Life Style News

After growing up near the wild and rugged central California coastline, Chris Burkard became convinced that there was much more beauty to be found in the world.  Since picking up a camera in high school, Burkard ha...

This tech startup's latest creation will have kids feeling tougher than iron and cooler than ice. Open Bionics, a U.K.-based technology company, has taken inspiration from blockbusters to create prosthetic hands for kids...

Pin it Pin it Before -- Click through to see The Big Reveal!

Elif Shafak is a Turkish novelist and essayist whose celebrated works include “The Bastard of Istanbul" and "The Architect's Apprentice." The WorldPost spoke with her in the aftermath of the Ankara terror attack about...

A new program at the National Museum of Women in the Arts won't just discuss gender inequality in contemporary art. It will try to find solutions that will lead to real equity.Sunday afternoon's program, "Righting the Ba...

Pin it Pin it Today's topic: Zero in on colors and combinations that both make you happy, and suit the space you're working on. See all the lessons! Apartment Therapy's Design School Color is a strong factor in any room,...

"We do not retain in memory complete books identical to the books remembered by everyone else, but rather fragments surviving from partial readings, frequently fused together and further recast by our private fantasies.....

Pin it Scandi fans, mark your calendars. Chicago-based Wright is auctioning off unique pieces from top Scandinavian designers like Arne Jacobsen, Finn Juhl, Hans Wegner, and more.

Hey isn't that... veteran R&B heartthrob Usher Raymond IV and his entourage, including wife Grace Miguel who he secretly married in September, arriving for a private tour of the Newseum on -- wait for it -- bicycles. How...

Theirs is a marriage built on fashion and a dedication to shopping locally. And this week, Durham's Vert & Vogue and Raleigh Denim celebrate the fifth anniversary of their union …

Young classical musicians sometimes feel that they have to turn to superficial or entrepreneurial ways to distinguish themselves. The local debut of flutist Seiya Ueno, presented by Young Concert Artists on Tuesday eveni...

Relative to other awards seasons, book award season is slightly less concerned with who wore what. Instead, each autumn various committees clue readers in to what to read -- a means of culling through the stacks and stac...

Rock star St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, waitressed at her sister's newly opened restaurant, Resident Taqueria, in Dallas. Clark told us what she learned from her temporary gig. The post Musician Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. V...

Until recently, majority opinion designated men responsible for the masterful early paintings adorning cavernous walls around the world. There wasn't much science behind the assumption, just that general air of androcent...

A hilarious parody Twitter account is calling out the inane advice working moms hear all the time.  @manwhohasitall offers "top tips for men juggling a successful career and fatherhood" -- from beauty routines to cl...

Ayham Ahmad has played his music amid the rubble of his Syrian hometown and at a transit stop while traveling by foot across Europe. On Sunday, Syria's beloved piano man performed his songs in front of thousands of peop...

Jeb Bush was a victim. Taylor Swift outsmarted them.They're domain-name-snatchers who gobble up urls bearing the monikers of prominent people. And now Hirshhorn director Melissa Chiu is among those swept up in their misc...

Lamar Odom was officially introduced to the Kardashian universe during the fourth season of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians.""I've never had someone tell me so many times a day how pretty I am and talk to me like that a...

Pin it Name: Jen Patryn Location: Nolita; New York City Size: 2,000 square feet Years lived in: 6 years; Rented When she's not working on fashion shoots, creating visual stories, and advising major labels, Jen Patryn, a ...

Ten Wilmington gardens - most not normally open to the public - will be on display Oct. 17 and 18 as the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society holds its annual …

Pin it To compete with Sephora and Ulta, subscription box-turned-retail store Birchbox is starting its own in-house cosmetics label.

It looks like miniature Christmas trees and tastes like broccoli. Yep, we're into romanesco. The post Romanesco: Cooler Than Broccoli, Maybe Even More Delicious appeared first on Bon Appétit.