Back in 2013, architect Jose Hernandez called his neighbor Fred Robinson, interrupting him while he was mowing with a riding lawn mower, to ask if he would be interested in sharing the expense of a ...

“Just be sure you spell my uncle’s name right,” my wife Linda admonished me.”It’s ‘Ervin’ with a ‘V’, not ‘Erwin.’ ” Of course I would. After all, Uncle Ervin — with a V —was the composer of “The ...

When it comes to Instagram-worthy plants, fiddle-leaf fig trees hold a place among the most aesthetically pleasing (second only to succulents, that is). The shiny-leafed plants have been in high ...