Conversation Starter
I still remember the first time I heard the phrase “conversation starter” being used to describe a piece of jewelry. I was 16 and in Tiffany & Co. which, looking back, is no place for a teenager. But alas, there I was admiring
A Movie About Getting Women Off
A few weeks ago, I came across the trailer for a little film making its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Its name? Hysteria. Introduced with “It’s the duty of every doctor to give his patients relief…” I soon realized that, no, my
Freaky Science
Sometimes, on the rare occasion when I have nothing to do, I find myself wondering what the skeletal structure of a chameleon would look like after it was dyed hot pink and thrown in a jar. Just kidding—if I did,
Is This the Future of Food Technology?
Last week Heinz announced a newly designed ketchup packet, the “Dip and Squeeze.” Three times the size of the standard ketchup packet you normally find at fast food restaurants, this new packet has a cute bottle shape and gives you two
Redheads Need Not Apply
Newsflash for the flame-haired fellas out there: don’t bother trying to donate your stuff to Denmark-based Cryos International, one of the world’s largest sperm banks. According to agency director Ole Schou, Cryos is ready to bust a load (pardon the pun)
Mustapha’s Moroccan / Celebrated Living
Mustapha’s Moroccan Argan Oil is profiled in Celebrated Living‘s annual gourmet guide.
Bully Boy Distillers / Serious Eats
Serious Eats takes readers on a photo tour of Boston’s first craft distillery.
The Fox and Snooki
As if we needed another reason to love CNN’s silver fox, also known as the charming Anderson Cooper, now he’s become even more loveable on his new talk show under the influence of spray-tan sensation, Snooki of the Jersey Shore. Known
Beef Fat Injections…The Latest Beauty Trend?
We’ve heard about channeling your inner-equine via blood transfusions for the sake of art, but beef fat injections as a beauty treatment? That takes the vomit-inducing cake. Under the misguided impression that hot fat would mimic the effects of Botox,
Beauty Is Pain…Literally.
I don’t know which is worse, the beauty treatment this man endured or the painful repercussions from the treatment gone wrong. A UK paper reported on a 52 year old Chinese man who decided to soak in a bath of live