I lived in the UK for 4 years before moving back to the US. Here are 10 things I miss after returning to America.
I miss the small portion sizes and more relaxed open-container laws of the UK. I miss the milder UK winters. I didn’t see as much snowfall in Scotland as I did in New England. I grew up in New England, where winter means freezing temperatures and getting up at 5 a.m. to dig your car…
I told my mom I wanted to be a rockstar when I was 14. She supported my dream, and now I’m doing the same for my own kids.
The author (not pictured) asked his mom for a drumset when he was 14. As a child, I was considered somewhat of a baseball prodigy. I lived for baseball. But at 11, I was watching the “Brady Bunch” after school, tossing and catching a baseball in my leather glove, when my brother walked in with…
Zelenskyy proposes preemptive strikes on North Korean troops in Russia: ‘It depends on our partners’
Zelenskyy has long been pleading with Western allies to permit the use of deep-strike weapons on Russian territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the West to lift restrictions on long-range weapons so Ukraine can strike North Korean troops in Russian “preemptively.” In a post on Telegram on Friday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine could see…
Want to feel old? Gen Z is discovering the horrors of the 2016 election — but that’s not a bad thing.
Billy Bush interviewed Donald Trump on “Access Hollywood” in 2015. Conversations between the two from 2005 resurfaced in the last presidential election Want to feel old? Some members of Gen Z are apparently only now discovering Donald Trump’s infamous “Grab em …” comments that came during a hot mic moment. The clip, which became an…
I skip the Hamptons and head to a coastal town in Connecticut instead. It’s less crowded and wonderful year-round.
I kissed weekends in the Hamptons goodbye and said hello to Madison, Connecticut. I vacationed in the Hamptons for decades but eventually got a bit tired of it. I can’t count how much time I’ve spent sitting in traffic on the Montauk Highway, searching for parking spots at the beach, and waiting for tables at…
At this McDonald’s in Italy, your Big Mac comes with a side of ancient ruins
In Frattocchie, a tiny town on the outskirts of Rome, a McDonald’s was built over an ancient Roman road after the brand helped preserve it. From the outside, this McDonald’s in Italy may seem like a regular restaurant, but walk past its gates and over its glass flooring, and you’ll spot some eerie details, like…
I stayed at a luxury floating hotel for $430 a night. The experience felt like a weird, wonderful cruise to nowhere.
We spent a night staying at Fingal in Edinburgh. When we planned our latest trip to Scotland, my partner and I decided to spend one of our nights somewhere special. So, we booked a stay at Fingal, Edinburgh’s luxury floating hotel at Alexandra Dock, Leith. Fingal is an old Northern Lighthouse Board ship that’s been…
A 72-year-old VC who started running at 54 does 4 marathons a year. Here’s how he fits running into his busy workday.
72-year-old Greg Ho, the president of Spring Mountain Capital, has run 43 marathons and plans to complete 100 by his 100th birthday. The president of a New York investment firm struggled to fit exercise into his busy routine until he was in his 50s. Now 72, Greg Ho has run 43 marathons and plans to…
I took a 3-day ayahuasca retreat in the Amazon. It made me a better mom and entrepreneur.
Lindsay Roselle says she was in crisis mode with her two kids when both of her businesses shut down. In 2019, I was preparing for my second baby, and I remember having a conversation with a group of women. I said having one baby was OK because I could take them around with me, but…
