PARIS — “Meet my brother. Meet my best friend from college. Meet the descendants of Gustave Eiffel!” The fashion designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg was in full swing working the room at the American Embassy in Paris on Wednesday night. As star of the show at a cocktail reception held in her honor by…
There are so many things to consider when you’re dating, so many thoughts swirling around in your head – well, we can get at least some of them out of the way and firmly settled in your mind. Now, what is perfectly all right to do and not to do without creasing your brow over…
You might have a rather impressive list of foolish things you have done in life, which you either regret about or prefer not to recall, no matter how hard it is. Geniusbeauty.com talked to psychologists and found out what things a wise woman would never do not to bite her elbows later and not to…
See if you are guilty of them too! We all know how unstable relationships can be – everything comes along fine and then topples suddenly when we least expect it because of some reason that we were wont to play down. Almost mechanically one partner lays the blame on the other’s door, although we all…
Picture a muscular and agile caveman, pre-farming days, hunting and gathering for food to eat. He eats food that is considered healthy these days, but the thing is, he didn’t have much choice. It was all that was available in his time. Now we live in an era where processed and fast food is the…
PALM BEACH, Fla. — In this exclusive, image-conscious retreat where enormous hedges encircle grand mansions and valets park cars at the supermarket, wealthy residents pay vast sums to shield their private lives from view, even as they crave to be seen at the charitable events and black-tie galas that go on almost daily from November…
Water chestnuts are an aquatic tuber vegetable. They grow in parts of Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, and many Pacific islands. A water chestnut resembles an actual chestnut in both color and shape, but it is not a nut. Water chestnuts are popular in many cuisines and have a variety of potential health benefits. These benefits…
Through the Years The couple, who live and work in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, were married before 90 guests Aug. 5, 2017 at the Spillian Mansion in the Catskills. “We throw huge parties with wrestlers on the roof, so we wanted this to be more intimate and not as outrageous,” Ms. Catron said. They each made their…
Bruges! Everyone who travels to the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium rushes directly to that fabled city, with its medieval core, canals and moules frites. But less than 30 miles to the east, the less-visited city of Ghent packs in every one of those appeals and much else. Politically to the left, eco-friendly and a touch…
I got a text message from my father. My first thought: impossible — that old man doesn’t know how to text. My second thought: impossible — my father is dead. My dad died on Sept. 4 — a Tuesday — just a month shy of his 82nd birthday. He was a farmer, just like my…