Unexpected. That’s the first thought that springs to mind upon hearing that Estée Lauder has opened its first Skin Longevity Institute in the Americas in Pérez Zeledón, a wildly lush, remote patch of Costa Rica teeming with coffee farms. But then one learns that the Institute, centered around the brand’s age-defying Re-Nutriv skin-care collection, is … Read more
It’s a hoot for the whole family. Hooters’ notorious “bikini nights” are set to be axed as the raunchy eatery attempts to avoid bankruptcy and be more family-friendly. “I’m calling it re-Hooterization,” Neil Kiefer, CEO of parent company HMC Hospitality Group, told Bloomberg. Hooters is getting rid of its notorious “bikini nights,” according to recent … Read more
Evolution is a process that can take many millennia, if not longer. For a scholarly organization like the Yiddish archive and cultural institution YIVO, the process only took a century. YIVO (the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut, or Yiddish Scientific Institute) marks its 100th anniversary in 2025 and one would be forgiven for thinking that the birthday … Read more