Hosted by a former Miss America with diabetes, the DLife TV show runs tips on health, cooking and travel, and interviews diabetic celebrities like Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler and CBS newsman Bob Schieffer on how they manage.

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It has also been claimed, in an academic journal, that books of tips by pickup artists show how the insights of evolutionary psychology can pay off in real life, or at least in bars.

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Venerable watering holes such as MarvinGardens, Dutch Goose, Beefy's Cabin and the Orchid Room pull decent crowds not just on Fridays, but weekdays and Sundays as well, in and around wealthy enclaves such as Palo Alto and Menlo Park (for more details, see the slide show, compiled with help from tips by locals, and a former bartender turned media type).

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