FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With inviting beaches that run for miles along South Florida's shores, it is easy to put sand into the same category as turbo air-conditioning and a decent mojito — something ever present and easily taken for granted.

She has shown her oil paintings in exhibitions in Washington State, California, Texas, and Michigan. Earlier, Jewell had a successful career for 15 years as a fine jewelry designer with her own company, and another 10 years as Co-Founder and Co-CEO for …

For gifts, clothes, jewelry, handbags and more, several places are worth a stop. In Pepin, Dockside Mercantile boutique offers a large variety of quality clothing, jewelry, apothecary items and eco-friendly home pieces. Bnox is a favorite stop for fine …

… artisans and crafters displaying and selling their unique creations in pottery, sculpture, glass, jewelry, fashion, home décor, furniture and home accessories, items for the garden, photography, handmade fashion and accessories, statement jewelry …

Billionaires determined to cheat death. August 23, 2013, 12:10 pmYahoo!7. In a quest to live infinitely, five financiers are heavily funding longevity research. When you're worth billions, you can buy your way out of just about anything. Well, except …

Instead, it's the emergence of all the ancillaries to government — law firms, lobbyists, communications companies, government service providers — that have flooded the city with people and money.” What's more, there's “the explosion of the permanent …

Yet Sunday's report from the National Children's Bureau shows just how little progress has been made in closing the gap between children from poor and affluent backgrounds over the past 40 years. … Parenting services relentlessly focused on closing …

But the man who welcomes me in to his spacious home in an affluent Christchurch neighbourhood, where he lives with three pampered cats, is relaxed, friendly and seems reassuringly normal. The 38-year-old has greying hair, thick facial stubble and he's …

“People are accustomed to living a more affluent lifestyle,” Nichols said. “They retire and suddenly they have more time to go to the movies, eat out, shop, buy presents for their kids and take trips. So it's easy to actually spend more money in …