With over one billion people, India is the second most populous country in the world. At the rate they’re currently growing, in fifty short years, India’s population will surpass China and... Read more >>

Amazingly, we have just notched up a world record in terms of address book entries for the Lings. As of August, we will have lived in the same country for over five years, which beats our previous... Read more >>

Every seasoned traveler has her list of favorite and least favorite U.S. airports: the one with the quiet bar and tranquil mountain view or the one with luggage service so poor that it makes a... Read more >>

Cake is one of life’s greatest pleasures, the pièce de résistance of all important occasions, but what makes it so good varies depending on where you are. When it... Read more >>

When NaturallyCurly.com was founded ten years ago, we declared the first day of fall, September 22 in 2008, as International Curly Day. We wanted to set aside a day for us curlyheads across the globe... Read more >>

Parlez vous Internet shopping? I may not be able to get to the Louvre this spring, but that won’t stop me from browsing its gift shop. The dollar is down, or so they keep telling me. With a... Read more >>

A wedding invitation used to be a good excuse to buy a new party dress; now it’s a great excuse to buy a new vacation wardrobe to go with that new dress. In the last ten years, I have received... Read more >>

Two dollars for an avocado, eight bucks for butter, four greenbacks for orange juice—food prices in the United States don’t always seem cheap. But compared to the rest of the world, we... Read more >>

In the United States, as in most places around the globe, the handshake is a universal greeting, representing the emotional connection between two people with a physical clasping of hands. But in many... Read more >>

A Powerful Noise is one of the most important projects I’ve ever had the honor of working on. It has become so much more than just a film to me—I have proudly witnessed it become a... Read more >>