Category: Fun
Add a little more joy to your weekday with posts designed to bring out the fun in your life, featuring things to do, easy party ideas, games and more
-
15 Zoom Games You’ll Actually Enjoy Playing
Remember when you used to watch The Jetsons or Smart House and think the future would be all about video chatting? Then the coronavirus pandemic hit and that became our reality. And it got old, fast. It’s a great way to stay connected, sure, but Zoom fatigue is real. So is the awkwardness of staring…
Written by
-
3 Apps & Sites That Map Out the Coolest Street Art Near You
At this point, you’ve probably hiked every park near you (several times), avoided crowds at the beach, finally read all of those hardcovers on your bookshelf and blazed through your Netflix queue. Coming up with new socially distant ways to explore the world around you might be getting a bit harder, which is why it’s…
Written by
-
What’s Inside the Summer 2020 Causebox? A Full Review
There’s something about having a surprise box of goodies on your doorstep that makes it feel like your birthday came early. Or has multiplied your birthday. I guess it’s fitting, then, that my husband gifted me a full year’s worth of Causeboxes last year. My final box arrived last week, and it didn’t disappoint. While…
Written by
-
12 Bizarre Things That Are Livening Up My Social Distancing Days
Now that the coronavirus pandemic creeps into its third month, many of us are starting to talk about our time in self-isolation in phases: “Remember when we were all obsessed with Tiger King?” And “Oh, that was during my eating-cookie-dough-straight-from-the-tube phase.” That sort of thing. We’ve all turned to different things to entertain, distract, educate…
Written by
-
3 Y2K-Era Digital Distractions That Deserve to Make a Comeback
People are coming up with all kinds of ways to entertain themselves right now—digital happy hours, Zoom raves, YouTube workouts—and as we search for new ways to feel connected without leaving our homes, I couldn’t help but remember the phase in my life when I naturally stayed inside, well, all the time: Y2K. Not because…
Written by
-
Causebox Vs. FabFitFun: Which Subscription’s Better?
After seeing endless Instagram ads and influencers touting the latest swag they scored in their subscription boxes, admit it: You’re kind of curious whether they’re worth the cash each month (or quarter). But with all of the options out there, it’s hard to know which one’s worthy of scoring your credit card number. That’s why…
Written by
-
What It’s Like Inside the New York Toy Fair
Two eight-foot-tall Care Bears waddle past me, steps away from a remote-controlled parrot flying through hoops (and, admittedly, into walls) and what looks like a museum featuring artifacts—a bear’s windmill! A bunny cottage!—from the Calico Critters’ 35-year history. There’s a center stage spotlighting dozens of bug-eyed Beanie Boo’s, the latest iteration of the Ty Beanie…
Written by
-
What Happens During an Aura Reading?
Let’s get weird. I’m always down to try something new, so when I heard LA’s House of Intuition was offering free aura readings as part of the launch of its New York pop-up store this past holiday season, I said yes. I had no idea what that even meant, but I headed down to the…
Written by
-
15 Unconventional-Yet-Awesome Compliments to Give Someone
There’s a certain high you get when someone says something truly, genuinely kind about you. Sure, classic compliments (“You look so great in that sweater!”) always bring a smile, but they’re so tried-and-true that they don’t have quite the impact as something that delves a little deeper, that’s a little more specific and insightful—or that’s…
Written by
-
The $4 Trick That Saved My Sanity When Flying with a Baby
Every time I fly, the same knot of anxiety tangles up inside of me: Will Emerie have a meltdown? Will I subsequently have a meltdown? Why am I so concerned about upsetting other people? Why am I wasting energy on this? And so the shame spiral plunges me deeper into some strange, soul-excavating journey, where…
Written by
-
Testing John Frieda’s Go Blonder In-Shower Treatment
Since I moved to New York, my travel and hairstyling budget have been virtually the same. I went through a sort of sticker shock when I moved to the city (cereal’s $5.50 a box?!), but the hardest adjustment was the thought of shelling out $200+ to maintain my highlights, especially when my mom does a…
Written by
-
What’s Inside Anthropologie’s Self-Care Advent Calendar
All kinds of advent calendars exist these days: booze-filled ones, cheese-filled ones, Funko Pop doll-filled ones. So it only makes sense that Anthropologie would get in on the action, releasing a weeklong advent calendar that capitalizes on one of the buzziest terms right now: self-care. And I’ve got to admit—the tactic worked. I couldn’t wait…
Written by
