Daylight-saving time ends Sunday, and the bonus hour when the clock turns back can bring more than extra sleep. For those still chasing the goal of becoming a morning person, the annual change can be a good time for a […]
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10 Haunted House Ideas to Make Your Home Extra Spooky This Halloween
HALLOWEEN IS serious business in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., and adjacent Tarrytown. But nobody there embraces the area’s holiday heritage with more fervor than Arthur Klock. “Some people go pretty hard on their houses,” said Mr. Klock, “but not to the […]
Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Has Parents Asking: Should Kids Watch?
Parents have endured a pandemic, school shutdowns and child-care disruptions. Now they have to grapple with “Squid Game.” Jaime Bilicki’s 11-year-old son recently came home from school asking if he could watch the show, a new hit on Netflix . […]
Apple’s iOS 15 Has a Fall-Prevention Feature Everyone Should Use
Wearable devices are good at detecting if you’ve fallen down, but now it’s possible to figure out if your walking is unsteady, well before you take a tumble. Apple ’s latest iPhone operating system, iOS 15, takes the walking metrics […]
Six Fall Getaways for Art Lovers, According to Art World Insiders
TO THE DELIGHT OF art lovers around the country, this autumn promises to be much livelier than last, with scores more museums fully open and long-delayed exhibits finally unfurled. But as coronavirus cases tick back up and restrictions tighten in […]
2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4xe: A Hybrid That Comes Up Short
YEE-HAH. Eighty years after the original Willys Jeep set the template, Jeep’s Wrangler compact SUV series is selling like there is no tomorrow, chalking up three straight quarters of record sales in the U.S., including 118,666 units in the first […]
How Shapewear—Like Spanx and Skims—Went From Underwear to High Fashion
“IT’S UNFORTUNATE that nature has a bad sense of humor,” said Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Rey to Women’s Wear Daily in 2007. The star of the reality show “Dr. 90210” continued: “Even the thinnest women have love handles.” […]
The Best Coffee Beans to Buy—in More Ways Than One
WORLD-WIDE, coffee drinkers consume some 2 billion cups of coffee every day; Americans alone drink close to 150 billion cups a year. According to the Water Footprint Network, which measures fresh water used to produce consumer goods, each cup of […]
How Wine Lovers Geek Out: The Best Insider Websites
“CHEAP WINES are too good these days.” If that sounds intriguing you might want to read the essay of the same title on the website Wineanorak. Created by Jamie Goode, a scientist-turned-wine-writer in the U.K., Wineanorak is an online “Global […]