Living Here

We asked you to tell us how your pet got its name (or your car). Here are the honorable mentions. To find out who won, take a gander at Sunday's Carolina Living section in the Observer.

Blu Magazine is hosting a poolside, South Beach-influenced fashion show at the Blake Hotel.

Despite its reputation, aging doesn't have to be a miserable process. Though some factors – our parents and the genes we inherit from them – may be out of our control, we can greatly influence how we enter the golden years by doing simple things, aging experts say.

As other families save money paring down travel during this recession, Tanya Morris and her brood do the opposite and downsize living expenses to better afford trips and even a week at science camp for her kids.