Category Archives: Lifestyle

Bloomberg ‘suited’ to Brooklyn hipster haunt

Bloomberg ‘suited’ to Brooklyn hipster haunt

Jeff Bachner for New York Daily News Michael Bloomberg suits are made especially for him by a father-and-son tailor duo in Brooklyn’s Bushwich district. Hizzoner’s a hipster — sort of. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg revealed Monday he treks all the way to “a dumpy warehouse” in Bushwick for his custom-made power suits. He told Women’s Wear Daily that he ...

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Essential tips for eating healthy on a budget

Essential tips for eating healthy on a budget

Tetra Images Take the thinking out of meal prep, suggests trainer Brett Hoebel: Find a few fast, healthy recipes for each meal of the day and keep the ingredients on hand. It’s time to put up or shut up. But that doesn’t mean you have to go for broke eating healthy. The myth that eating healthy is too costly is ...

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Model says Match.com allows never-ending scam

Model says Match.com allows never-ending scam

Yuliana Avalos, the lead plaintiff in a $ 1.5 billion lawsuit against Match.com, says the online dating site has allowed scammers to use her photo on numerous fake profiles. The scam just goes on, fumed a former model whose photo is being used in numerous phony accounts on dating site Match.com. “They can do facial recognition which will show that ...

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SEE IT: Another brewer hops into Queens

SEE IT: Another brewer hops into Queens

Todd Maisel, New York Daily News/New York Daily News Micro brew masters Anthony Accardi, left, and Rob Kolb, right, show off their brewing systems in this basement in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. A pair of beer-loving buddies is joining a bevy of Queens-based businessmen who offer one-of-a-kind brews. Transmitter Brewing signed a lease in Long Island City this month — becoming the ...

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Exercise classes are team efforts in NYC fitness studios

Bryan Smith  Cycling classes become team sports at Swerve Studio. It takes a group effort to look this good. At the new Swerve cycling studio, fitness enthusiasts aren’t just pedaling their own pounds away — they’re carrying the weight of their entire team. The studio, which opened earlier this month, is arranged into three sections: blue, red and green. When ...

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Karl Lagerfeld updates iconic watches for Spring 2014

Karl Lagerfeld For the Spring 2014 season, Karl Lagerfeld has presented a slightly larger version of the Karl 7 watch, now available in white high-tech ceramic. The celebrity couturier’s brand is presenting a brand new watch collection for the Spring 2014 season. Rather than reinventing the wheel for this new line, Karl Lagerfeld has simply updated some of the brand’s ...

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The skyline stars of New York City

Paul Warchol The U.S. Mission to the UN by Gwathmey Siegel The work of architects Charles Gwathmey and Robert Siegel seems ill-suited to New York. Their love of brash geometric buildings mixing sharp angles and swooping curves is at odds with the city’s rigid grid. But Gwathmey Siegel & Associates was, and is, one of the city’s most successful and ...

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Better condom designs awarded $100k by Gates Foundation

Image Source/Getty Images/Image Source The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded 11 winners $ 100,000 to carry out their plans for a condom people will want to use. The next generation of condoms may soon roll out, thanks to a boost from Bill Gates. The tech icon’s Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored a contest that challenged innovators to create ...

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What was JFK’s favorite cologne?

Diamond Images/Getty Images JFK was definitely a ladies man, and there’s a lot of speculation as to his fave fragrance. Here’s another JFK mystery: What did America’s most handsome President smell like? Sartorial snobs have long fixated on what John F. Kennedy wore, so it’s only natural that his most intimate expression of style, his fragrance, remains a point of ...

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Chef Art Smith’s healthy recipes for diabetes

Tracy Miller/New York Daily News Chef Art Smith and Dennis Kum, chef and owner of Big D’s Grub food truck, display Smith’s diabetes-friendly dish, Ginger Chicken Tacos, on the menu at Big D’s through December. If there’s one thing Art Smith has learned about healthy eating, it’s that nobody wants a chef to go hungry. “Being a chef, you’re constantly ...

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