Life

What’s not to love about Paris in the springtime? Printemps à Paris was the next best thing to being in the world’s most romantic city.

CHICAGO — When a friendly game of T-ball descends into name-calling and fight-picking — and that’s just the parents — one Buffalo Grove, Ill., park is offering a little “self-check.

We all have our addictions, and for Marc it’s rugby. So when the opportunity arose to attend the 1995 Rugby World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, 17-year-old Marc and his friends scrimped and saved to make the trip.

AKRON, Ohio — You’re five years old, weigh about 50 pounds and have to jump to see over the hood of an SUV. It’s time to step off a curb on your way to school and it’s just a bit scary.

Single mom Melanie Matherly first agreed to allow her then-12-year-old son to play hockey as a bargaining chip: Behave, do well in school and promise to stick with it.

What if our pets were charged with their crimes, just like human beings are? Surely, many of them would be behind bars. During out-of-town trips, we leave our dog, Ollie the Pug, with a dog-sitter.

Living in a cob house isn’t something homeowners do to blend with the neighbourhood, and Patrick Hennebery knows this firsthand. He lived in a cob house on Mayne Island for 10 years.

Dear Reena: I would never ask anyone I know this embarrassing question and I’m not even using my real name! What is the purpose of the peen on a ball-peen hammer? Garry Dear Garry: Great question! The flat side of the hammer is used for striking surf

Michael C. Hall of Dexter fame has bought a restored home in Los Feliz for $3.825 million. The updated 1920s Spanish Colonial and guesthouse have killer views of the surrounding hillsides and cityscape.

If you want to give Dad a non-traditional gift for Father’s Day — we’re talking about skipping the ties, cufflinks and socks, here — consider giving him the gift of his own, personalized space: his man cave.