Clinical psychologist Mary Pipher explores the stereotypes and challenges of getting older and the survival skills women need to be happy.

Hotels have gotten creative in fattening your bill while offering questionable perks in return. What is a destination fee, anyway?

As an antidote to our tech-obsessed society, slow-morning practitioners wake up early to meditate, read, exercise or do nothing at all.

Some interior designers think the kitchen is no place for a crumb-catching carpet. Others believe they can work around the ick factor.

You’ve seen them: those stubborn guys who refuse to dress appropriately for the weather. We attempt to understand their ‘reasoning.’

The wildly ambitious culinary collective has cooked for clients like Virgil Abloh and Instagram. Now, its bold ideas take root at a sprawling new space

The Golden Globes, Hollywood’s least credible awards show, is also its most fun, doing everything right that the Oscars does wrong.

Polar fleece, the practical fabric of choice for rock climbers and hikers, has been co-opted by luxury brands.

Sure, there’s a 12% risk of looking silly in the au courant cap, but the rewards are considerable. A look into the cultural history of the definitive chapeau.

The Toyota Corolla Hatchback’s cheerfully modern design, its fleet of high-tech options and the soothing distraction of a manually shifted car will have you wanting to work on your heel-and-toe footwork, says Dan Neil.

For men with overstuffed closets, now’s the ideal time to purge those impulse buys and pointless discount pants—and learn to shop smarter.

So long, totally lacquered rooms. Hello, palate-cleansing rattan. We asked over 200 design pros for the next big decorating trends—and the ones that have bottomed out.

From Nonesuch in Oklahoma City, this modern recipe sticks to the essentials: just seared ribeye, a bright-green herb sauce and honey-roasted carrots, on the table in a half hour.

No need to be crazy rich to live it up in the island-nation of Singapore. Here, two daylong itineraries—one for $1,684 a day, the other for $349 a day (including hotel stays).

The Golden Globes brings a crop of nominees known for unconventional looks as men break out of traditional black tie.

LaGuardia, the New York airport fliers love to hate, thinks it can win travelers over with nicer, larger restrooms. It’s one of many airports figuring out how much this matters.

The host of the ‘How Did This Get Made’ podcast details his quest for the perfect backpack and the best way for stat nerds to obsess over NBA games.

In a year full of unexpected style icons, Daniel Day-Lewis was the sharpest and savviest of them all—with other greying stars like Jeff Goldblum and Idris Elba not far behind.

We sent novelist Alexandra Kleeman a bottle of Champagne Henriot Cuvée Hemera, and it uncorked a rush of reflections on the nature of celebrating and the downsides of being overly prudent.

Dramatic results of thrombectomies pave way for greater availability, though some doctors say the fast expansion brings risks.

Exceptional electrics and hybrids will roll off the line over the next 18 to 36 months. Dan Neil, busy spray-painting his minivan until that time comes, is eyeing the upcoming Rivian R1T pickup.

For a pleasure-packed long weekend in San Juan, the resilient capital, heed these tips on where to sleep, eat, swim, sightsee and drink addictive watermelon mojitos.

We all have our assumptions about what works. Here’s what the data really tells us about ways we can improve intelligence.

To use up funds in medical flexible-spending accounts, some holiday shoppers are buying their loved ones blood-pressure monitors, shoe insoles and saline nose wipes. ‘It’s like money that I didn’t know I had.’

The director has built a reputation for making films that feature strong, complicated, imperfect female characters.

Bad gifts make recipients feel misunderstood, and givers feel like failures. Here’s how to avoid making a bad choice.

The Magic Castle, an Old Hollywood haunt of master illusionists, is a private club but visitors can conjure up a reservation, too. Plus: The best magic shows in LA, NYC, Las Vegas—and Scranton, Pa.

From the best kids’ clothing to the perfect desk to make work look gorgeous, this guide has something for everyone

Wine in cans? So 2018. It’s time to look ahead to what we’ll be sipping next. Our wine columnist shares her list of resolutions for optimal imbibing—a great list of bottles to consider for this year’s holiday celebrations, too.

Concentrated doses of nicotine prompt higher rates of addiction than cigarettes. With few treatment options for teens, the FDA plans public hearings.

Penny Marshall, who starred in “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, has died. She was 75.

It wasn’t until years after his parents died that Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski saw how to transform their tumultuous postwar romance into “Cold War.”

Mark Morris is still putting an original, witty spin on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s holiday tale as choreographer and performer.

From the business of Gwyneth Paltrow to the wisdom of Keith Richards, from one of the most storied art collections in the world to a developer who hopes to save retail—and much more—these are WSJ.’s most-read stories of the year

A new trend—shopping via text—takes off as frequent shoppers bemoan the complexity of “traditional” e-commerce.