A flock of mostly 20-somethings gathered on Tuesday night in a chapel-like building in Brooklyn to hear about a subject that has been a hot topic in religious spaces for centuries: celibacy. Except no one was using that term. Instead, they were calling it “boysober.” “I hate the word celibacy,” said the host of the…
Roughly 75 percent of women will deal with the burning, itching and discomfort associated with a yeast infection at least once in their lifetimes, and almost half will more than once. But here’s the twist: Most people who think they have a yeast infection actually don’t have one. “There’s some fairly simple things that can…
Good morning. I found a short little piece of skirt steak at the market and it cost me $10 to take it home. I salted it hard and seared it in a cast-iron pan, and then finished it off the heat with a couple of tablespoons of cold butter, tilting the pan so it foamed…
Good morning. I found a short little piece of skirt steak at the market and it cost me $10 to take it home. I salted it hard and seared it in a cast-iron pan, and then finished it off the heat with a couple of tablespoons of cold butter, tilting the pan so it foamed…
Frozen hair is a nuisance in most places, but at the Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs in Whitehorse, Yukon, it’s a higher calling. Every winter, hundreds of people try to freeze their hair into a troll-doll-like coif for a chance to win cash prizes of 2,000 Canadian dollars, or nearly $1,500. And just in case that…
Mike Massimino used to complain about the weather when he was growing up outside New York City. Then he went to outer space. “In space, there is no weather,” he told me. “No atmosphere. No seasons. Nothing.” And he missed it all. His new book, “Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible,” is…
It might be the dreariest month of the year, but there are at least two things going for February: It’s short, and it’s not January. February brings a reprieve from the pressures that come with the start of the year. The steady stream of gym advertisements eases up. Dry January ends, and bars get more…
How do you know when it’s real love? Not for your own relationship. (That’s a question for another column.) But as an outsider looking at a couple, is it possible to discern real love just by looking at how they interact? For some, it was evident in the way Travis Kelce of the Kansas City…
The origins of Black History Month can be traced back nearly a hundred years to an unassuming, three-story brick rowhouse in Washington. In 1922, Carter G. Woodson, known as “the father of Black history,” bought the home at 1538 Ninth Street for $8,000. The home served as the headquarters for the Association for the Study…
This week, Where to Eat columnist emeritus Pete Wells has an ode to the patty melt that will send you running to one of the six New York City restaurant versions he spotlights, or the nearest diner. Patty melts, after all, have long been the bread and butter (and caramelized onions) of the old-school diner,…
