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It’s official: knitting is hot again. Forget the grannified image. After years of being considered a seriously unsexy sign of sedentary dotage, it has turned into a hipster pass time.And, as Ryan Gosling remarked, at the end of the day, you have a nice creation. Which is not the case if you take out your frustrations on a punching-ball.
Read MoreWhat did Calamity Jane do when she took a break from her shooting routine to paint the saloon walls? She got some milk.The great gunslinger and all her mates used the white liquid to make their own paint. And they were not the first ones to do so.
Read More« Caterpillar becomes butterfly and pig becomes sausage, it’s nature’s law. » François Cavanna
Next time Stephan serves saucisson du marin – dry-cured neck of pork similar to coppa or capocollo* – appetizers, don’t wolf them down voraciously, take a minute to look one straight in the eye. What you are staring at is a treasure of humanity.
Read More“How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter!” said the Song of Solomon. Yours too are exceptionally sexy in your Jimmy Choo’s. Especially if, before slipping into them, you give them a pampering session fit for a queen.Prepare a lovely scented footbath to relax, refresh and recharge them (and the rest of you too).
Read More“An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away”, said Mae West, an expert on the subject. The sexual bombshell firmly believed that ascending to the seventh heaven was the best way to keep happy and healthy.
Read MoreThe first warm rays of sunshine are treacherous: a walk to the park without sunscreen and you are just steps away from irreparable facial bedlam
Read MoreIf your Raymond is stressed up, explain that it is very bad for his health and his good looks. When cortisol – the stress hormone – hits the roof, his heart beats faster and his blood pressure explodes. To stop this nonsense, tell him to take a deep breath and ...
Read MoreThe remains of yesterday's roast ham will be today’s hit if, like Jamaican mamas, you upgrade them to a succulent spicy surprise.
Read MoreYour lawn desperately needs a good cut. Unfortunately, as is the case for hair, it takes more than just pushing the mower to do a good job. Compared to the stylish affair next door, yours, scalped by Raymond, is a sorry sight indeed.
Read MoreDoom and despair: there is blood on the divine white fabric settee that was your pride and joy!
Read MoreHay fever is no fun
Before being labelled hay fever, pollen allergy or allergic rhinitis, this seasonal affliction bore the distinguished name of catarrhus aestivus or aestival catarrh. John Bostock, the doctor who first described the symptoms, thought it to be somehow heat related.
Read MoreIf, God help us, Sweetie the dachshund or Ahri the cat, suffered the misfortune of embarrassing B.O., do not despair. You can give your little domestic fury companions back their lovely sweet smell with a baking soda – aka soda bicarbonate – dry shampoo.
Read MoreNo really zen, the art of motorcycle maintenance. Raymond, a total Robert Pirsig fan, declared April 29th official World Motorbike Cleaning Day. Obviously, with the current budget restrictions, WMCD needs to be an efficolonomical affair which, thank goodness, it is totally cool these days.
Read MoreAccording to the Peruvian historian Javier Pulgar Vidal, cebiche comes from viche – tender –, i.e. fresh and tender fish in the Chibcha language. Another theory of his, is that the words siwichi and sikbaǧ – Arabic like sibich – are neologisms created during the Spanish conquest of the Inca empire.
Read MoreDe nombreuses études montrent que les désherbants chimiques sont dangereux pour la santé. Le vinaigre est une excellente alternative pour contrôler les mauvaises herbes, les insectes nuisibles et maladies qui s’attaquent à vos plates-bandes.
Read MoreThere is nothing natural about the amazing scintillating softness of Raymond’s beard. Oh no! It’s insane silkiness is due to tons of loving care.
Read MoreSome historians will swear that top to bottom housecleaning originated in Persia, over 3000 years ago, and was part of the new year – Norouz – celebrations held on the first day of spring. Others assert that, around the same time, Hebrews did the same for Jewish Easter festival – Pessah – in the spring too.
So, now is the time to do it!
Read MoreIn Puerto Rico, local tradition favours prevention: would be over-indulgers rub a lemon wedge under their drinking arm BEFORE they hoist the inebriating liquids.
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Forget the myths about no sex in old age: getting older does not mean having less of it. Libido rages at any age and now more than ever.
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Read MoreWho said that DIY was not sexy, that is was a guys’ thing?Well, whoever they were, they were wrong! Look at Corky (Gina Gershon) in Bound, femme fatale and handyperson. In her tank top and dungarees, she renovates a flat, does the plumbing ...