THE SAVVY SHOPPER

Another winter is over in the Western Hemisphere, and spring has arrived! We have persevered and overcome! Easter celebrates tenacity over t...

I didn’t watch the John Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette docudrama. Certainly, I was aware of them in the 1990s and walked past their penthouse ...

Wow, I learn something new every day! I’m a city girl, and don’t know much about botany. Outside of well-known plants, I’m clueless. I did n...

Have you heard about The Story’s Suitcase-in-a-Backpack sold exclusively at Target? Wear it as a backpack, but open and pack it as a suitcas...

To borrow a term from financial journalism, a vacuum cleaner isn’t a sexy topic, but I bet all households need one! I use an Oreck Elevate ...

A very inexpensive safety tool to consider for your kitchen, fireplace, or grill area is a fire-retardant blanket. In the event of an accide...

Sometimes my local CVS drugstore has free samples for the taking, which introduces me to unfamiliar products I wouldn’t normally pick up li...

New Year's Eve is a holiday I like very much. As a younger adult I went out to celebrate sometimes, but always to places which were eas...

All around Manhattan the Christmas trees are up, and the brownstones are decorated. Below is a festive one on the Upper East Side. In my kit...

Bormioli Rocco Quattro Stagioni Glass Milk Bottle 33.75 Ounce/1 Liter with Airtight Lid In recent years I’ve become super orgainized. I tend...

You know those little silica gel packets that come with leather goods like shoes or handbags? Don’t throw them away. Reuse them! I keep them...

Do you know using too much laundry detergent gets your clothes less clean? Too much laundry detergent will also wear out your washing machin...