Lockdowns Destroyed Our Human Energy Exchange Economy and I Want it Back

My husband and I went to a comedy club with friends a few weeks ago. I was afraid to go - would the comedians be funny? Or would we be sitting...

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Vanities: Art of the Dressing Table

Let's face it: we humans love to dress up. Long before we were using metal tools, we were painting our faces and bodies, combing and dressing our hair, and...

Book Review: The Makeup Wakeup

It's easy to assume that the makeup tips we pick up over time will accumulate into an always-better look. But after 40, that assumption falls apart: things start drooping...

Aroma M Atelier Visit with Maria McElroy & Alexis Karl

So often we think of creativity as a solitary endeavor - the artist toiling away in private, jealously guarding the secrets to her vision. But for Maria McElroy and...

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