Why Cholesterol Is Important For Health and How To Lower It
It’s critical for preventing heart disease and other serious health problems.
Tips For Walking Safely on Ice or Snow Without Falling
How to stroll with confidence in icy weather.
My Brother-in-Law Gets Free Child Care From His Parents. Why Don’t We?
My partner’s parents have been financially dependent on him and his brother for 10 years. They are unable to work. Still, they have provided free child care for my brother-in-law’s two children for the past five years. Meanwhile, my partner has been paying half of his parents’ living expenses. I’ve stayed out of these arrangements;…
Why So Many People Can’t Get that Galliano Show Out of Their Heads
There is a certain irony to the fact that of all the shows that took place during couture last week, the one designed to be the most off-line — the one conceived as an in-person experience rather than as a simple catwalk — is the one that ended up going the most viral. The one…
How to Maximize Space in Your Bedroom
Making the most of whatever space you have is just good sense — whether you’ve recently bought your dream home or, like many people, are staying put until the housing market calms down. The obvious place to start? Your bedroom. Sure, it’s used for sleeping at night, but what about the rest of the time?…
A Chocolate Fondue to Remember
The summer after college, I worked briefly as a shoe model. By briefly, I mean that I was fired after one day. I had sublet a basement room somewhere in the hundreds on the West Side of Manhattan, and my belongings, mostly books, remained unpacked, in duct-taped boxes stacked around the bed. I had to…
3 Ways to Safely Exercise and Prevent Workout Injuries
Experts say it’s crucial to listen to your body to avoid injury. But what does that really mean, and how can you put it into practice?
No, en la NFL las cámaras no enfocan tanto a Taylor Swift
Conforme la aventura de Taylor Swift en la NFL comenzaba en el juego de los Jefes de Kansas City contra los Osos de Chicago el 24 de septiembre, la reacción del equipo de transmisión de la cadena Fox (y de gran parte del mundo de la NFL en general) se vio resumida por Erin Andrews,…
Machu Picchu Access Blocked by Peruvian Protesters Over New Ticket System
Hundreds of tourists were stranded near Machu Picchu, Peru’s most-visited site, over the weekend after demonstrators blocked railway and bus routes to the site and shut down local shops and restaurants in Aguas Calientes, the gateway to Machu Picchu, in the country’s Cuzco region. Some visitors posted videos on social media pleading for help. The…
Emily Mariko’s $120 Tote Bag Draws Criticism
Picture a tote bag. A really big tote bag, cut extra wide to fit your entire farmer’s market haul, with wide straps to evenly distribute weight while you lug your satsuma mandarins and eggs and the kale you’ll forget about and leave to rot in the bottom drawer of your refrigerator. It’s 100 percent cotton,…