This holiday season, instead of giving your girlfriends a necklace or a sweater, mix things up and gift them an experience they'll never forget. Sometimes life's responsibilities can get in the way of spending enough quality time with your gal pals, so what better way to make time for them than to give it as a gift? And the best part of experience gifts is that the memories and photos will last a Read more

Today, Aug. 1, is National Girlfriends Day! And whether they're roommates or colleagues, the same age or 20 years apart, female friends have always been central to American television. These characters' relationships demonstrate the ever-evolving, yet never-changing, complexity of female friendships and are fictional proof that sometimes girlfriends make the best friends. Read more

I don't know when Americans started hugging so much, but it's become a commonplace way to say hello and goodbye. From friends you see daily to acquaintances you see once a year or less, we've all become huggers. But not everyone enjoys it, even if they hug, as Juliet Laipidos points out in her piece "I Don't Need a Hug." Whether you consider yourself a hugger or not, we all have limitations. Read more

It's impossible to give life and not feel that your own has been affected. Each mother has hopes and dreams — for herself and her children. Part of that list may be something she wishes to reclaim and other aspirations are born of responsibility, but there are lots of things every woman should consider. Here are 50 of them! Read more

We spend so much time discussing celebrity couples, on- and offscreen, that it's easy to forget friends, the other couple. Platonic opposite-sex friends are actually hard to find on TV. Take Gossip Girl or Mad Men or even a show as monogamous as How I Met Your Mother. Characters need histories and writers needs plots. Most television characters are coupled up at some point, except these nine. Read more

Being single has its ups and downs, but today, in the spirit of kicking off our coverage of National Singles Week, I thought it would fun to embrace our single-hood! Sometimes you don't miss something until it's gone so make sure you don't forget these five great things about being single. As always, let me know what I've missed! Source Read more

Jennifer Aniston turns 43 years old tomorrow! She celebrated her birthday with a trip to Mexico in 2010, but last year she ditched the two-piece for dinner in NYC with friends. We haven't seen her hit the beach lately, since she's been busy traveling between LA and NYC with new boyfriend Justin Theroux. The duo connected back in 2010 while working on Wanderlust, which hits theaters later this Read more

Our favorite romantic movies — rom-coms included — have the ability to transport us from our couch to falling in love aboard the RMS Titanic, to sipping lattes in a quaint café in Montmartre, to attending Beverly Hills High with best friends Dionne and Tai, and beyond. In a nutshell, it's pretty great. To add to their cinematic charm, these flicks not only have us daydreaming of modern-day Read more

A slick tuxedo-inspired silhouette can instantly add structure, sex appeal, and an empowered sense of glamour to any red-carpet ensemble. At last night's amfAR New York gala, we spotted five star-studded examples of the menswear-friendly style. Model Joan Smalls suited up in a lapel-infused floor-length gown, complete with a peplum pop at the waist; singer Janelle Monáe opted for a more Read more

The fun continued inside the 2012 amfAR charity gala at NYC's Cipriani Wall Street last night. Host Sarah Jessica Parker, decked out in a pink Oscar de la Renta gown, mingled with friends like Stanley Tucci, who brought along his fiancée Felicity Blunt. Heidi Klum caught up with some other members of the Project Runway family, like Kenneth Cole and Molly Sims. Cindy Crawford made the rounds with Read more