It's never been easy to buy a car, but with soaring gas prices, you may have a lot more to ask about what's best for you. Here are the answers.
My Morning Jacket Does an About-face
All Patrick Hallahan wants is a hot dog. It's an unnaturally warm Halloween night in New York City, and Hallahan and the rest of the boys in My Morning Jacket have just arrived in Manhattan, completely exhausted from the trip. The Tennessee-based band -- a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, and very much indie -- is here to record their new album, Evil Urges, the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed breakthrough, Z. But the only urge they've got right now is for late-night grub, and they've got it bad. Good thing they're in New York City.
L’Antiquaire & The Connoisseur site
This is a home page I was commissioned to design for L'Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, a prominent antiques gallery on New York City's Upper East Side.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 11, Olathe, Kansas
One of the fastest-growing cities in the nation, Olathe was reportedly named for the Shawnee word for "beautiful."
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 12, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Just 12 miles southeast of Denver, Highlands Ranch is a young unincorporated community -- only 27 years old this year. Settled by Native Americans long ago, it remained a series of farms and ranches until the 1980s brought suburban development.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 28, Gilbert, Arizona
In the early 1900s, Gilbert was known as the Hay Capital of the World. Today it is a bustling small city and the fastest-growing town in Arizona in the last decade.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 30, Chandler, Arizona
Feathered hats may not be the rage anymore, but Chandler's annual Ostrich Festival certainly is: It's the town's nod to the ostrich farms that used to dot the area.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 32, Bolingbrook, Illinois
Not too many places near Chicago can go by "village" anymore, but Bolingbrook claims the title proudly.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 33, Loveland, Colorado
In the late 1920s, Loveland's Spring Glade orchard was the largest cherry orchard west of the Mississippi River, contributing to a million-dollar cash crop.
Sip, Sip, Zoom
The math of car buying has done a 180. Now fuel economy is all. The good news: you don't have to sacrifice style for miles.