September 2010
Cover stories
- 1OO Easy pieces for fall
- Fighting with your honey over money?
- Letting go
- Win $5,OOO Toward your passion
- Laura Linney
- Haircuts that make you look bolder (not older)
Contents
MORE NOW
Who, What, When, Where and Wow
Dragon slaying - Arlene Dickinson-style, meno moments at the movies, plus Sarah McLachlan ponders perfect parenting
Health News
Training tips to resist muscle loss, both above and below the belt
BY JACQUELINE HENNESSY
Books
Camilla Gibb offers an insider's tour of Vietnam, plus four fall novels that celebrate the human spirit
BY MARIAN BOTSFORD FRASER
Travel News
Melting the pain away in B.C., plus couch crashing on the cheap
BY K. JILL RIGBY
MORE STYLE
Smart Shopper
100 fall finds under $150: The best dresses, bags, skirts, tops, shoes
and baubles for your buck
What to Wear Now
The cheesy approach: Be proud of your vintage BY KAREN VON HAHN
Beauty spotlight
Glow Canada! These homegrown heroes will satisfy skincare junkies and patriots alike
Anti-aging
Therein lies the scrub: Putting your best face forward starts with the right exfoliant BY VANESSA CRAFT
Beauty News: What's hot off the shelf
COLUMNS
Second Acts
Call aboard: Diane Greene trades her corporate life for one on a floating hotel BY VANESSA CRAFT
Money
Of love and lucre: What’s more apt to provoke a quarrel than the chore wars? Money, honey! BY CAMILLA CORNELL
Attitude
The “P” word: Why we are so reluctant to speak the naked truth about pornography BY JENNIFER ALLFORD
Relationships
Separation anxiety: When are kids truly grown up? by JUDITH TIMSON
Work
The art of the deal: How to secure a good buyout package by KELLY TOUGHILL
FEATURES
LAURA LINNEY: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT On her new series, The Big C, the acclaimed actress wrestles with life-and-death issues. But offscreen, she is starring in her own surprising love story by MERYL GORDON
ON THE CUTTING EDGE Who says middle age=boring mom bob? Not us! Here are four short styles that prove we prefer fresh to frumpy, sexy to severe by VANESSA CRAFT
FALL FOR IT Embrace everyone's favourite fashion season by playing with rich textures and fun fabrics by ALISA KROST
THE DO-OVER Most of us have at least one decision we'd like to revisit. If you had to pick just one moment, it would be... BY JOANNE BLAIN, ANNE BOKMA, ELIZABETH RENZETTI AND JAY TEITEL
THE GOOD DOCTOR It takes a tough Nutt from Toronto to play a leading role in humanitarian work on the world stage by DAN BORTOLOTTI
WALKER'S WAY Alberta chef Lovoni Walker is preaching her farm-to-table philosophy to a growing audience
by TWYLA CAMPBELL
BODY & MIND
SPIN CITY Spinning instructor Marysia Czarski, 43, shows off simple exercises to get the most out of your indoor cycling workout by NANCY RIPTON
WORTH A SHOT? Today, it is possible for girls in Canada to receive the HPV vaccine at no cost. But what about the boys? The case for inoculating our sons by SUSAN HUGHES
FOOD FOR THOUGHT A crusading Canadian is teaching a Pacific island people how to eat properly, and teaching us all about the link between diet and diabetes by TERESA PITMAN
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
Memoir
My psycho suitor: Chelsea Mitchell faces the reality that her boyfriend isn't the Mr. Right he'd made himself out to be
Brace yourself: The upside of midlife orthodontia by GEORGIE BINKS
Firsts after 4O: Valerie Laidley-Price's first jump
