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Author Jennifer Weiner is giving television a try.

Q. I'm in my early 50s and have been married to a wonderful woman for more than 25 years. I've only loved one other woman in my life -- a girl I dated briefly the summer I was 19. She was my first love. It was a casual dating relationship that never got to the serious stage. One day she abruptly dumped me. There was little explanation, and I walked away confused and hurt. That was 30 years ago, and I never saw her again, even though she lives in a neighboring community. I've been happy with my wife...

"Necessity is the mother of invention," Plato observed. He could have been writing about the $8.9 billion U.S. baby products industry.

How do you live with children without sacrificing style? A recent issue of Traditional Home takes a stab at answering that question in an article that features a family-friendly Georgia showhouse sponsored by the magazine, a builder and an interior designer.

"It's the vodka nights that really get me into trouble," says Kelly Krause, with a sigh. "I once woke up and I had spent $700."

The 1907 estate in Warrenton, Va., where designer Barry Dixon lives, works and raises chickens, goats and llamas is a visual banquet, a rich layering of old and new, formal and informal, objects that are rare and those that are not: weathered French garden orbs, books Dixon read as a child in Tennessee and armloads of willow branches from the garden. Engravings of de Medicis mingle with flea market candlesticks. One favorite touch: antique apothecary jars filled with ordinary lemon drops from Target...

If you've never made a pillow before, "The Pillow Book" (Chronicle Books, $24.95), by Shannon Okey with photos by Gemma Comas, is a good place to start.

LOS ANGELES "Superbad" has supergood chances of winning a trophy at the MTV Movie Awards.

NEW YORK "Project Runway" may switch from Bravo to the Lifetime cable network in November but NBC Universal ensured Monday that the show's producers won't go with it.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Growing up, who didn't look at their television and think, "Wow, I wish my mom were that cool"?

LOS ANGELES Matt Sorum not only learned how to play drums by emulating Keith Moon, the enigmatic drummer for the Who. He also took cues from the dandified madman about how to dress like a rock star.

With warmer weather upon us, more of us men are trending it like Beckham -- trimming down our shaggy manes to close-cropped action-figure haircuts -- only to realize our maintenance involves biweekly sprints to Supercuts, or the risk of nicking our own noggins with barber-grade clippers.

Q. I know you'll say it's wrong to be filled with hate and bitterness, but I had a very rough time growing up, and I just can't help it. God must have hated me very much to put me through all that, and I'm sure he still hates me because of my attitude. What would you say to someone like me?

Dear Amy: I have been married for 15 years. I just found out that my husband has kept in contact with an ex-girlfriend. They were once engaged, but she broke it off. My husband had never mentioned her to me before.

With warmer weather upon us, more of us men are trending it like Beckham -- trimming down our shaggy manes to close-cropped action-figure haircuts -- only to realize our maintenance involves biweekly sprints to Supercuts, or the risk of nicking our own noggins with barber-grade clippers.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Growing up, who didn't look at their television and think, "Wow, I wish my mom were that cool"?

Prom season is here, and we're nosy -- we want to see what you wore to prom! Send a JPEG color photo from your prom celebrations, along with description of your outfit (including approximate cost and where you bought it). We'll print some of the photos in an upcoming Style section.

"It's the vodka nights that really get me into trouble," says Kelly Krause, with a sigh. "I once woke up and I had spent $700."

Q. I'm in my early 50s and have been married to a wonderful woman for more than 25 years. I've only loved one other woman in my life -- a girl I dated briefly the summer I was 19. One day she abruptly dumped me. That was 30 years ago. Three years ago, that '70s girl popped into my head. Now I can't stop thinking about her. Is it a midlife crisis where you think about an old flame?