We can receive a part of sales if you buy a product through a link in this article. After 15 years of living in our house, I have a long mental list of updates that I would love to do. But with our Malibu renewal in full peak, I am trying to keep my approach (and my budget) in small strategic changes: I am approaching them as “micro” updates instead of a complete review. Our living room had been living with the same furniture, the same back and the same shelf style since our last update in 2021. He was…
Author: James Anderson
The only dessert that I always return to the duration of the warmer months is this strawberry and cream pave. Light like a cloud and covered with a cascade of berries: it is a recipe that never stops impressing, but could not be easier to do. It is the dessert that I love to bring to the table at the end of a dinner, and never Fail when I am a volunteer to bring a friend dessert. Just trust me and try it, you will be obsessed. What is a Pavlova? This dessert is that light of light as air.…
As an introverted self -proclaimed, I am the first to recognize how new friends can be to make new friends. Although I also consider myself one of the lucky ones, with a handful of trips or deaths, whom I could call at 3 in the morning, no questions have been asked, since since then I lived in the same state as any issue. There is a different dynamic between the friendships that fill their cup after a voice note of ten minutes and those in person, building community and seeing every day. And it is that last category that feels…
We can receive a part of sales if you buy a product through a link in this article. Summer is (almost!) Here, and I have spent the last two weeks in the transition from my closet for the new season. What began as a mission of cleaning and reorganization of the closet became a reflexive evaluation of everything I have, and what holes should be filled. With a limited storage space, it was clear that each piece I buy needed to be multiple, functional and a true output of ten of the first. Working fashionable, it can also be a…
Talk about a prime piece of real estate! A modern mansion at the entrance to Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ $165 million Beverly Hills, CA, estate has popped onto the market for the relatively more-affordable price of $19.8 million. Not only does the five-bedroom estate come complete with plenty of star power thanks to its proximity to the famed businessman, it also has the added caché of a first-place spot on the Realtor.com® most popular homes list—an honor it earned just days after hitting the market. Located next to the sprawling compound the Amazon founder purchased in 2020 for an eye-watering $165 million, this 9,795-square-foot contemporary was…
Oct 31 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday said he will approve $110 million in settlements with Compass, Redfin, At World Properties and six other brokerages accused of conspiring to keep residential home sale commission rates artificially high. U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough in Missouri overruled a wave of objections to the settlements at a court hearing. A wave of lawsuits accused major U.S. brokers of violating antitrust law by requiring sellers to pay a commission to a buyer’s agent in order to list their homes for sale. The plaintiffs contend brokerages schemed to keep commissions high. Compass, At…
If you think you have your egg-boiling technique down to a science, there is still a chance you haven’t prepared the “perfect” boiled egg. Boiling an egg flawlessly is challenging because the albumen — or egg white — and the yolk have different compositions, requiring them to be cooked at varying temperatures to achieve ideal taste and consistency. But now, scientists say they have officially cracked the code with a technique known as periodic cooking. This new method involves alternating the eggs between hot and lukewarm water cycles to optimally cook the albumen and yolk simultaneously without separating them, according to…
With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times longer than that of an ordinary lab mouse, the genetically modified rodent embodies several woolly mammoth-like traits, according to Colossal Biosciences. The private Dallas company is behind efforts to resurrect the mammoth and other extinct animals. Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates. “It is an important step toward validating our approach to resurrecting traits that have…
Like nostalgia-evoking songs, objects can help us feel like we’ve preserved a moment in time. After our wedding last Sunday, my husband and I were already anticipating how we might relive our special day years down the road. Photos and videos captured so many moments, like our vows that mirrored an appreciation for the stars (points to the groom for working in syzygy). A keepsake we especially treasure is a blue flower crafted by my nephew, complete with a charm displaying our initials. And it made me wonder: What stories will objects left behind tell about humanity one day? Two paleontologists…
Japanese cuisine wouldn’t be the same without miso — but astronauts wanting use the fermented soybean staple in space one day might have to get used to a difference in taste. An experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) has produced miso paste, thought to be the first food deliberately fermented outside Earth — a feat that scientists hope will shed light on the potential for life to exist in space, and broaden the culinary options for astronauts. The “space miso” had a similar umami, or savoriness, to miso made on Earth. But according to the researchers who sampled…