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Name: Sarah Mac & Davey Riot Location: Parkdale; Toronto, Canada Size: 800 square feet Years lived in: 1.5 years; Rented Most Apartment Therapy House Tours offer a look inside the dwellings of folks who are happily settl...

Name: Marlowe Clementine Location: Echo Park; Los Angeles, California Room Size: 17.5 ft x 9 ft Last time we visited the home of Amy Pigliacampo and her husband Corey Szopinksi, they had been living there a mere 2 months...

There's something strangely magical about wedding gowns, the white dresses infused with fantastical (if not slightly old fashioned or misguided) ideas about femininity, purity and love. Quite often, young women look up t...

Right now is the absolute best time to be in the live event business. We live in an age where the trifecta of job happiness -- inspiring work, engaging environment and potential for growth -- is on the upswing in the ent...

Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering Paris Fashion Week. Follow along as she makes her way from runway to runway. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @rob...

Dream of running a little B&B somewhere, someday? Someday could be soon if you're the lucky winner of this essay contest. Janice Sage, owner of the Center Lovell Inn and Restaurant in Maine, won the business in an essay ...

"Just one condition: Promise me you won't get all weird." That's what Jesse, the leading man in the 2012 movie "Pitch Perfect," tells his amateur magician roommate about the nerd-eat-nerd world of collegiate a cappella g...

I've been trying to figure out why I've been a tad overwhelmed lately. Is everyone's life this crazy? Is this how people do things? Should I have seen this coming? Then I realize that I'm an artist (athlete), with some v...

At SXSW, H&M Home has partnered with Airbnb to accessorize a whole house. Designed by interior design startup Homepolish, the Airbnb has three themed bedrooms, and you can enter to win a free stay in each.

Rebecca Rimel, CEO of the Pew Charitable Trusts, one of the most powerful and well-funded philanthropies in the country, is into Hendrix, the Stones, the Doors and even a little James Brown.We know this because Rimel is ...

Urban Theatre Movement's latest production, M's Pamphlet, is a dark comedy that confronts difficult questions about humanity, death and family that are too seldom explored. It is one the most daring, innovative and funny...

Of the twentieth-century art gods (Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol), Marcel Duchamp elicits no middle road. He is either revered as a godlike figure of contemporary art or di...

Last night, I went to see the unbelievable production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The show is vibrant, vulnerable and energetic, dark yet funny and - I confess - this wasn't my first time seeing it. I saw it brilliantl...

When Israeli photographer and mom Tamar Shugert saw 52Frames' "Make A Statement" photo challenge, she knew exactly which topic she wanted to cover for her entry: respect for breastfeeding mothers. The mom-of-two (and soo...

Over the past week, we've heard a lot from new mom Chelsea Clinton, who recently set out on a Clinton Foundation media tour. But anyone looking for a gotcha moment, a juicy headline or an off-the-cuff comment from the al...

I'm a little embarrassed to admit it but my own book changed my life in the past few weeks. You see, in general, I'm a pretty balanced, happy person who works 40-45 hours per week so that she has plenty of time for frien...

The story of Manon Lescaut is the classic saga of a young woman torn between love and money. It has inspired several operas and the Met returned its production of Massenet's lovely and popular Manon to the stage last nig...

Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering Paris Fashion Week. Follow along as she makes her way from runway to runway. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @rob...

A few songs into her performance at the Fillmore Silver Spring, Jazmine Sullivan asked the audience a pointed rhetorical question: "It's been a while, right?" It certainly has: four years since the 27-year-old made an ab...

Ever since I came across the wonder that is gold spray paint a few years ago, it's been one of my favorite things to reach for when I am looking to add that extra special something. Like anything else, moderation is key,...

"Take Me to Church," Hozier's gospel-tinged 2014 hit, seems to have gone to his head. It's certainly gone to his current band, a sextet that includes four female vocalists for maximum choral power. At a sold-out Lincoln ...

During the month of March, we're gathering some of our best problem solvers together into master "Home Remedies" posts to help you make your home healthier, solving one problem at a time. Today, we're looking at all sort...