Posts by Jenifer Sako

Pop culture’s recent obsession with avocados might make you think they’re relatively new to the culinary world, but the superfood has actually been around for quite some time. And thank goodness it has! Heart-healthy and loaded with nutrients, they are an excellent addition to toast, salads and smoothies. Basically, the only thing that could make an avocado...

Seems as if everyone is doing “keto” these days. A ketogenic diet is one that is low in carbohydrates and high in fat. The idea is to starve the body of carbohydrates so it wants to break fat down, instead of burning glucose for energy. This metabolic state is known as ketosis. The benefits of...

A few days ago, Paris had a rare snowstorm. Blanketed with snowflakes, the City of Lights turned into a muffled, dazzling landscape. The Eiffel Tower, laced in ice, closed because of the treacherous weather. Meteo-France, the national weather agency, issued a winter-weather advisory. Slippery streets, power failure, phone outages. Quelle horreur. But Paris being Paris,...

Way before Bill Nye there was another science guy, but he was known as Mr. Wizard. Don Herbert hosted Watch Mr. Wizard, which aired from 1951 to 1965 on NBC. On the show, Herbert showed kids physics at work in their everyday lives. He even had children assist him with experiments that entertained like magic...

Is there a better way to combat ignorance and spread literacy than with a tank? It certainly catches the eye. Buenos Aires artist Raul Lemesoff created his weapon by turning a 1979 Ford Falcon into a tank. It has a turret that swivels, a non-working gun and shelves inside and out for around 900 books....

Baroque-period art is swirling, satiny richness exuding dynamic energy even while static on canvas. Produced in roughly the 17th century in Western Europe and South America, the art is complex and sensually appealing. It is irregular, imperfect and, at the same time, splendid. So, how to get the same effect with photography? Artist Christy Lee...

Remember the rules in the 1983 hit movie Gremlins? 1. No bright light. 2. Don’t get them wet. 3. Never feed them after midnight. Of course, in the film, rules get broken right away and monstrous “gremlins” are unleashed on poor, unsuspecting Kingston Falls. By the end of the carnage, it’s decided that the main...

Seems as if we’ve made amazing technological advances in elastic waistbands in the past 65-years. Particularly, in the garment industry. Specifically, in women’s panties. Art Frahm, an artist from Chicago, was known for his pin-up art from the 1940s through the 1960s. One of his series, “Ladies in Distress,” featured pretty girls mysteriously losing their...

Next Christmas, you may want to shake up your family traditions, and what better way to do than to go global? All around the world, people celebrate x-mas with some pretty out there customs, and surely you don’t want to be left in the cold with just a boring old tree and tinsel! So, scroll...

Ever watch your favorite television show and think, “Gee. That was a little inappropriate. Think I’ll call the network and let them know.” Yeah, me neither. But it actually happens. Mainly the reason why a particular episode of an otherwise popular television show gets yanked is because of national events or attitudes at the time...

Face it, life is just a series of events preventing you from reading your book. Unless you are reading in this secret library in the woods of Upstate New York. Designed by U.S.-based Studio Padron, this book lover’s haven is aptly called Hemmelig Rom, which is Norwegian for “secret room.” English speakers may simply call...

What’s more inspiring than a library? Big or small, libraries have a way of making you think you can be anyone or go anywhere. Maybe it’s that “book” smell, the rows of computers ready for academic pursuits, or the reference librarians who can literally find anything. While some libraries are simple municipal buildings, there are...

Bohemian Rhapsody, the movie about the years leading up to the rock band Queen’s iconic Live Aid performance in the summer of 1985, has won the hearts of audiences worldwide. The music and the acting have Queen and Freddie Mercury fans – and even non-fans – dazzled. That may largely be due to the performance...

He has taken his lunch and dinner everyday at the same corner table now for thirteen years. Slim and distinguished, the passenger is lovingly known by the Seven Seas Navigator crew as “The Captain.” Morton Jablin is 94 years old, sharp, and quite elegant-looking. So, why has he chosen to spend the last 13-years on...

Christmas movie watching is all part of celebrating the season. You probably have your favorites memorized. Perhaps you have even been known, at least once or twice a year, to say, “You smell like beef and cheese, you don’t smell like Santa.” But here are some movie facts you probably didn’t know and might make...