It’s not every day that 12 grandmothers from across NYC, representing a range of backgrounds and boasting a combined 33 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren, sing and dance together on a small thrust stage, dressed to the nines in pearls, feather boas and finery. But at Sunday’s 25th annual “Your Highness, Grandmother” pageant, Brooklyn’s most vivacious … Read more
Forget trekking into the Amazon — or dropping thousands on a luxury jungle retreat. For centuries, ayahuasca has been a cornerstone of Indigenous healing practices and spiritual traditions across the Amazon. More recently, the potent brew has gained a following among Westerners seeking everything from emotional healing and enlightenment to a mind-bending adventure. But what … Read more
When Dave Obelkevich ran the New York City Marathon through all five boroughs in 1976, Staten Island felt like uncharted territory. The race was expanding beyond Central Park for the first time, bringing runners into neighborhoods and crowds Obelkevich had never experienced. He had no idea he’d still be running it 50 years later. Now … Read more
A group of cloistered nuns in rural Pennsylvania who trace their history back to 16th-century Spain are building a sprawling monastery meant to last 1,000 years — and they’re doing it almost entirely by hand. Expected to be completed in 2041 at a cost of $100 million, the 48-acre Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph … Read more
Bone appetite! Paranormal investigator Amy Bruni has a penchant for writing cookbooks with recipes from famous haunted locations — and during many of her visits, she speaks to the ghosts that reside there. After her first book, “Food to Die For: Over 50 Recipes and Stories from America’s Most Legendary Haunted Places,” was published, one … Read more
If you think you know endometriosis, think again. Experts estimate the disease affects more than 6.5 million US women. And yet it has become one of the most commonly missed diagnoses — even among gynecologists, endometriosis is still not fully understood or recognized. While the condition is notoriously known for causing pain and severe periods, … Read more
A drug once synonymous with rave culture could soon be making its way into a very different setting: the therapist’s office. A leading psychedelics advocate is “very optimistic” the Food and Drug Administration could approve MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder as early as January. But even if the treatment gets the green light, a … Read more
The juice is loose, and it’s likely headed for NoHo. Sources say Erewhon — the cult Los Angeles grocery store known for its Hailey Bieber strawberry slurpies and eye-popping price tags for simple field greens — is opening imminently on Bleecker and Broadway. The location will take over the PlantShed cafe and florist at 644 … Read more
They’re showing less-than-great judgment in the great outdoors. TikTok is turning treacherous alpine trails into bucket list destinations—and overwhelmed rescuers in New York and beyond are sick of rescuing these cocky, inexperienced adventurers. Seduced by stunning summit videos that downplay the dangers of extreme hiking, these wannabe Daniel Boones turn into babes in the woods, … Read more
Ron Duguay’s popularity and influence spread far beyond the Rangers and the hockey world. His death at the age of 69 after a fight with colon cancer on Thursday left a void in celebrity chef Andrew Molen’s life. Molen, whose resume includes notable stops at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at The London Hotel and The Plaza … Read more
Karl Bushby has conquered jungles, deserts, a frozen sea and the Kremlin’s visa office, all on foot. But his hardest journey may be when he walks back through his mom’s front door. The 57-year-old former British paratrooper is roughly 250 miles from finishing the Goliath Expedition, a 28-year odyssey that kicked off at the bottom … Read more
Natisha “Tish” Long is familiar with what’s considered to be the most agonizing sensations known to humans. Since 2018, an unbearable “shocking, throbbing pain” would course through her face at random, lasting from seconds to minutes each time. “When I got my shocks, it was all-in-one, everything hit me,” she told The Post. Every second … Read more
At night, your teen should sleep like a baby. They actually need more ZZZ’s than adults — up to 11 hours, compared to adults’ seven to nine hours— to support their rapidly developing brains and bodies. That’s why losing sleep night after night is more than a bad habit. It has major consequences as teens … Read more
Nearly 45 years after starting her fashion brand in the garment district, Nicole Miller is still all-in on New York. Four days a week, the designer treks from her Tribeca apartment to her Seventh Avenue office building — the same one where she built her fashion collection nearly 45 years ago. Under Miller’s influence, New … Read more
Austin, Texas, is known for keeping things weird, but last week, the city got downright trippy when 600 people descended on it to expand their minds. There were neuroscientists and researchers, wellness gurus and biohackers, seasoned psychonauts who’d journeyed to South America to take ayahuasca with a shaman — and enough women who looked like … Read more
Christina Applegate says she’s “back at square one” after more than five years of believing she had multiple sclerosis (MS) — only for a doctor to tell her she doesn’t. “‘Congratulations. You don’t have MS,’ ” the “Dead to Me” actress, 54, recalled her doctor saying. Yet she was “not happy at all” about the … Read more
The wife of AEW star Benjamin Satterley, known as Pac, called his cellphone as police investigated the wrestler’s death after finding him slumped over in his vehicle, a newly released report revealed. Natalie Taylor, Satterley’s spouse, called her husband’s phone on Sept. 27 as law enforcement was on scene after his passing in the parking … Read more
It’s been 44 years since Willi Blumer last missed a softball season. He would be damned if this year was the first — even if he was too injured to actually play. So when his longtime team, cheekily called Consenting Adults, gathered on a Central Park ball field last month, the 83-year-old pitcher settled onto … Read more
Which borough is a hotbed for haunting? A paranormal expert tells The Post that Gotham’s “most maligned borough” is also the eeriest. Andrea Janes is the founder of Boroughs of the Dead, an independent, female-led tour operator that takes visitors on macabre history tours of NYC. She said that “if you’re really serious about ghosts … Read more
Hybrid fitness competitions are spreading like wildfire right now, hooking everyone from hardcore marathoners to singles looking for love. John Collins, co-founder of Long Island City fitness center The Trinity, noticed kids at his gym paying close attention to adult members training for the Trinity Games, a Hyrox-style competition the gym hosts. “When we see … Read more