When you're dating again (after being with someone for many years), it can be difficult to go on the first few dates. They can be costly, awkward, and you might not know how to end them gracefully. Coffee dates are your answer. 

Come September, will you be wistfully waving good-bye to friends or family members as they leave for school and wishing you were as well? For whatever reason you've put your education on pause, there's an equally good reason to reignite your passion for learning. Find inspiration here to get back into a learning mode. Want to be an educated traveler? Also read Alumni Travel.

Is there room in your home and your heart for a big dog to love? An antidote to empty-nest syndrome, a gentle giant can make a sweet companion and his size alone offers protection. As long as yours gets plenty of walks and exercise, he can even live in an apartment — just make sure you have a big enough bed. Drawbacks? They eat a lot, poop a lot, and don't live as long as smaller breeds. But the love they have to give is as prodigious as their size.

Meet the mothers and fathers of the Olympians.