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| Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company
Category: Magazine
List Price: $54.00
Buy New: $23.68
You Save: $30.32 (56%)
Rating:  193 reviews
Sales Rank: 40
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Time magazine
Subscription Issues: 12
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 12
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
ASIN: B00005R8BR
Release Date: November 23, 2001
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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| Customer Reviews:
 So useful! January 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love reading this magazine. It's always got tons of useful ideas and it inspires me to try something new. Also, it's just so pretty to look at.
The Best Home Magazine Yet January 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this magazine, my friends love this magazine. Its really practical and the recipes are simple, the cleaning options are easy, and its just plain fun to read. The one magazine I read all the way through.
 Cheaper thru Real Simple's web site December 9, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
You can get two subscriptions for $23.95 through the magazine's web site.
 Bad magazine services from Amazon December 7, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Don't subscribe magazines from Amazon. Amazon outsources the magazine subscription service to 3rd party and that 3rd party is not really doing good job. If you have any problem with your magazine subscription order, Amazon just forward your inquiries to the 3rd party and ask you to contact them directly. Several of my magazine subscriptions with Amazon ran into problem and Amazon does offer any help on this.
What to Expect in Each Issue November 13, 2006
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
1) A "Why Not?" page toward the beginning of the magazine, with short blurbs on useful things to do. An example: Where to recycle corks from wine bottles. Another example: How to turn dead leaves on your lawn into mulch to fertilize your yard, rather than bagging up the leaves.
2) Lots of recipes and cooking tips (The current issue includes vegetarian dishes.)
3) Reader's tips on a "question of the month." Example: "How do you save money during the holidays?" One winner each month receives a prize.
4) A Solutions section, including "New Uses for Old Things." For each item, the original purpose is described along with an "Aha! Use."
5) A section on organizing.
6) "Road Tests." Four items are featured, with comparisons in each category. This month: winter gloves, food processors, cleansing cloths, and vanilla ice cream. Even if you are not shopping for these items now, the info is useful for later. Two years ago, I bought an extremely reasonably priced set of durable everyday glassware based on their recommendation, and I have been very pleased with the glasses.
7) "Life Lessons." Personal, reflective essays that are very thoughtful and ispiring.
8) Home (including decorating), beauty, style, and body (health) sections. I discovered a great website for world art (supported by National Geographic, not of the commercialized Pier One variety), thanks to them.
9) A "Life" section that includes tips on how to navigate conflicts and difficult situations.
10) This month: A wonderful article on creative ways to preserve your family history. I loved the ideas and loved reading about the contributors' families--absolutely fascinating.
11) Lots of tips on saving money, time, and energy. Many of their tips do not involve trips to the store (or online shopping, for that matter).
12) A cardstock pull-out reference page in the back, with perforated edges to make small cards that you can carry in your wallet. There is always an inspirational quote (this month's is by P.G. Wodehouse) that you can use as a bookmark. Speaking of quotes, there is always a great quote near the front of the magazine and another on the spine of the cover.
Yes, there is a target demographic for this magazine. I am not sure whether I would actually fit Time, Inc.'s target demographic--I am a single graduate student, living in a small apartment--but I always learn a lot from each issue. Not every article appeals to me equally, but that is always the case with a magazine. I save the best articles and file them by topic in a binder, along with articles from Vegetarian Times (the only other magazine to which I subscribe) and Runner's World (a friend gives me her old magazines). The hefty amount of advertising is annoying, but this is the result of the consolidation of the magazine publication world. Time, Inc., also publishes In Style, Essence, and many other magazines. If you want a non-glitzy, anti-establishment magazine, read something like B*tch (yes, it is an actual magazine, although I censored the title for this review, and I love it--will probably subscribe one of these days). But if you are just looking for ways to make your life a little easier, order Real Simple. It's not going to teach you how to give up all of your earthly possessions and move to a Peruvian village where you can start your own subsistence farm and weave your fabric from a loom, but it will give you tips on how to make your day-to-day life simpler right where you are.
Oh, and Real Simple is branching out: a great website, three published books (on organizing, tips, and cooking), and a show on PBS. No, not TLC or HGTV, but free television for everyone. Kind of populist for an entity of Time, Inc., isn't it?
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