"Thank you for spending your afternoon with us," a friend said, as the musicians beside her prepared to play their renditions of Frank Sinatra's "Nice & Easy" and "Summer Wind." Summer was drawing to ...

It seems appropriate, if there ever is a good time for death, that singer Jimmy Buffett left us as summer was drawing to a close. His songs served as an anthem for the season. The sea. Surfing.

Thanksgiving is over, so it's time to take down our autumn decorations and replace them with Christmas ones. And, when we do, there is no more obvious sign of the season than our discovery that our ...

Was the Mickey Mouse Club a cult? I ask this not out of ridicule or regret for having watched the daily television show as a child. I kind of had a thing for Annette. I think I had a crush on her. So, ...