Living

This city, formerly known best for its politics, now hosts blockbuster art shows and has hip boutique hotels. It's also turning into one of North America’s great foodie destinations, thanks to the 1,200 farms within its limits

I still experience peer pressure, which is ridiculous at my age. At this point in my life, I should be talking to my daughter about peer pressure, not living with it myself.

The aging process is a tricky one, psychologically speaking. Only the young look forward to getting older. It’s not fun to watch your face change—to note the first few creases in once perfectly smooth skin.

Willpower, or the ability to say, ‘no, thanks’ and mean it to cupcake No. 2, or yet another clothing sale at anthropologie.com, isn’t always easily summoned. For many of us it’s a struggle to deny ourselves the things we momentarily desire, especially when they’re covered in thick butter cream or going fast at up to 60 per cent off.

Ladies, don’t lose heart. You may not own your own home; you may not have any savings to speak of (does an overdraft count?), and occasionally, you may find yourself so flat broke by mid-month that you have to put that box of tampons on your Visa. But did you know that you’ve got something altogether more valuable than money, real estate, cash and your pride?