Whenever I start seeing someone new one of the first things I notice is how ill equipped my medicine cabinet has gotten during the proceeding dry spell. For example, let's say I bring a dashing bearded man back to my apartment, and excuse myself momentarily to freshen up only to realize that I u...

Filed under: Holidays, Shopping & recalls As mentioned in the Best Stocking Stuffer post, buying gifts for your loved ones this Christmas or Hanukkah, stocking stuffer variety or otherwise, can be a real chore. What should be fun and festive becomes harder and harder each year, to the point wher...

Before going out and spending money on expensive beauty treatments and products, try using products you probably already have in your kitchen.: Use Sugar And Salt As Exfoliators - Sugar and salt make great exfoliators; just mix them with some oil or water, rub on to your skin and rinse. If you do us...

Who's had it better after the breakup? If you can't tell from the photo, our stalker and a delivery guy can explain it to you, after the jump. At 135 W. 26th Street. I got in the elevator on the 8th floor and it went up to the 12th floor instead of down (I was going out to get lunch). No one got in,...

Earlier this week, I cut my hair. I had promised my sons that I was going for “the Fabio look.” (This prompted my oldest to suggest that I was only going for the “from the neck UP, Fabio look.”) Now, even that form of the Fabio style won’t be in the cards for me for awh...

On allowing intimate personal items out of your sight I've got a confession to make. I have allowed my family - with malice aforethought - to sit down on a Saturday night and watch ITV. There. I said it. It started innocently enough with the very excellent Harry Hill, but this is - I now realise - j...