Krista Larson, owner of a vintage clothing business, as well as a Great Dane, a Great Pyrenees and a Weimaraner, offers these tips for living with pets: Furnish home with leather pieces, which resist fur and dirt. Carpet floors with sisal. Dirt falls right through the rough-textured rug. And keep pets well groomed. (Larson recommends the Furminator, $35 to $60. To see a video of the Furminator in action, go to www.furminator.com.)

BROW KNOW-HOW

START GROOMING

Nordstrom in Ala Moana Center is now offering brow 'dos in its brow salon ($30), for those who seek a more glamorous look. For do-it-yourselfers, there's Anastasia's Brow Express Palette, created by Beverly Hills "queen of the eyebrows" Anastasia Soare. It's a handy kit with stencils, brow powders, a wax cream and a highlighter cream ($38). And brides-to-be can find a Bobbi Brown bridal eye kit, with ivory eye shadow and Black Ink long-wear gel eyeliner, at www.nordstrom.com.

FINAL WORD

"I play a ton of 'Guitar Hero.' Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I can just see those colored dots flying at my head. I get pretty competitive about it, too. I can play Bad Religion's 'Infected' on expert level, but I can't play 'I Wanna Be Sedated' at all, which drives me nuts."

— Lizzy Caplan | who starred in "Cloverfield," in Spin Magazine