San Francisco is a city full of characters as well known to locals as they are to any veteran film scholar: the well-dressed intellectuals, flâneurs, throngs of artists, beautiful people. In just a visit to the right San Francisco venues, you’ll feel like a decadent local in no time.

Krista Watterworth, design guru and host of HGTV’s hit shows Save My Bath and Biggest Decorating Mistakes points out nine design mistakes that could inhibit romantically happy endings in your home.

Like blistered skin coming loose after a long shower, she peeled away, and I felt…

When it comes to sex, we often opt to go straight for the goodies. Is instant sexual gratification completely detrimental to the building of a relationship foundation?

Magazine BLU proudly presents our picks for the Top 10 Microbrews of the Northeast. We scoured down the East Coast (well, about half-way to be precise) to find you the best this area has to offer. Sure, they may be a little different. But, damn, they make the freedom of choice taste good!

Need a special concoction for your special night in? Venture into our Cuisine & Libations section, where cocktail recipes are only a search term away! Whether “whiskey,” “vodka,” or “coffee” are your preference, you’ll find something to sip!

Rowhouses became the dwelling of choice in American cities during the birth of our nation and through the nineteenth century, as community populations expanded and homes indicative of industrial prosperity became desirable. Modern buyers of brownstones are not just purchasing a rowhouse, but also all of the original elegance of a home with wonderful spaces and centuries-old architectural ingenuity invested within the floor plan, with the added benefit of spatial flexibility.

We must forgo the American approach to everything, that of a plethora of choices, and narrow down our wardrobes to pieces that (every time you step out the door) make you look damn good. You may not be Sean Connery, but at least you can fake it.

Gaining eye contact, a smile, a nod, or a wave of acknowledgment from passers-by in America’s largest metropolis is rare, whether one is walking or driving. Yes, in New York City, one can feel isolated in a crowd. This is not an affront by the good people of Manhattan; it is simply a fact of life.

New York, Boston and Chicago were the first American cities to embrace the transformation of empty commercial and warehouse structures within downtown areas into what are now referred to as lofts. Initially, these residences were reformed illegally, as they were commercially zoned. Now, cities from coast to coast have experienced a surge of loft development.

Stand on the beach and listen. Not far away, beneath the roar of the waves and the whipping wind, there are the sounds of circular saws and hammers wielded by men in the midst of creating the Shore’s next wave of luxury homes – often on the demolished footprint of the modest beach cottages that preceded them.