The new "Barbie" movie hadn't even come out, and yet I'd already been invited to three Barbie themed pool parties. Ever since the plastic doll became this summer's "It girl" it seems everyone these ...

Barbie turned 30 the year I was born. That same year, my grandmother bought a dome cake pan for making Barbie cakes: typically, a Barbie doll enveloped to the waist in frosted layers of cake, carved ...

It was my fifth birthday party. I had already rejected the frilly pink dress my mother had carefully chosen for me, opting instead for my usual uniform of the leggings-and-sweatshirt combo that was so ...

H-E-B officials said the "Barbie in a Box" cake is no longer available to order, but cake orders can still be placed one week in advance at the H-E-B in the Alon Market. The Barbie-themed parties and ...