Category: Lifestyle

This was my first time going to Sneaker Con and probably not the last. To the guy wearing the $10,000 Jeff Hamilton leather Lakers Championship coat draped around his shoulders like a mob boss…I get it.    As somebody who remembers ...

Jayson Tatum (bias alert: one of my favorite players) is undoubtedly a topfive5 player in the world, which he proved with his and the Celtics’ dominating play. This isn’t just a fluke or home court advantage – it’s great, old-fashioned ...

The story of Las Vegas is one of survival, renewal, and the American spirit. In fact, in many ways, the story of Las Vegas is the story of America told in its most extreme. Luck becomes loss; industry becomes service; ...

The story of Las Vegas is one of survival, renewal, and the American spirit. In fact, in many ways, the story of Las Vegas is the most extreme version of America’s story. Luck becomes loss; industry becomes service; hope presages ...

After years of driving what she describes as “the mom mobile,” Nicole Cooper finally fulfilled a lifelong dream in June when she ordered a Jeep Wrangler. Not only was Cooper excited to own a vehicle that was a better fit ...

This Christmas Day, in true Colorado fashion, my family went on a hike in the balmy 50 degree weather that the Front Range is so often blessed with. Dozens of other families were out hiking, running, and generally walking around, ...

I looked up at my 2020 CQ Roll Call congressional calendar printout that I have pinned on my wall the other day and felt incredibly accomplished. No, not because Congress has been doing a lot, or because I met some ...

The holiday season, if you have not noticed, is fully upon us. Some enjoy this time of year for the festive atmosphere, glittery decorations, and spiced drinks. I like it because holiday time means party time, and party time means ...

Washington, DC is a city of great institutions — the foundations of our republic, historical landmarks, monuments to great men and women, and so many exciting events that you can spend years living here and never make it to all ...

Baseball stars, politicians, cars, and even credit cards are associated with sophisticated mechanisms for grading and scoring that weigh the various components of their actions and abilities as well as their costs and benefits. These metrics offer an easy way ...

Photo credit: Pinterest How are we all feeling now that Aries season has come to a close? I’m going to assume mad hype from Aries’s ceaseless energy, but perhaps a little weary, as well. After all, even the jauntiest of ...

Photo credit: Pinterest I’m nothing if not two things: (1) a wannabe beauty maven and (2) a devote astrology nerd. I mean, seriously, makeup tutorials? I watch them. Zodiac dates? I know them. Cutting edge cosmetics? I review them. Astrological ...

I was a proud subscriber of Seventeen Magazine for a good half dozen years or so from my tweens to mid-teens and, as such, have always considered myself “hip with the trends” to a certain degree. I mean, all it ...

The median amount Americans hold in a savings account is about $5000, 57% of Americans could not afford a $500 surprise expense, and only 39% of Americans could pay for a $1000 surprise expense. Most folks know that having savings ...

Lip colors have been the bane of my makeup bag since the very beginning of my makeup-wearing days. From texture to tone to staying power, it seems like they’re the hardest product to get right, and, when they’re wrong, there’s ...

I was recently complimented/teased for running a fairly efficient life. I track my activities, my goals, and consistently seek to do everything “the most” I can do it. Whether this is a product of pure ambition (probably not) or just ...

This may come as a surprise to those who know me as the floofy-haired, pencil-skirted, red nail-polished vintage-vixen-wannabe I present as today, but I was a pretty frumpy lady up until high school. I mean, I remember wanting to embody ...

Photo credit: Capital Gazette If you’ve ever been to a Michaels craft store you know how… much… it is. We’re talking beads of every shape and color, scrapbooking materials for the most obscure memories, birdhouse-building supplies (because that’s apparently a ...

Yep. It happened again. You stayed out too late, had a little too much to drink, or (as is often my case) stayed completely sober but danced, adventured, or socialized yourself loopy. Now you’re fumbling through your dark apartment, already ...

Photo credit: CBS New York Hello and welcome to The Spread, your place for weekly takes on the hippest, richest nut butters on the market. Each week, I’ll eat and review a new variety, brand, and/or flavor of nut butter ...

Photo credit: Filomena Ristorante Have you ever crossed paths with one of those strip clubs that have dancers shaking their bits in the front window to entice customers puppy-in-the-pet-shop-style? Yeah, me neither. I imagine most of those establishments were done ...

The lips on the other side of my first kiss belonged to Tiago*, a friend of a friend’s roommate visiting from out of town. We met at a Halloween party where he came dressed in a fitted, short-sleeve button down ...