 1776, the brewer Henry Thrale made a gift to his wife Hester of six quarto notebooks, labelled ‘Thraliana’, in which to record ‘ev’ry thing which struck me at the time’ about life in one of the ...

Dear Annie: I’m struggling with a challenging dynamic in my five-year relationship with my boyfriend, “Tom.” While our relationship has been rocky, we’ve made progress recently, and I’ve ...

Yes, yes. I am heading back to Washington after ... Which is funny, because there is no point. Here’s the secret, dear hoddlers. Today’s hoddle has no point. It is merely an exercise in ...

Dear Annie: I retired early from a stressful job about a year ago and now work part-time in an office with one other full-time secretary who started at the same time I did. She pushes most of the ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. There’s a divisive coffee ...

I come to you today with a question: What makes a good coffee shop? As I work my way through the beginning stages of this hoddle, I find that I am contradicting myself. “I don’t go to a good ...

Everyone has a favorite way they take their coffee, so zeroing in on the best coffee makers means accounting for different preferences. True home baristas need an espresso machine to craft perfect ...

The project, being shopped around at Berlin’s EFM, is an updated remake of Italian director Mauro Bolognini’s 1977 cult movie “Gran Bollito,” which starred Shelley Winters as a serial ...

DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter died tragically this year, struck by a driver while on her morning walk. She leaves behind a husband and four children under the age of 18. Their wedding anniversary is ...