Flowers are far from blooming, but allergies are blossoming in the worst way. As spring’s official start is still a week away — Tuesday, March 19 — many Americans have reported an increase in allergy-related symptoms earlier than usual. Allergy season typically begins around April when high levels of pollen are disbursed throughout the air, … Read more
New York is so saturated with exhibitions and fabulous fashions that it’s easy to miss the hottest happenings of the moment. Never fear — Alexa has gathered a list of the best luxury shopping, gallery openings and cultural events for the upcoming week. You can sip cocktails amongst the orchids, book a deluxe helicopter ride … Read more
A Texas woman is giggling at a recent mishap that occurred when she went to order a bouquet of flowers. Sarah Hollingsworth, 35, from Austin, Texas, runs a baby registry company called Poppylist. She recently called a local flower shop to order a bouquet of poppy flowers to take with her to an exhibit in San Diego, … Read more
Forget seven stages of grief — this woman apparently had only one. A woman left one online shopper irate after she was reportedly spotted trying to sell her own grandmother’s funeral flowers on a second-hand clothing website, according to the Sun. The shopper who came across the wreaths, posted on the shopping site called “Vinted,” … Read more
If it is 4 pm and you see a bunch of men hovering around the $25 flower section at the supermarket, that can only mean one thing: Valentine’s Day is upon us. Valentine’s Day is all about roses, chocolates, and everlasting love, but in Australia, it also involves stressed men flocking to the budget floral … Read more
Roses are red, violets are blue, and these water solutions can help those flowers in bloom. Love can last a lifetime, while the flowers received as a symbol of said love certainly will not — but there are ways to extend the life of your Valentine’s Day bouquet. A self-styled life hacks expert who posts … Read more
Get a whiff of this. Airborne chemicals found in common fossil fuels are interfering with the pollination process, new research shows — to the point where it’s changing the way a flower smells. And while that may have a slight impact on folks who make a habit of stopping to smell the roses, the effect … Read more
She’s just being Miley. Taylor Swift and Oprah Winfrey went viral during the 2024 Grammy Awards after they were spotted going wild during Miley Cyrus’ performance of her hit song “Flowers.” Shortly after winning the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance, Cyrus took the stage at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday. The “Hannah Montana” … Read more
It’s the season of the witch — when we decorate with death and cover ourselves in costumes — but what if our Halloween home decor is inviting the ghosts of bad vibes to take up residence? According to the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui, how we decorate our homes, on the daily and for … Read more
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are true friends. The actress revealed Tuesday that her longtime pal Sandler and his wife Jackie always send her flowers on Mother’s Day as the “Morning Show” star claimed to suffer from infertility in a profile published in WSJ Magazine. The Post reached out to Aniston and Sandler for comment. … Read more
They are trying to nip them in the buds. The owners of a UK sunflower field are asking their visitors to refrain from taking nude photos at their family-friendly farm. Siblings Sam Wilson and Nette Petley, who run Stoke Fruit Farm on Hayling Island in England, put up signs begging guests to stop stripping down … Read more
Nailed it! For as long as we’ve had minds to dream and bodies to adorn we’ve found ways to decorate them. Manicures and nail design in general are a bit of a cross cultural phenomenon; ancient Egyptians gilded their claws and Indian women began dying the tips of their fingers with henna as early as … Read more
Nailed it! For as long as we’ve had minds to dream and bodies to adorn we’ve found ways to decorate them. Manicures and nail design in general are a bit of a cross cultural phenomenon; ancient Egyptians gilded their claws and Indian women began dying the tips of their fingers with henna as early as … Read more
Queen Camilla and King Charles woke up and smelled the roses — in style. The royal couple stopped by the Sandringham Flower Show in Sandringham Park, Norfolk, England, on Wednesday by way of a horse-drawn carriage. Camilla, 76, donned a belted, pleated dress featuring a garden-appropriate green, ivy-leaf pattern, while Charles, 74, sported a dapper … Read more
Did he cut off his penis to spite his vase? For those who thought receiving a horse’s head in a bed was the height of grotesque, a florist was flabbergasted upon discovering a package with a severed schlong outside their bodega. The apparent intimidation audit occurred earlier this month when a mysterious box was found … Read more
Famed ink artist Don Ed Hardy espoused, “A tattoo is an affirmation: that this body is yours to have and to enjoy while you’re here. Nobody else can control what you do with it.” Here, here Ed. For as long as humans have had bodies we’ve found ways to affirm ourselves through them. In Ancient … Read more
The royal family revealed a stunning first look inside Westminster Abbey hours before King Charles III’s coronation ceremony. The British family’s official Twitter account shared a 40-second glimpse of the decorated London royal church Friday evening, simply writing: “Westminster Abbey is ready for the #Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.” The impressive clip … Read more
You’ve got to be pollen our legs. Allergy season is in full swing — and it could send some New Yorkers to the emergency room, according to a new bulletin from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene geared toward medical professionals. The notice warned that this upcoming pollen season will worsen … Read more
National Gardening Day is celebrated on April 14, nearing the end of Aries season and blooming directly after the spring equinox. The original flower children were the Natufians, our hunter-gatherer forbearers who began burying their dead on flower beds some 14,000 years ago. Since then flowers have grown (get it?) beyond their funerary function and … Read more
Mum’s the word. Thirsty or stressed plants emit popping sounds undetectable to the human ear, according to research published Thursday in the journal Cell. Tel Aviv University scientists used special microphones to record ultrasonic sounds produced by tomato and tobacco plants inside a sound-protected box and a greenhouse. The researchers say they developed machine learning … Read more