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It is royal wedding season! You might think there is a lot of pressure when all of your friends get married, but imagine how Meghan Markle's friends feel right about now.

A bishop with North Carolina ties will have a brush with royalty next weekend. The head of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, will speak at the …

Name: Katherine Corden and her fiancé Dave Location: Lincoln Park Neighborhood -- Chicago, Illinois Size: 600 square feet Years lived in: 1 year, renting Dave and I moved in together about one year ago, around the same ...

Rugs are the textured, sometimes-patterned anchor for many rooms. They add color underfoot, as well as softness to a space. While rugs are a "must-have" for many homes (including renters with leases that require them), d...

Who wouldn't want their own private island? It is the perfect place to escape to when you need a break from reality and other people. But, an island is plenty of space to then have friends and family over. You get to enj...

Who would turn a live microphone over to a stranger in Durham? Brett Chambers, that's who. He has been doing so every Wednesday evening for the past 21 years. "No …

Name: Lee Tilghman Location: Koreatown, Los Angeles Years lived in: 8 months, renting When Lee Tilghman moved from New York City to Los Angeles a little over two years ago, she initially rented another apartment. But the...

Moving to a new place can be really expensive. Even if you already have a fully furnished home or apartment, you wind up dropping thousands on the cost of movers. That doesn't even include the security deposit and first ...

While my mother's home is lovely, inviting and airy, the complex it is housed in is anything but. The "towers" in Queens, New York are an early 70's example of embarrassing tastelessness: three cinderblock towers with br...

How is it already wedding season? It feels like we just celebrated Christmas a week ago. Yet, here we are. It is May, the flowers have bloomed, the sun is shining (most days) and we have about 20 Save the Dates stuck to ...

Sleeping under the stars is one of those things that sounds lovely and romantic, but doesn't quite live up to the hype. There's dirt! There are bugs! There's strange howling! But if you want to embrace the outdoors and s...

If you've traveled out of country, you've definitely seen those funky air conditioners/heaters mounted on the walls of apartments in, say, France, or somewhere in Asia. Those with a curious mind may also wonder how they ...

Patrick Melrose (9 p.m., Showtime) -- Benedict Cumberbatch stars in what is easily one of the most upsetting, yet brilliantly acted miniseries to come along in quite awhile. Cumberbatch, most …

Controversial R&B singer R. Kelly is ignoring his critics and moving ahead with a show Friday at Greensboro Coliseum and a Raleigh appearance Saturday at a nightclub. Protesters have pledged …