“We need never be ashamed of our tears,” Charles Dickens wrote in Great Expectations, and that maxim is never truer than on Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re newly dumped, perennially single, mired in a meh relationship, or just not feeling all the commercialized fuss, the advent of February 14 can precipitate the occasional mini existential crisis.
Continue Reading...Feels Like a Steal: The $195 Pearl Charm Necklace You Can Wear Three Ways
This necklace had me at hello for two reasons: I’m a big Lizzie Fortunato fan, and I love a pearl. Lucky for me, pearls are having a real moment right now, even if I like to think of myself as a loyal pearl enthusiast, rather than a fair-weather fan. Lizzie Fortunato also happens to do
Continue Reading...Kiko Mizuhara’s Guide to Flawless Skin, and the Perfect Cat Eye
“Actually, I learned how to do makeup from watching RuPaul’s Drag Race,,” says model and actor Kiko Mizuhara. Over the years, those techniques have come in handy—and Mizuhara notes she can do her whole routine in less than 10 minutes—as Mizuhara has traveled the world for work, most recently making her Netflix debut on Queer
Continue Reading...A “Ski Bride” Gown Was the First Look at This Winter Wedding in Aspen
A blind date brought Etta Meyer and Ian McLendon together. “I was still the photo director of a magazine in New York,” explains Etta, now the editor in chief of Aspen Peak magazine. “I was contemplating my move out West, where my family is from. On a visit to Aspen over the Fourth of July,
Continue Reading...Madden To Change Sport Career Direction After Tokyo
Beezie Madden will semi-retire from high-performance sport following the 2020 Olympic Games, which will be held Jul. 24 – Aug. 9 in Tokyo. Going forward, Madden, 56, of Cazenovia, New York, will focus instead on developing horses and riders to the championship level. “With the horses we have now, we’re 100 percent committed to trying
Continue Reading...Late-Game Decision Pays Off For Springsteen At WEF 6
Before she even landed off the first fence of the jump-off in the $137,000 CSI3* Grand Prix, Jessica Springsteen was pretty sure she’d already lost. She and Volage Du Val Henry had a little bit of a miscommunication on take-off to that first jump and elicited some gasps from the crowd. The scrappy mare kept
Continue Reading...Cornacchia’s Valentine Gives Her An Unforgettable Anniversary Gift At WEF
Looking at the emotion across Rachel Cornacchia’s face following Friday night’s $137,000 CSI3* Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival, you would’ve thought she won the whole thing. In a way she did. In only her second week competing in the international classes at WEF, the 30-year-old Canadian rider took second behind Jessica Springsteen and
Continue Reading...Two Veteran Partnerships And A “Blind Date” Top WCHR Hunter Spectacular
The annual $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular is always a mixed bag of competitors. There are the veteran partnerships who have ribboned at all of the top shows throughout the country, amateurs and juniors competing in their first feature class, and then there are the pairings that just get together for one
Continue Reading...More Sex Partners, Higher Cancer Risk?
If you need more than two hands to count the number of lovers you’ve had in your life, new research suggests you might want to worry about your cancer risk. People who have had 10 or more sexual partners had higher odds of being diagnosed with cancer than those who were less sexually active, researchers
Continue Reading...Golf May Be a Recipe for Longevity
If you’re a senior, playing golf regularly may do more than improve your swing: New research suggests it could reduce your risk of early death. Researchers followed nearly 5,900 adults, 65 and older, for 10 years and found that those who were regular golf players (at least once a month) were more than 8% less
Continue Reading...‘Tough Guys’ May Be at Especially High Risk for Suicide
Young men who believe that “real men don’t cry” may be more prone to suicide, a new study suggests. It has long been known that men are more likely than women to end their own lives: In the United States, the suicide death rate among men is about 3.5 times that of women, according to
Continue Reading...Diet Drug Belviq Withdrawn Due to Cancer Risk
A clinical trial of the weight-loss drug Belviq (lorcaserin) shows an association with an increased risk of cancer, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting that its maker withdraw the drug from the U.S. market. Eisai Inc. has already “submitted a request to voluntarily withdraw the drug,” Dr. Janet Woodcock, who directs the
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