As fun and fascinating as it’s been watching fashion’s game of creative director musical chairs over these past several months, as Fashionista reports, it’s been a tad tiresome witnessing so many men getting appointed at these top fashion houses. To be fair, a few women have broken through the ceiling, such as Bottega Veneta’s Louise Trotter and Dior alum Maria Grazia Chiuri, who […]
The new 14-inch MacBook Pro has arrived, and with it comes the impressive new M5 chip, the most powerful Apple Silicon generation yet. But as PCMag reports, while the processor is new and the price is unchanged from $1,599, what is actually different about the latest MacBook Pro, and how exactly does it upgrade the experience? […]
In September we waved goodbye to Summer, and November is when we start focusing on impending indoor family gatherings, which makes October the perfect time to prepare the home for the colder winter months that are right around the corner. Here are three small home maintenance tasks that can make a big difference to your […]
National Black Cat Day, celebrated annually on October 27, was established to combat the superstitions and misconceptions that have surrounded black cats for centuries. It emphasizes the importance of celebrating and supporting these often overlooked and misunderstood feline companions. This day plays a vital role in advocating for the welfare and adoption of black cats, […]
Fall is persimmon season, so that naturally makes October the perfect time to have National Persimmon Month! The long and Fruity Origins of Persimmons Persimmons grow in temperate to tropical climates. Cultivation of Diospyros kaki began thousands of years ago in China and about 1,300 years ago in Japan. It seems to be the only […]
Amid the constant flow of new microtrends and TikTok-viral recipes, only a few food trends tend to stick around for a while — but one sweet, pistachio-topped treat aims to be an exception. As Food & Wine reports, Dubai-style Ghirardelli truffles just landed on shelves, and this milk chocolate-covered nest of toasted kataifi and pistachio […]
A pressed luncheon meat with its own holiday? Baloney! Bologna, colloquially pronounced “baloney,” is a seasoned tube-shaped meat found most often sliced and served between pieces of bread. But despite its humble reputation, a slice of bologna is so much more than a flat hot dog. Bologna is loosely patterned off mortadella, a large, smoked sausage […]
World Polio Day – celebrated annually on October 24 – was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent widespread use of the oral poliovirus vaccine developed by Albert Sabin led to establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in […]
As the middle month of autumn, October is a great time to attend to both indoor and outdoor home maintenance tasks. During the changing seasons, the nights are longer and cooler, the days shorter. There’s a chill in the air. Time to winterize your cooler and tune up your heating system for the coming colder […]
As many as a half a dozen storms are expected to roll onshore in the northwestern United States through next week, bringing periods of drenching rain to lower elevations and accumulating snow to the higher terrain. One of the more potent storms, forecast to arrive Thursday night into Friday, will tap into a firehose of […]