Category: Lifestyle
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Farewell For Now: The Last Comedy-Magic Show
By Claire Leibowitz, EIC Comedians Will Roberts and Margaret Korinek captivated two 60-person audiences at their Farewell For Now Third Floor Variety Show at Tonic on Saturday, and Magician Max Davidson impressed attendees by remembering everyone’s name, solving a Rubik’s cube blindfolded, and guessing the distance and running routes of random Strava users in the…
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Hidden Metro Gems
By Alexandra Savage I don’t often realize how lucky we are to have the metro system until I visit my hometown in New Jersey, which requires me to drive everywhere. As someone who barely passed my driver’s test because I can’t parallel park, hearing the words “we’re meeting downtown” is enough to send chills down…
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March Seasonal Produce
By Claire Leibowitz, EIC All produce can be eaten year-round, but is it really good year-round? Tomatoes in March are mushy and dull. Strawberries are hard and bitter after August. It’s impossible to find a peach in a grocery store in the winter. At the end of the day, the practice of produce consumption is…
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All Around the Wor(l)d: A Comprehensive Introduction to Online Word Games
By Stuti Rao From Game Pigeon to Wordle to My Master List January 2022 was quite an eventful month, at least for me. Lockdown and COVID-19 were gradually becoming a distant memory, I was done with my college applications and could finally breathe, my senior year of high school was picking up, and, most importantly…
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The GW Campus Store is Risen
By Christopher Giang After many uncertain months of waiting, behind schedule, GW has secured what other schools could only dream of having: a real building for their campus store. For years, visiting parents looking to buy $35 mugs and sweatshirts with “GW DAD” printed on them had to climb down to a mysterious basement tucked…
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Spring 2024 Fashion Trends
By Nina Rodriguez Just like Mr. Groundhog said, spring is officially on its way! Cherry blossoms are blooming and pollen allergy medications are becoming seemingly difficult to acquire. The warm weather, increase of sunlight, and the budding of new flowers mean your closet needs to be prepared! Spring is typically a season of new beginnings…
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The History of Valentine’s Day
By Claire Leibowitz, EIC Before there were roses, chocolates, and hearts, there was “From your Valentine.” The origins of the February 14th holiday stem from a few legends mixed together, but the phrase comes from Valentine, an imprisoned martyr who fell in love with his jailor’s daughter and signed a note for her before his…
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Self-Love is Love: Reinventing Valentine’s Day
By Kendal Furman, Assistant EIC As the Christmas tree comes down and the New Year’s enthusiasm begins to settle, the ceremonial arrangement of Valentine’s Day decorum makes its inevitable return. The shame of being single seems as inescapable as the plush teddy bears and crappy chocolates which take over convenience store shelves. You begin to…
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Holiday Gift Guide For Femmes
Kendal Furman (Assistant EIC) All throughout the year, I’d be cleaning the house, doing homework, scrolling on social media, etc. and ideas would pop into my head of what I would like to gift and receive during the holiday season. I told myself I would remember the items, making a mental note of them before…
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Best Travel Destinations for Winter Break
By Nina Rodriguez School is out and the holidays are in! Instead of catching the yearly winter flu, how about catching the travel bug? Here are some classic, trendy, and underrated travel destinations for this winter. Let’s start with some classics. 1. New York City There’s nothing like Christmas in the city! As a native…