Month: December 2021

When thinking about diamonds, the mind recognizes the crystal clear transparency of a clear diamond.  Like clear diamonds, pink jewels are a rare and beautiful stone with many fantastic pink shades. There is a fascinating history of discovering pink diamonds, but many are unaware of the many shades of pink.  Each pink gem has a
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PRESS Wine Director Vincent Morrow in the PRESS Cellar. Photo by Bonjwing Lee With 10,000+ bottles of wine in its collection, nearly all Napa Valley derived, PRESS Restaurant is an abundantly beautiful representation of its wine country environ. The collection – neatly stacked within three glass-walled wine cellars -  includes well known labels as well as
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Would you call your ex up to let them know you’d started dating someone new? According to Katie Thurston, that’s not what normal people do. The Bachelorette star shared a video on Instagram on Friday, Dec. 17, to respond to online criticism after going public with boyfriend John Hersey about a month after news broke of her split with fiancé Blake
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After missing a penalty kick in last summer’s Euro Cup final, the star England striker was subjected to a torrent of racist abuse. In a rare interview, he reflects on his defiant response. By Tyler R. Tynes December 17, 2021 Illustration by Simon Abranowicz. Photograph by Kacper Pempel / Getty Images. This interview is part
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Fender has tapped the My Chemical Romance bandleader to help release a new guitar pulled from Kurt Cobain’s sketches.  By Eileen Cartter December 17, 2021 Photographs courtesy Getty Images; Collage by Gabe Conte Research says age 14 marks a sweet spot in our cognitive development when the pop culture we gravitate towards—movies, books, fashion, and
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South African warthogs love it. Sub-Saharan African rhinos love it. Sub-equatorial baboons have been known to get intoxicated on it. And quite a few other South African animals are turned on by it. Murala is how elephants keep their looks and keep the free radicals at bay. Have you ever wondered why vervet monkeys never
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Could we be any more shook? On Dec. 16, Kristin Davis revealed on The Late Late Show With James Corden that before she played the optimistic and bubbly Charlotte York on Sex and the City, she auditioned for the role of Monica Geller, ultimately played by Courteney Cox, on Friends.  “I think I was about one of like
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June CL Tan’s debut novel is the tale of two haunted teens, one by traumatic memories of losing his parents and his rightful claim to the throne, the other by the absence of any memories whatsoever.  Ahn feels stuck in the small village where she lives with her adoptive grandmother. She struggles to earn—and sometimes
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