Waning days of our American Sitzkrieg. Cast: Neighbors. Action: One-minute author On my daily walkabouts and errand-running with Nick I overhear or participate ...

Macaroons. Chocolate eggs. Candy polar bears, lambs, owls and bunnies. A 3-foot-tall figure from “Lord of the Rings,” constructed all in chocolate.

Not many places could take a 5 percent drop in their median home price and still remain the most expensive Zip code in America for real estate. But Atherton did that this year, taking a $400,000 ...