Adding a pergola kit to your backyard space is a simple way to create some shade, boost your home’s curb appeal and spruce up an existing deck or patio. Pergola kits come in many sizes and materials, costing from a few hundred to more than ten thousand dollars. So when I came across one on Amazon for about $500, I bought a Purple Leaf Pergola Kit and had it shipped my way.

Alexa Santos, a home cook from Fort Lauderdale, takes the stage at the beginning of Hulu’s new reality series “Secret Chef,” which is set in a silent room without any appliances, ovens, or competitors. A huge conveyor belt divides the space, and as it begins to move, a metal cake dome emerges from the darkness. When Santos lifts the lid, she finds a single egg as her first mystery ingredient and a message revealing her pseudonym, “Chef Bologna.

Whoopi Goldberg feared her cocaine addiction would kill her. The Oscar-winning actress became hooked on drugs during her early years in Hollywood, revealing she would go to parties where sedative pills such as Quaaludes and cocaine were handed out freely and took her to some very dark places. She opened up about her issues in her new book Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, writing: "I was invited to parties where I was greeted at the door with a bowl of Quaaludes from which I could pick what I wanted.

Finding the perfect baby girl’s name is no easy feat. Once the search starts for that unique baby name, you quickly realize that the possibilities are everywhere, from street names to television characters. Your expectant-parent ears hear potential baby names in everything that crosses your path, from new restaurants to new coworkers. It can be overwhelming — so why not just start at the top of the alphabet and work your way down?

1 / 17 Family Handyman Making Connections When you go to add or replace plumbing lines in a house that’s more than 10 years old, chances are you won’t find new pipes that are the same kind as the old ones. That’s no big deal—hardware stores and home centers carry hundreds of different kinds of transitional fittings to help you make the connections. What is a big deal is that those hundreds of different kinds of pipe fittings don’t all install the same way.