For many of us, pizza is like the holy grail of food. Nothing quite fulfills your taste buds like a crispy charred crust with loads of gooey cheese and a tasty tomato sauce. But achieving that authentic pizza-parlor flavor in a conventional oven? Not so easy. At a maximum temperature of about 500 degrees, most […]
February 8, 2023 
32 minute read
Though we live in an increasingly colorful world in many respects, when it comes to toilet paper, things are still very, well, vanilla. But that wasn’t always the case. Ironically, the conservative ’50s saw the rise of the most colorful era in toilet paper history. In that post-war decade, sinks, bathtubs and toilets were coordinated […]
February 2, 2023
32 minute read
Giving a book to your favorite bibliophile seems like a great idea until you try to pick one out. Then you quickly realize it’s a veritable minefield trying to decide between genres and authors, while also having to guess what they already have in their personal library or queued up on their kindle. That’s why […]
February 1, 2023
27 minute read
Youth and good skin are wasted on the young. Oblivious to the abundance of collagen that keeps our skin plump and taut, our tender years pass by with a definite lack of appreciation for the beauty of mere youth. Until one day, we wake up with our first wrinkle. At which point, you either decide […]
January 30, 2023
42 minute read
I have to admit there’s not a lot I miss about working out at the club now that I’ve switched to at-home and outdoor workouts. But there is one thing we probably all overlooked when we set up our home gyms over the past few years: the flooring! Carpet, tile and wood are not only […]
January 25, 2023
26 minute read
Fuecoco, Bulbasaur, Charizard? For the uninitiated in Pokemon culture, the list of characters may be as hard to learn as a foreign language. And picking out an appropriate gift for a Pokemon hunter, aka trainer, may be even more of a head scratcher. Now 26 years old, the franchise has over 900 characters to track […]
January 9, 2023
20 minute read
Never underestimate the power of a jump rope. This seemingly simple piece of equipment can help you to burn calories, build muscles and improve your coordination without taking up a lot of room in your home gym. Michael Slowak, a fitness and boxing trainer with Boxing Holic, adds, “Unlike certain workouts like sprints, jump roping […]
January 5, 2023
31 minute read
Breastfeeding your baby is one of the most beautiful and natural things about motherhood. At least that’s how you think it should feel. But then suddenly, your entire life starts to revolve around things like latching on or not latching on, milk production, not enough milk production, leaks, breast pumps, nursing bras and sore, achy […]
January 3, 2023
42 minute read
Sherry is a freelance writer who worked as an actor before transitioning to an award-winner career in advertising. During a vacation to Mexico, she fell in love and never left. Sherry (aka Cherita) now spends her time bouncing between the US and Mexico writing, running, cooking, meditating and exploring lots of cool stuff on the other side of the wall.
