Valentine’s Day has rolled around once again, and with it, thoughts of love, candy hearts and the oh-so-guilty pleasure of romance movies. I confess that I’ve seen too many. So many, in fact, that I’ve noticed a disturbing theme running beneath all those meet-cutes and happy endings: dead moms. Haven’t noticed? Let me run you […]
February 14, 2023 
15 minute read
The Japanese may have invented karaoke, but they tapped into something universal. Inside, almost everyone has a Kelly Clarkson, Mick Jagger or Taylor Swift that’s dying to rock the stage. And while a karaoke night out on the town with your crew can be a blast, there’s a lot to be said for belting it […]
February 10, 2023
45 minute read
You know a great way to ruin your entire day? Stepping out of the house in a brand new pair of shoes that don’t fit comfortably. Maybe you bought them online in your normal size, and they turned out to be a bit too snug. Or perhaps you fell in love with a pair on […]
February 9, 2023
26 minute read
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
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.
