Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
My boyfriend always works on his best man speech while he’s in the shower, but he’s not the only one who gets their best ideas while scrub a dub dubbing. Thanks to a state of mind called the default mode network, we really do get some of our best ideas in the shower. This handy…
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Carole Radziwill has become a household name thanks to her participation on the reality show “Real Housewives of New York City.” I have always found her to be the sane one on that show with a biting sense of humor. Maybe that’s because she doesn’t need Real Housewives to make her interesting so she doesn’t…
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I used to get so so many bug bites when I was little. My Mom said it was because I’m “just so sweet.” I believed it for a while but in the end recognize that moms just love spewing that kind of B.S. Here’s the real reason(s) mosquitos like some of us more than others.…
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Three Chinese girls meet on the streets of San Francisco and immediately link themselves together for the next ten years. They have little in common other than their desire to escape their current lives and the hole that is missing from never having real friends. Grace, a wide-eyed innocent, has left her small, Midwestern town…
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A Comcast agent spent 20 minutes trying to dissuade customers from cancelling service. Listening to the recording is actually painful. I cringe. Comcast is embarrassed but also stand by their aggressive retention tactics. I get how a visit to a concentration camp could be a powerful experience – so moving you would want to document…
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First Google Glass and now smart contact lenses. Google and Novartis are joining forces to develop contacts that measure glucose levels and provide real-time updates to an app for people with diabetes. Apparently there’s data in your tears that can be transmitted to your smartphone. It’s like we’re living with the Jetsons. Music sets the…
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I kinda love these drunk horoscopes. How spot on is yours? I’m proud to say I got all five questions right on the test NYC private pre-Ks are now admitting. But I had to think pretty hard. And I’m 29. Who are these baby geniuses? Violence in Israel is out of hand. Let me break…
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“The Goldfinch” is intimidating. It is a 771 page hardcover that really weighs down my tote bag on my commute to work. I think that’s the reason I put off reading it for so long. But “long and heavy” is no longer a valid excuse when the novel is on every best list and then…
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European Court has upheld France’s ban of the niqab, the type of veil worn by many Muslim women that only leaves a slit for the eyes. I’m not sure I like the veil itself…but I’m also not sure how I feel about a government telling someone they can’t wear something that is a part of…
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Home ownership used to be the American Dream, but now people are really into renting. Unfortunately, the market can’t quite keep up with the demand. This is a whole new kind of housing crisis. Forget the toilet seat liners; looks like nature has made your own skin a good enough barrier to germs. Some people…
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