Dan Kubota’s column ‘Shower Thoughts’ explores those thoughts that you have when you zone out in the shower and let the warm water just run over you. I’d consider myself a die-hard rom-com fan (or at ...

Kids often say the darnedest things; their unsolicited advice sometimes cracks everyone up, and we love them for that. Even Instagram mom Katy Robin experienced something similar with her daughter Emi ...

How many miles do we travel for friendship? I had to ask myself that when the happy invitation arrived in the mail. For dear old friends, my thought is that no amount of miles is too far. In my heart, ...

Friendship is something everyone desires, but friendship can take several forms. From those that are friends one day and not the next, to being a friend to and respecting those you’ve never met, to ...

Between us, we have 432 Facebook friends. We have no illusion that these virtual friends are all real friends. In real life, the friends who want to know that our daughter finally got a job, our ...

On a sunny day in Pacific Beach, Alex Geller was sitting in the sand. “I’m from Colorado but I’ve lived here for the last eight years.” As a kid, Geller would visit her grandparents in La Jolla and ...