How to Throw a Pooch Party
Coco Chanel's recent birthday party evoked all the glamour of the famous clothing designer. In an exquisitely decorated party room, guests nibbled on appetizers served by uniformed attendants carrying golden trays. Only select partygoers, however, enjoyed the signature "Coco Cocktail," a warmed, low-sodium chicken broth mixed with filtered water. As it turned out, many of Coco's party invitees were just like her: Maltese dogs.

Lubbock gets ready to party at centennial event
If there's one thing Lubbock definitely knows how to do, it's throw a party - and the 100th birthday party for the city, which has lasted a full year, will end with a concert expected to be the best the United Spirit Arena ever has seen.

Cocktail Cove an example of what is left when the party ends
Outside Atlanta, on Lake Lanier, sits a special little cove with a notorious reputation that could make Charlie Sheen blush. Cocktail Cove has hardly any road access, so it became a destination for crazy hillbillies, dot-com millionaires and the girls who seek them out.

Tea party movement captures real concerns
What I found most amusing about last week's tea party protests was the palpable defensiveness of many Democrats and lefties in general. Steve Glorioso, a Kansas City political consultant, dismissed the gatherings as something "dreamed up and promoted by the likes of Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey." The tea party that took place in Kansas City, he said, was "basically a Republican-led, right-wing conservative political event."