At the upcoming 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards, Jennifer Lopez will be honored with the Fashion Icon Award. With her prestige as a pop star, actress, and producer, Lopez has made a lasting, global impact on fashion. Lopez has been an influential figure in the Latin American community and beyond, inspiring people through her performance and […]
Give Winter Critters a Spring Eviction Notice
Winter and early spring are peak seasons for animal damage to your home. Cold weather drives animals inside where they make dens and nests to raise their young in the spring. Time to give the critters a Spring eviction notice! The usual animal suspects include: Squirrels: Damage from squirrels comes mostly from chewing exterior trim, […]
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
Hooray! It’s National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! Although it only requires three ingredients (bread, cheese, and butter), grilled cheese is one of the most popular comfort foods in the world. The Ancient History of Grilled Cheese. The ancient Romans were the first reported civilization to make a point of serving bread and cheese together. […]
Make-Up Trends for Spring/Summer 2019
From bright eyes to bronzer, here are the key make-up looks to get on your radar, courtesy the experts at Bazaar.com. Bright eyes. Colorful eyeshadow is spring/summer 2019’s stand-out make-up trend. A rainbow of shades brightened up the fashion week catwalks, from hot pink painted in abstract shapes at Rodarte to washes of green […]
Want Some Full-Fat Dairy? Say Cheese!
After years of eschewing the creamy goodness of full-fat dairy products like yogurt, cheese and creamer to help keep our waistlines trim and heart healthy, new research shows that we may have been unnecessarily going full steam ahead on the wrong track. A rising tide of research studies are challenging the idea that we […]
Breathe Easier This Spring
Ah, Spring. The time when the world renews. The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing, the grasses are growing, the flowers are blooming… and your allergies are going haywire. Which is why it’s the perfect time of year to replace the air filter on your Central Cooling/Heating System. As a rule of thumb, […]
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is Getting Ready for Battle
This November the much-anticipated release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is expected to bring intense lightsaber battles to all the major gaming platforms. With Respawn still riding high on the continued success of Apex Legends, this month the developer finally unveiled its much-anticipated Star Wars game with a number of details and the […]
Spring/Summer 2019 Nail Trends
From the imperfect manicure to bold new shades, here’s how to wear your mani-pedi this season, according to the experts at Bazaar.com. New neutrals. Good news for anyone tired of searching for their perfect nude shade, the muted tones of peach, coral, coffee and caramel are the new neutrals gaining favour on the catwalk […]
Google Maps Brings New Waze Feature into its App
Being able to report incidents on the road, like traffic jams and accidents, has been a staple of Google-owned Waze for years, but it’s only recently been making its way into the main Google Maps app, and even then, just one feature at a time. Now, according to 9to5Google, incident reporting has been updated […]
Choosing a Healthier Grocery Store
When it comes to shopping for groceries, it’s healthier to choose your store wisely, because it appears that these can directly influence the nutritional value of the food we end up buying. In a 2018 study published in Preventative Medicine, investigators gleaned data from the USDA’s national “Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey,” which collects […]