Poor Microsoft. It used to be the release of a new version of Windows garnered all sorts of excitement. A week and a half ago, they released Windows 7, and no one seems too excited about it.

The “tourist triangle” is how Julie Sullivan refers to the three popular southeastern Pennsylvania cities of Lancaster, Hershey and Gettysburg.

When purchasing kale, look for deep blue-green leaves without signs of yellowing or wilting.

More than 2,000 kids are getting the ultimate trick-or-treating treasure: Candy from President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House.

Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes! I've never been a fan; they're bland and pasty, but my husband loves them. When I make them, they burn and barely rise.

Normally, I want to write here about tools that you can put to use right now. However, the tool I’m going to talk about today has a waiting list, so if I convince you of its value, you’ll need to get on the waiting list.

I recognize that Okra’s Louisiana Bistro in Manassas serves some of the finest dirty rice in the area.

Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J. Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house — well, really the tent.

Those wonderful folks at Project Mend-A-House has all the answers to your fall honey-do project list!

We are all used to the concept of buying software at a store.

Melvin C. Goodwyn left his job as a music teacher in 2002 to become an administrator at Woodbridge Senior High School, because he said he always loved a new challenge.

Teenager plucks Mom’s last nerve

Find what’s happening in and around town.

Sweet and spicy mustard is a regular condiment on Bavarian tables.

If you are looking for a change from the corporate coffee cafes that dot our shopping venues, then take a short ride into historic Occoquan and cozy up at the Coffee House on the corner of Commerce and Washington Street.

Evernote does it all, and it’s free

The folks at the Medical Reserve Corps are gearing up for H1N1 flu clinics to immunize the community.

This team, these girls, who we’ve cheered on and watched grow, my own volleyball player, this is it.

When it comes to food, Latino culture offers more than tacos and tamales.

Like the beloved cartoon character Charlie Brown, many of us will soon be on a quest to find the great pumpkin.

There’s something fishy going on at Blue Ridge Seafood Restaurant in Gainesville and you need to know what it is.

Along U.S. 1, motorists will find scores of restaurants, but only one has Mom cooking in the kitchen.

U.S. 1 is a single road with many faces.

Organize photos with free software from Google.

Jennifer Salinas grew up a scrappy little girl in a close family with a brother and a dozen boy cousins in Bolivia.

Watch a slideshow from this week’s Your Life section, “I’ve Always Liked to Fight”

Ladies: From 0 to drama in nine months

Hi. Welcome to Family Tech. We are going to be talking about ways to make the technology we use in the home, whether for fun, communications, education or for the work we do from home, work better.

Sometimes oatmeal can be sinfully tasty

Do you have the recipe for the most dangerous cake in the world — warm chocolate cake that bakes in the microwave in three minutes?