topic: By Tracy Dingmann

Monday, May 05, 2008 An Outdoor Living Room Is Easy With Weather-Resistant Materials By Tracy Dingmann Journal Staff Writer       Want to increase your home's square footage but can't afford a costly addition? Consider expanding the space by creating a plush outdoor living room complete with ...
full story 05/05/08

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Monte Carlo Gets Noticed by Food Network By Tracy Dingmann/ Journal Staff Writer       Generations of Duke City dwellers already know about the great bar food at Monte Carlo Steak House on Route 66. Soon the whole country will be in on the secret.        In June, steaks, burgers ...
full story 04/30/08

Sunday, April 13, 2008 Middle-Class Dreams May Be Out of Reach for Many By Tracy Dingmann / Of the Journal       Americans generally don’t like being put into boxes. But apparently almost everyone wants to be middle class. Studies show more than half of Americans — from lawyers to teachers to janitors ...
full story 04/12/08

Monday, March 24, 2008 DNA Test Allows Dog Owners to Find Out Their Mutt's Makeup By Tracy Dingmann Journal Staff Writer     Sandy Collins suspected the fuzzy little pup she adopted from the Animal Humane Association four months ago was part Rottweiler. "Charlie's got this blocky head and thick muzzle ...
full story 03/23/08

Sunday, March 2, 2008 The Movies Make Unplanned Pregnancies Look Easy, but They are Rarely So in Real Life By Tracy Dingmann Copyright © 2008 Albuquerque Journal; Of the Journal     No one ever said real life was like the movies. But for many New Mexicans who work with young, single pregnant women ...
full story 03/01/08

Sunday, March 02, 2008 Getting Extensions Can Give You A Whole New Look for A Weekend of Fun Or Weeks of Style By Tracy Dingmann/ Journal Staff Writer       Hair extensions were once the province of the rich and famous, but now they’ve become almost as common as haircuts at some Albuquerque salons ...
full story 03/01/08

Sunday, February 17, 2008 Think You're Not Hard to Work With? Well, Truth Is You Have a Bit of Both Angel and Devil in You By Tracy Dingmann Journal Staff Writer     So there we were, 45 perfect strangers crammed together in a chilly hotel banquet room, eyeing each other suspiciously.     The occasion ...
full story 02/16/08

Sunday, January 20, 2008 Plastic Surgeons Say More Women Opt for After-Pregnancy 'Mom Jobs' By Tracy Dingmann Copyright © 2008 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writer     Stephanie Zmroczek of Albuquerque isn't a supermodel or Barbie doll wanna-be. She's simply a working mother of two who wasn't ...
full story 01/19/08

Sunday, December 23, 2007 New Word Mashups are Popping Out of Mouths Everywhere By Tracy Dingmann Journal Staff Writer     Would you be miffled if your spouse committed pseudoside? Do friends call you an accoutremommy behind your back? When you go out looking for food, do you behave like a locavore ...
full story 12/22/07

Friday, December 14, 2007 Ruidoso Native Cody Willard Is the Talk of Wall Street By Tracy Dingmann Journal Staff Writer     Every evening at 5, lanky former Lobo basketball player Cody Willard bellies up to the bar, schmoozing about the just-concluded markets on Wall Street with anyone who will listen ...
full story 12/17/07