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WhoWhatWear
2 months ago
Fashion & style

I'm Already Prepping My Summer Wardrobe-16 Camp-Inspired Pieces I'm Loving

Camp Bloomingdale's offers a summer camp-inspired shopping destination for outdoor enthusiasts.
The collection includes camp-inspired clothing and accessories perfect for a getaway to the great outdoors. [ more ]
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www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US news

21 Teenagers Injured in Walkway Collapse at Beach Park in Texas

Five teenagers were airlifted to a hospital and 16 others were also injured when part of an elevated walkway collapsed on Thursday at a park in Surfside Beach, Texas, city officials said.None of the teenagers sustained life-threatening injuries, the city said.The teenagers, ages 14 to 18, were visiting from Cypress and Tomball, outside Houston, and Spring Branch, outside San Antonio.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Father accused of trying to drown 2-year-old daughter at Running Springs camp

A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly trying to drown his daughter at a summer camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, authorities said.Deputies were called at noon to Pali Adventures in Running Springs, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.They found that Timothy Ryan Shipman, 42, of San Bernardino "lied his way onto the secure facility, locked his 5-year-old son in his vehicle and attempted to drown his 2-year-old daughter in a pond on the facility," the Sheriff's Department said.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Highland Park shooting: In painful, chilling detail, witnesses recount the deadly mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade

The first popping noises sounded like firecrackers or maybe a gun salute honoring the American flag.
Then someone screamed, "There's a shooter."
And, in an instant, everyone understood the reality.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US news

21 Teenagers Injured in Walkway Collapse at Beach Park in Texas

Five teenagers were airlifted to a hospital and 16 others were also injured when part of an elevated walkway collapsed on Thursday at a park in Surfside Beach, Texas, city officials said.None of the teenagers sustained life-threatening injuries, the city said.The teenagers, ages 14 to 18, were visiting from Cypress and Tomball, outside Houston, and Spring Branch, outside San Antonio.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Father accused of trying to drown 2-year-old daughter at Running Springs camp

A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly trying to drown his daughter at a summer camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, authorities said.Deputies were called at noon to Pali Adventures in Running Springs, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.They found that Timothy Ryan Shipman, 42, of San Bernardino "lied his way onto the secure facility, locked his 5-year-old son in his vehicle and attempted to drown his 2-year-old daughter in a pond on the facility," the Sheriff's Department said.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Highland Park shooting: In painful, chilling detail, witnesses recount the deadly mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade

The first popping noises sounded like firecrackers or maybe a gun salute honoring the American flag.
Then someone screamed, "There's a shooter."
And, in an instant, everyone understood the reality.
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Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Parents Need To Take Advantage Of These Summer Camp Tax Breaks ASAP

Summer's here, and that means so are long days of rest and relaxation...or, more realistically, scrambling to find care for the kids during the workday.Many parents opt for day camps or sleep-away summer camps to provide their children with additional avenues for learning and socialization during the summer months, but those costs add up quickly, leaving parents gaping at staggering bills, higher than even the already exorbitant costs for traditional daycare.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor

Charles Addams in his Westhampton Beach, N.Y., studio in 1977.Tee & Charles Addams Foundation On November 3, the Society of Illustrators will induct the cartoonist Charles "Chas" Addams into its Hall of Fame.Although he drew thousands of cartoons throughout his career, Addams is best known for ghoulish and charming characters who first graced the pages of The New Yorker in the late 1930s.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Texas Karen calls cops over gay graphic novel

A police officer in Katy, Texas recently removed a copy of Mike Curato's Flamer, a gay YA graphic novel, from a high school library shelf in the small town near Houston.And then he put it back.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Parents Need To Take Advantage Of These Summer Camp Tax Breaks ASAP

Summer's here, and that means so are long days of rest and relaxation...or, more realistically, scrambling to find care for the kids during the workday.Many parents opt for day camps or sleep-away summer camps to provide their children with additional avenues for learning and socialization during the summer months, but those costs add up quickly, leaving parents gaping at staggering bills, higher than even the already exorbitant costs for traditional daycare.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor

Charles Addams in his Westhampton Beach, N.Y., studio in 1977.Tee & Charles Addams Foundation On November 3, the Society of Illustrators will induct the cartoonist Charles "Chas" Addams into its Hall of Fame.Although he drew thousands of cartoons throughout his career, Addams is best known for ghoulish and charming characters who first graced the pages of The New Yorker in the late 1930s.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Texas Karen calls cops over gay graphic novel

A police officer in Katy, Texas recently removed a copy of Mike Curato's Flamer, a gay YA graphic novel, from a high school library shelf in the small town near Houston.And then he put it back.
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Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

62 Things Every Family Should Do, Eat, and Enjoy This Summer

Ah, summer.The season of ice cream and bike rides and, ah shit, how long until school starts back up?The truth is, summer can feel a bit stressful.It's the season of fun, after all.And that reputation comes with a certain list of demands.Days on the calendar need to be filled with exciting activities for kid s that make the beautiful weather worthwhile.
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www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Hiking Has All the Benefits of Walking and More. Here's How to Get Started.

