Turns out, Santa’s running a numbers racket. If you’re wishing and hoping that the man in red brings you everything you asked for this year, a new study suggests that where you live has a lot to do with how many presents will be left under your tree this Christmas — right down to the zip … Read more
Between blockbuster Black Friday sales and bulk ordering on Cyber Monday, shoppers-in-lieu have yet another day of spending. On Small Business Saturday, which falls two days after Thanksgiving on Nov. 30, people are encouraged to visit their neighborhood mom-and-pop shops to promote shopping locally, rather than at major department stores or online retailers, which are … Read more
Size isn’t everything. A prestigious ranking of the country’s best small towns has been published — and a charming locale just an hour’s drive from the hubbub of NYC has made the list. Compiled by editors at Travel + Leisure and a handful of industry experts, the America’s Best Small Towns 2024 survey tapped the larger-than-life … Read more
Exercising a “disgustingly small” amount per day can lower the risk of cancer, according to a fitness expert. Nutritional scientist and professional bodybuilder Dr. Layne Norton claimed that “four minutes of vigorous activity a day” will greatly reduce an individual’s cancer risk. “Exercise is one of the only things that you can do, independent of weight … Read more
If you’re hoping to declutter and make some cash, look no further than your kitchen — or, rather, your grandma’s kitchen. Vintage kitchen appliances are cool to have around, but between Gen Z making what’s old new again and collectors constantly on the hunt for antiques, some of these items have more value than one … Read more
A recently found jawbone, arm bone fragment and teeth collected from an archaeological site in Indonesia revealed a diminutive ancestor of humans dubbed a “hobbit” who lived around 700,000 years ago. The “hobbit,” named after J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, is believed to be even smaller than a previously discovered human “hobbit” descendant from 60,000 … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Is true capitalism at work in America? All signs point to yes. While more people may turn to social media to express their political views in this age, signaling political beliefs through posters, signs, and flags is still … Read more
Families on trips to Disneyland may have unwittingly found themselves floating through the ashes of Whoopi Goldberg’s mother on the classic It’s a Small World ride. Goldberg disclosed that she and her late brother, Clyde, spread her mother’s ashes inside the beloved Disney attraction shortly after she died in 2010. “No one should do this. … Read more
Baker, who grew up in Amherst, knows the texture of those Massachusetts summers by heart. She also knows the kinds of people who populate the area, sending Janet and Lacy at one point to a midsummer mystical theatrical presentation, complete with larger-than-life puppetry, after which everyone is implored to take home all the extra zucchini … Read more
“What do you do for work?” In Australia, the question ‘What do you do for work?’ is a classic icebreaker, right up there with ‘How good is the weather?’. However, one Aussie sparked a conversation by expressing her frustration with the question. Queenslander Llani Belle, 29, has taken to social media to reveal that she … Read more
There’s a good reason to ask whether or not it’s a gun in their pocket. The long-held myth that men who own guns are … err, overcompensating for something … has been debunked by scientists in a new study published in the American Journal of Men’s Health. Rather, researchers at the University of Texas at San … Read more
Four unrecognizably hairy actors, including Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough, play mythical creatures in this endearingly bonkers movie. Source link #Sasquatch #Sunset #Review #Big #Feet #Small #Brains
Things are heating up. Momofuku’s David Chang, the New York chef once known for a punk rock ethos that upended the city’s white table cloth-dining scene, is now accused of being a “bully” who targets mom-and-pop food purveyors. Chang’s Momofuku, which has a big business selling pantry items — including a spicy oil with bits … Read more
Does valet parking and VIP seating come with this too? An uproar over a pricey cheeseburger and fries at Five Guys is causing a stir on social media, baffling many over why the combo nearly cost a customer $25. A user account on X exposed the popular fast food joint by posting a receipt he … Read more
This year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts — sobering tales of war, assault, trauma, identity and regret — ask the question, what tools can filmmakers use to tell a poignant, but not exploitative or gratuitous, story about trauma? The novel technique the directors Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess use in “Ninety-Five Senses” is the story structure: An … Read more
It’s the type of question that can quietly pop into a bridesmaid’s group chat and set off a flurry of opinions. “Do I have to wear a bra to the wedding?” That’s exactly the situation a 23-year-old bridesmaid found herself in recently, when she, Sophie*, asked her friend, Kate* if she could free the nip for … Read more
Barbra Streisand’s film company, which pays the groundskeeper at her $20 million mansion, got $200,000 in PPP money intended to help small businesses make payroll written off, The Post has learned. The multimillionaire star’s Barwood Films Ltd. received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program in 2020 and 2021 — then had them written off by the … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I moved to a smaller city from a larger one seven years ago. There are fewer businesses here. I often struggle to get home repairs done because people here operate on “regional time,” meaning they get to stuff when they feel like it, if they feel like doing it at all. Some of … Read more
Godzilla hits the small screen in Apple’s “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” Now streaming, the series follows teacher Cate (Anna Sawai), as she goes to Tokyo and discovered that her dead father Hiroshi (Takeihiro Hira) had a secret second family, and she’s got an adult brother she never knew about, Kentaro (Ren Watabe). Their dad was … Read more
Mati, the employee at the center of the hushed and absorbing documentary “A Still Small Voice,” reports for duty at an ordinary-looking office. There are cubicles, roller chairs, a water cooler and flat lighting that the director, Luke Lorentzen, would never dishonor by gussying up with a lamp. These are the chaplains’ quarters at The … Read more