Rape Victim Fights Negligence Suit

In a shocking case, media reports say a woman that was raped at gunpoint in front of her children in the parking lot of the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa, is facing a negligence suit. According to USA Today, the woman, who was raped by Gary Fricker in October 2006, was accused of being somehow [...]

Laundry Solutions For The Green Family

Plastic is among the list of seemingly harmless elements (read: corn syrup and gasoline) in our every day lives that are actually quite harmful to our planet. But, how does the busy consumer help to buy fewer products that come in plastic containers? The baby steps are to replace bottled water purchases with a reusable [...]

From India With Love

All those years spent searching for the perfect acne spot treatment, hundreds of dollars down the drain, stress galore over GASP-a pimple, and the perfect treatment was right there next to the rose water. Our love affair with Ayurveda-inspired beauty just got more serious with the discovery of Eraser Acne & Pimple Cure. Of course [...]

In Vices We Trust

Living through a major recession gives us license to abuse substances. Or at least that’s my approach. Normally, we shop, travel, eat, screw and drink/smoke in moderation. But in these times, when the dining out budget is slashed, travel is minimal and shopping is no longer a pastime, now replaced with window shopping, I think [...]

The Horrors of Fluorescent Light

Do you have this in a size 4? That’s a question I’ve never uttered. You wear that with leggings! Also a sentence I’ve never spoken. Leggings were born years ago and they should’ve stayed in 80s. But I digress. Every time I enter a department store dressing room, I get a temporary case of body [...]

Makeup Rocks

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Sustainable Light, Sustainable Living

The Dirt: Solar seems the most intuitive alternative energy option, but the hardest and costliest to implement. But, as with every type of change in America, we think baby steps is the best way to alter the lifestyles of the masses. Pisat Solar is helping with that process through their creation, the K-Light Solar Lantern. [...]

Vodka 2.0 What: An old name in the vodka business, Smirnoff continues to create new options for purveyors of that age old liquor.

The Dirt: Any seasoned drinker knows all vodkas are not created equal. While we are usually accustomed to the standard Russian and Polish varieties, multiple-times distilled and without additional flavors, we decided to give Smirnoff Pomegranate a chance. After years of sticking with plain varieties geared at the luxury crowd, we gave Smirnoff a real [...]

Audio Obsession = Passion PitWhat: This American alt pop band is the reason we’re smiling this week.

The Dirt: A hipster, an activist and a Dalton alumnus enter a Hell’s Kitchen bar, each the king of his own world, but when Passion Pit starts blaring, all of a sudden they are just New Yorkers. This is the kind of subtle but significant impact a new inspiring band like Passion Pit can make. [...]

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