By Evan Bleier Located on Division Street in downtown Manhattan where the Lower East Side and Chinatown meet, Parcelle is also an intersection of sorts as it merges an online wine retailer with a brick-and-mortar bar designed to attract the attention o…
How Dave Proctor Ran Across All of Canada in Just Over Two Months
By Tanner Garrity Whatever your thoughts on Forrest Gump — elemental Americana or overrated mush — you probably remember feeling something stir in your bones during the film’s cross-country montage. Gump runs through meadows and mountain ranges in some…
Are Shows Like Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” Exploitative?
By Bonnie Stiernberg Nathan Fielder’s new HBO show The Rehearsal, has earned a lot of buzz for its insanely ambitious concept — the show sees Fielder helping real-life people rehearse for big moments in their lives ahead of time with the assistance of …
Today Is “Earth Overshoot Day,” Which Is Not a Cause for Celebration
By Kirk Miller The sustainability think tank Global Footprint Network has marked July 28 as Earth Overshoot Day, the day when “humanity has exhausted Earth’s budget for the year.” And by budget, they mean the biological resources that the planet can re…
Was Vaccination a Requirement in Yankees Deal for Andrew Benintendi?
By Evan Bleier Traded to the Royals from the Boston Red Sox prior to last season for a handful of prospects who haven’t amounted to much, All-Star outfielder Andrew Benintendi is now headed from Kansas City to the New York Yankees in exchange for three…
Luxury Watchmakers Ulysse Nardin Set Sail With 11th Hour Racing
By Paolo Sandoval Trustworthy timepieces are quintessential to journeys of great importance. It’s hard to forget the Omega Speedmaster’s one small step or Sir Edmund Hillary’s Rolex worn on Everest. Luxury watchmakers Ulysse Nardin are the latest to th…
Pharrell Says He Does 500 Crunches Every Morning — But We Don’t Believe Him
By Tanner Garrity While promoting his line of skincare serums in a recent interview with Vice Media’s British magazine i-D, Pharrell Williams also dropped some details about his morning wellness routine. And it’s a doozy. “A self-described ‘crazy Aries…
LIV Golf Nabs Another Masters Champ as Bubba Watson Defects From PGA
By Evan Bleier Another one bites the dust. Or, viewed another way, another one is taking a bite at the golden apple that the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series and its vast coffers (of what some would call blood money) have become. Rumored to be a top target…
A New Bill Would See the Retirement Age of Pilots Raised to 67
By Lindsay Rogers Pilot shortages are nothing new. In fact, they’ve plagued the airline industry for years. But, according to various reports, we’ve still yet to see the worst of it, despite the onslaught of delays, cancellations and airfare increases …
Instagram’s CEO Just Became Public Enemy Number One
By Logan Mahan Instagram has been a very bad app for a very long time. What was once a beloved social media platform where users could view photos of their friends and families in chronological order has devolved into an app most of its user base finds…