Health

Working out isn’t fun for everyone, but unfortunately it’s a health must for everyone—unless you work in fitness, then you’re off the hook. After all, what’s a couple hours a week if that keeps the love handles away? The workout-phobic among us are always looking for new fitness ideas, hoping that something sticks. (That’s why […]

I love products with history. There’s something so alluring about something that’s been around for decades, used by multiple generations of beautiful women and passed down as a special secret to a new crop of eager young beauty lovers as time goes on. As a beauty editor, I am constantly exposed to limited-edition, new-new-new products

When it comes to impressing dinner guests, presentation is just as important as the food itself—if not more. And when it comes to feeding your kids? Equally key. Enter Patrick Bertoletti and his newly opened, Chicago-area Taco in a Bag, where customers are served gourmet nachos in a fun, mylar sack that are based on the

The Twix was my go-to candy bar, my movie companion, my lunchtime fascination, my trade-anything-for-it Halloween treat. When the mini-Twix came out, long after I became an adult who no longer had the metabolism to eat them daily, I thought them heaven-sent, even though their arrival meant I would simply hide in my laundry room and mow

We all have bad weeks. This has been one for me. I stayed up late working on Saturday, we had friends over for dinner on Sunday and Monday, and I had an event (with David Lebovitz for his new book, My Paris Kitchen!) on Tuesday. This meant there was no time for thinking ahead and preparing

  The difference between professional athletes and the rest of the world lies not only in their physical strength and ability—it also has to do with their mental endurance. Strong mental stamina is the secret to training at an extraordinary level. Similar to physical strength, you can build up mental stamina with training and it will benefit all areas of

The muscle-bound trainer posed the question to me carefully: “What kind of workouts do you normally do?” “Spin class and yoga,” I said. My panic was palpable. The five instructors in the room were football-player massive, and there was unfamiliar fitness equipment in an obstacle course around the room, bolted to the walls and neatly

Ice-cold treats are one of the hallmarks of summer (cue the Mister Softee chimes), as are the bounty of fresh fruit and berries. So how do you convince your kids to eat more of the fresh-fruit variety vs. the creamy, corn-syrup-laden ones? By sneaking them into homemade popsicles. While the store-bought pops are an obvious and covenient option, we’ve

In the past year, there’s been an 8.4 percent jump in the number of people swimming for fitness, making it one of the fastest-growing workouts, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association. “Swimming is amazing cardio, it improves full-body strength and flexibility and without impact on joints,” says Ellis Peters, a swim couch at Equinox in New