Dave Phinney, the man behind the now legendary Prisoner wine brand, is regarded as one of Napa’s most prolific winemakers. He is also considered one of the most creative—putting animated skeletons in your tasting room will have that effect—and, now, the innovative vintner is unshackling his ingenuity even further by turning his whiskey distillery into […]
Zoom is showing how to Respond to Criticism the Right Way
Sometimes it takes years of criticism to get a company to do the right thing. Every once in a while, it can happen overnight. Appearing before a background that said “we care” over an image of a heart-shaped planet Earth, Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan said Sunday on CNN that despite the company’s recent security […]
Need “Safe” Easter Ideas? How about a “Virtual” Egg Hunt?
The Iowa Egg Council has created a new way to hunt for Easter Eggs this year, virtually. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Easter Egg Hunts in Iowa and across the United States have been canceled. To keep the tradition alive the Council has created a virtual Easter Egg Hunt. Families can download and […]
Dior Virtual Beauty Shop goes 3-D so you can shop their Paris store from your Living Room
Paris, as the saying goes, is always a good idea. Although perhaps not when the European city is in the midst of a lockdown owing to a global pandemic. But the beauty – and retail therapy – of the French capital is now being offered to the world virtually, thanks to one of its most […]
How to stay healthy while taking care of a loved one with COVID-19
Most Americans who test positive for the new coronavirus will ride out the disease at home. About 80% of COVID-19 patients experience a mild illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), so they’ll rely on family members — not doctors — to get better. But with a loved one shedding the […]
Social Distancing Hat Gains Popularity, Raises Funds Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a number of fashion brands are pitching in to help with COVID-19 relief efforts, including a few new entrants that are leveraging the global crisis to do some good. Enter “Social Distancing Hat,” a fund-raising initiative launched two weeks ago that’s giving a nod to the now well-known phrase experts have […]
USOPC donates $125K in food for Tokyo 2020 to Colorado Food Bank
Food estimated to be worth around $125,000, and which was due to accompany the United States Olympic and Paralympic teams to Japan this summer has been donated to the Care and Share food bank in Colorado, reports KRDO News. Care and Share’s chief operating officer Shannon Brice said the USOPC instigated the donation by […]
Simple Clean-Up Projects you can do while Sheltering in Place
As the U.S. confronts the spread of the novel coronavirus, more and more places are implementing stay-at-home orders. And while we grapple with how to pay rent, what the the future of transit will look like, and how the virus is impacting the housing market, we’re also left with a more basic question: What should […]
Alibaba Founder Joe Tsai Donates desperately needed coronavirus supplies to NYC
Joe Tsai, the billionaire co-founder of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, and his wife Clara Wu Tsai, have donated 2.6 million masks, 170,000 goggles and 2000 ventilators to New York — the US epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. The supplies were split into two shipments. The first arrived on Thursday at Newark Liberty International Airport, while […]
“Rearranging” is an easy Home Improvement Project you can do while Sheltering in Place
As the U.S. confronts the spread of the novel coronavirus, more and more places are implementing stay-at-home orders. And while we grapple with how to pay rent, what the the future of transit will look like, and how the virus is impacting the housing market, we’re also left with a more basic question: What should […]