My Metropolitan Diary
Dear Diary: Today I threw an empty soda bottle into a trashcan, and a rat jumped out at my face.
Dear Diary: Today I threw an empty soda bottle into a trashcan, and a rat jumped out at my face.
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green
Farm-fresh fruits and veggies make the summer scrumptious. So keep the summer flavors coming all winter with these delicious canning videos. Make sure...
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media
Dr. Mark Drapeau encourages a DIO approach, or "Do It Ourselves," taking data provided by the government and using it to solve our problems.
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.
One For The Table | Posted 10.21.2009 | Style
Whether you're cooling off by the pool, by the beach, or on the patio: Our summer drinks to help you on your way.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment
Remembering Up, Transformers 2, Harry Potter, Inglourious Basterds and more.
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Say positive things about your children. Tell them you believe in them. If you let them know that they can accomplish anything if they put their minds to it, they will.
One For The Table | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
I'm from the South. But I never felt like I was home until I moved to New York City, so it takes a lot for me to go back below the Mason-Dixon. Still, every Memorial Day weekend I return.
Lindsey Pollak | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
While many recent grads have spent the summer hustling for jobs, completing internships and taking summer classes, I have a hunch that others have acquired deep tans, toned abs and a slew of ticket stubs from summer concerts.
Sara Avant Stover | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Sitali cools down the body when it's feeling overheated, as well as the mind and heart, when fiery emotions like anger and jealousy arise.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Summer vacation is the ideal period during the year to take chances and have new experiences, the time and place to venture outside your regular life.
Michele Kayal | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living
This weekend I was asked to pass judgment on tomatoes. Which is far better than water because a) they have an actual taste, and b) good tomatoes are so hard to come by.
Elisa Zuritsky | Posted 09.18.2009 | Style
I tan easily. This would be just fine if exposing one's skin to daylight hadn't become a social taboo, but it has, so when people tell me I'm "soo tan," I feel like an outlaw.
Richard Laermer | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business
Since we are used to doing very little during this time of year, I guess it's time to relearn how to cope with The August Midsummer Blues. Here's what to do in the last weeks of August in 2009.
Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
My 12-year-old daughter keeps begging me to go back-to-school shopping, and I tell her she may not ask again for at least two weeks... I feel like summer never even started!
Sara Avant Stover | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living
Cucumber water is so refreshing on hot summer days and looks quite elegant simply sitting on the kitchen counter or table, too.
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green
August is beer month at HuffPost Green. So first question: how green is the beer you drink? Well, if you drink a Fat Tire or a Sierra Nevada then you'...
Posted 09.03.2009 | Green
It's hot out there, but you don't have to trample on the environment to keep cool. Here are some efficient suggestions from Grist to survive the summe...
Jane S. Smith | Posted 09.03.2009 | Style
If the Obamas want to demonstrate their true mettle as family camp directors, they will have to do so at home.
Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living
Summer also means the often dread Summer Reading List. Many parents spend the summer in an endless harangue, telling their kids to read. But there is actually a good reason for that nag.
realsimple.com | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
Baby, it's hot outside―and inside, too. Here, no-sweat ways to cool off....
Kate Clinton | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living
We've phased through several theme weekends on our way to Labor Day. This week there's an unsettling themelessness in town and despite my vague vertigo, I am enjoying the lull.
Lorraine Roe | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living
On my Facebook page I see others are having some of the same troubles. The stifling heat and down time with loved ones is making it hard to breathe for some this summer.
health.com | By Kimberly Goad | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living
Nothing against the other seasons, but summer is the one that inspires us to be our very best. Temps rise and suddenly all of our good intentions go f...
AP | Posted 08.18.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some New Yorkers stuck in small apartments on a hot summer day have a new option: swimming in huge bins that once held trash. The i...
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.01.2009 | Comedy