One way or another, you’re feeling the pressure of the ongoing recession. I know. Recently unemployed and hunkered down in New York’s trendy East Village where the glass towers are encroaching, I spend far too much money on rent, leaving very little left over to enjoy the fun and frivolity that keeps New York pulsing. So how is it that New York City is palatable with little more than pocket change? Read on…
At 15, I found the New York Studio School of Painting and Sculpture, where I was accepted for study the following year. At the time I did not know that the building—located on Eighth Street in the village—was the former home of the Whitney art collection, really the Whitney Studio Club where Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a sculptress and supporter of the arts, showed contemporary works.
Dark chocolate is usually considered an indulgence, not a health food, but a new study suggests that the antioxidants found in the delicious dessert can help managed blood pressure and cortisol levels following exercise.
If the recession has accomplished anything positive, it has to be that it forced more people to work together. And isn’t that more than a little reassuring in our devil-may-care-winner-take-all-society?
I had a random flashback of one night at a dinner table with my roommate in college, Jackie*. I remember how she would drive me nuts, slowly chewing her food, with one-rice-bean-at-a-time pace, and when she would finally finish (and probably digest) her food, she would sit at the table for another twenty minutes, until [...]
This is a guide for all you people out there who suffer from hangovers in a big way. Hopefully this will help in your recovery from a night of over indulgence.
Do you know your party style? It is important to answer this question before you begin planning your next party. If you are comfortable cooking gourmet dinners for your guests, invite your guests for an haute cuisine extravaganza. If you can only cook chips and salsa, you can still have a great party.
Whether you live in Los Angeles or are planning a visit, there are several excellent locales in the city where you might be able to catch a glimpse of one of your favorite stars. While you’re looking, you can even eat.
There’s no question about it – weight loss is a tricky subject. If that weren’t true, then there wouldn’t be a billion-dollar market for weight loss supplements and a commercial every 10 seconds for yet another “foolproof” weight loss system. And then there’s the promise of sculpting a leaner, more muscular body with a workout [...]
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to dine at an Oscars table or even better – what do the desserts look like? They are all tailored specifically for each movie and table. Here is a gallery from the 82nd Academy Awards New York Oscars Party Previews dessert menu.
The other day I was watching Vancouver Winter Olympics when NBC covered USA athletes’ training lives. I could not help but to notice how dedicated Apolo Anton Ohno and the featured first-time Olympians were to their training.
They mentioned one thing over and over again: “every evening I look back at my day and ask myself, [...]
McDonald’s stepped on a few toes by forcing its McItaly burger into Italy’s renown culinary tradition. But that may just be the tip of the iceberg – consider some of these equally appalling alternatives.
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is popular for burning fat, but some worry it will melt muscle as well. Learn how to keep your muscle while losing fat with HIIT!
With two months into the New Year, the reality sinks in and some of your new year’s resolutions look more like the forgotten slice of pizza on the kitchen counter. Yikes! If you are reading this article, chances are, one of those resolutions happens to be to lose weight. Maybe you even gave up on [...]
Stretching has long been known to improve flexibility, but recent research indicates it improves strength as well.
