MAY 2008 • Vol. 23 • No. 5
®
A lifestyle magazine for Costco members
DEPARTMENTS
5 Front End
By Ginnie Roeglin and
David W. Fuller
7
Dialogue
Letters from our readers
9
Fresh Views
Brain food
for the entrepreneur
11
Consumer Connection
By David Horowitz
13
Financial Connection
By Suze Orman
14
Debate
Should restaurants have to
disclose nutrition information?
59
Arts & Entertainment
Book previews + DVD previews
88 Member Connection
Odds and ends from
Costco members
80 Web hosting
Spinning your own Web site
is easy with Costco and
Hostway’s hosting service.
BY STEVE FISHER
Developing Costco’s Photo Center
stays ahead of evolving
story technologies with a variety
PAGE 41 of digital photo services
By David Wight
PHOTO CREDIT TK
82 Buying Smart:
Dads ‘n’ grads
The gifts of travel, technology
and time are tops on the list.
BY PAT VOLCHOK
ALSO
84 What’s New
86 Special Events
87 Costco Services Update
19 A registered hit
A love of crafts led to the creation of
The Country Register, now a national
newspaper with a million readers.
BY ALAN M. PETRILLO
2
1 L ost leaders
H ow to find your way after the
unex-p ected departure of a company head.
B Y JANICE ROSENBERG
MEMBER SERVICE
1-800-774-2678
25 Top of the world
Costco member Bert Sperling
heads the team behind those
“best of” city lists.
BY STEVE FISHER
45 Plank you very much
Plank grilling imparts a delicious,
smoky-sweet flavor to any food.
BY TED READER
53 Diamond is forever
The music legend sparkles with his
latest CD, Home Before Dark.
BY STEPHANIE E. PONDER
55 Still in the saddle
Dick Francis, author of this month’s
Book Pick, celebrates a half-century
of writing.
BY WILL FIFIELD
57 Prolific punk
Even with five books published
in three years, Stephenie Meyer
considers herself a freshman author.
BY STEPHANIE E. PONDER
So cool
you’re hot
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