Last year, Chili’s made an expensive decision. The restaurant chain set aside $750,00 a year to introduce an egg glaze to the top of its burger buns. Their reasoning? A glazed bun is more Instagram-friendly than an unglazed one. And the more people want to Instagram your...
Holiday season: A special time of the year arguably best spent reconnecting with friends and catching up with family. Also, the perfect opportunity to skip town (and work) for a well-deserved vacation. Which puts us in a bit of a pickle: Do we spend the winter holidays...
Martin Riese is a sommelier. But not for wine. Or beer. Or any other beverage you typically would think requires an impeccable palate and expert recommendation. No, Riese is a water sommelier — and one of the best in a small, but quickly growing field. (The Wall Street Journal...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from LA-based stylist Meg Gallagher, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little better. In this edition, we’ll...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
Of all the counterintuitive, seemingly horseshit pieces of career advice you might ever encounter (“skip college,” “work a job you hate”), here’s one that actually rings true: The best time to get a new job is when you don’t need one. Being fulfilled in your job makes...
Sorry, dentists: Only a little over a third of the men we surveyed are diligent enough to floss daily, it turns out. Nearly half are split between “a few times a week” and “rarely,” while a handful admit to doing some last-minute flossing right before a dental...
Welcome to our biweekly podcast, “I Learned A Thing In the Bathroom,” where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be looking at the reality of flying cars, from the insanely hard driving tests we’d have to...
It was the moment someone suggested setting up a Doodle poll to organize going for drinks that I realized something had gone wrong. You know how it goes. A casual agreement to go for drinks with more than one person all of a sudden gets stuck in...
In this week of excess, we’re covering gluttony in all its forms — from the traditional face-stuffing variety to people who can’t be regarded as anything other than gluttons for punishment. Here, we feature a woman who straddles the line between the two: 30-year-old Miki Sudo, winner of the...
In this week of excess, we’re covering gluttony in all its forms — from the traditional face-stuffing variety to people who can’t be regarded as anything other than a glutton for punishment. One of the best examples of the latter is 50-something Australian John Mostyn, who has spent a...
In this week of excess, we’re covering gluttony in all its forms — from the traditional face-stuffing variety to people who can’t be regarded as anything other than a glutton for punishment. One of the best examples of the latter is Dean Karnazes, a 54-year-old endurance runner who once...
