It was about this time of year 25 years ago that I decided it was time to buy a house. It seemed to me a mark of personal and financial security — this was well before the collapse of the mortgage industry, remember — and while I was approaching...

Philippines — International artist Rex Smith is back in Manila for a Valentine’s Day show slated tonight at the Midas Hotel Atrium. Rex, who has performed in the country several times in the past, is set to rekindle his love affair with Filipino music...

Was it the unique menu, the cozy and idiosyncratic ambience or the people you saw there that made the place a landmark? All of that. Newfangled devices eventually will replace my newspaper, and I’ll adjust, though it’s a pain in the foot, literally, at...

I felt the heart-pounding, blood-pumping, goosebump chills of seeing a heartthrob! It was then I realized where ‘heartthrob’ came from! I had piled on makeup to be just like the girl in his movie Sooner or Later. He STILL takes my breath away!!” Marlene...

If it’s impolite to tell someone that what they do doesn’t matter a whit, as I believe it is, then please let me know who to punch out. It has come to my attention that accurate information, which a newspaper tries very hard to convey, does little to...

Hamilton stories he shot in the 1970s and 1980s. I’m going to feature them from time to time. The photos cry out, “Whatever happened to?” Bob says he’s never seen such uniform “happiness” in such a large crowd. “There wasn’t a man around.” Except for...