Hiking, a form of exercise older than exercise itself, is so hot right now.From 2020 to 2022, the number of Americans hitting the trails ballooned from around 40 million to nearly 60 million an 18 percent surge, according to the nonprofit Outdoor Foundation.Though they came because of the pandemic, many people have stayed for the workout and for the refuge hiking offers from their screen-addled daily lives.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC parents

Opinion | My Daughter Was So Alive. How Can She Now Be Gone?

In late 2008, toward the end of my pregnancy with Orli, I interviewed the actor Harvey Fierstein, then starring in Hairspray.As I made my way through the crowd backstage at the Neil Simon Theater, past cast members and stage managers, hangers-on and well-wishers, Mr. Fierstein caught a glimpse of my belly.
www.euronews.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Hundreds of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia: EBU Report

Hundreds of unaccompanied Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken to Russia since the start of the war, with some disappearing from summer camps and others from medical treatments according to a new study.A recent report by the EBU Investigative Journalism Network has verified dozens of videos of these children on Russian social media.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

How To Live A Bit More Slowly: 4 Simple Practices To Try

The reminders are issued daily, if not hourly, to your kids.Take your time.Don't rush.Just think for one second.They need to hear this advice since they're all impulsive.But how much do you follow up on it yourself?Probably not often.But varying the pace is important, so much so that there's a movement that's committed to slow living.
Dodgers Nation
1 year ago
LA Dodgers

Dodgers: A Look At the Projections for Max Muncy in 2023

Baseball isn't played on paper, but in the offseason, the "on-paper" projections are all we have.This is the fourth installment in our series looking at the projections for key members of the 2023 Dodgers.We've done Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith; now it's time to take a look at Max Muncy.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Parenting

Three common misconceptions about the magic' of parenting | Isabelle Oderberg

In the first episode of the fourth season of The Simpsons aired in 1992 Marge and Homer see Bart and Lisa off to summer camp.As soon as the bus drives off, all the parents start hollering, hooting, popping bottles of champagne and one parent even shouts, don't come back.Once they're gone, Homer's hair begins to grow back and he loses weight.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Hiking Has All the Benefits of Walking and More. Here's How to Get Started.

Hiking, a form of exercise older than exercise itself, is so hot right now.From 2020 to 2022, the number of Americans hitting the trails ballooned from around 40 million to nearly 60 million an 18 percent surge, according to the nonprofit Outdoor Foundation.Though they came because of the pandemic, many people have stayed for the workout and for the refuge hiking offers from their screen-addled daily lives.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC parents

Opinion | My Daughter Was So Alive. How Can She Now Be Gone?

In late 2008, toward the end of my pregnancy with Orli, I interviewed the actor Harvey Fierstein, then starring in Hairspray.As I made my way through the crowd backstage at the Neil Simon Theater, past cast members and stage managers, hangers-on and well-wishers, Mr. Fierstein caught a glimpse of my belly.
www.euronews.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Hundreds of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia: EBU Report

Hundreds of unaccompanied Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken to Russia since the start of the war, with some disappearing from summer camps and others from medical treatments according to a new study.A recent report by the EBU Investigative Journalism Network has verified dozens of videos of these children on Russian social media.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

How To Live A Bit More Slowly: 4 Simple Practices To Try

The reminders are issued daily, if not hourly, to your kids.Take your time.Don't rush.Just think for one second.They need to hear this advice since they're all impulsive.But how much do you follow up on it yourself?Probably not often.But varying the pace is important, so much so that there's a movement that's committed to slow living.
Dodgers Nation
1 year ago
LA Dodgers

Dodgers: A Look At the Projections for Max Muncy in 2023

Baseball isn't played on paper, but in the offseason, the "on-paper" projections are all we have.This is the fourth installment in our series looking at the projections for key members of the 2023 Dodgers.We've done Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith; now it's time to take a look at Max Muncy.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Parenting

Three common misconceptions about the magic' of parenting | Isabelle Oderberg

In the first episode of the fourth season of The Simpsons aired in 1992 Marge and Homer see Bart and Lisa off to summer camp.As soon as the bus drives off, all the parents start hollering, hooting, popping bottles of champagne and one parent even shouts, don't come back.Once they're gone, Homer's hair begins to grow back and he loses weight.
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www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Design

Turning Ashes and Sand' Into Art

This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in the design of beautiful homes.The fairy tale castle that Alice Stori Liechtenstein and her family inhabit in the hilly countryside of southern Austria is far from the hotbeds of contemporary design distant both geographically (it's a six-hour drive from Milan, for example) and stylistically (built in medieval times, with later Baroque and Rococo additions).
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Leslie Recht: Will the NASCAR races be worth the mess they bring to Chicago's Grant Park?

The Grant Park Advisory Council, or GPAC, was organized under Chicago Park District rules to protect and improve Grant Park for all its users.Grant Park is a neighborhood park for more than 110,000 residents in Chicago's central business district, and it is also Chicago's gem, its town square, the site of many important civic events, world-class museums and celebrations.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

Celebrate Pride in Cuba - Join a Humanitarian Journey - San Francisco Bay Times

By Jeff Cotter-
Encounter a new land and a people in a way that values them, deepens your spirituality, broadens your worldview, and begins to heal the world.This May 11-21, 2023, Rainbow World Fund (RWF)-the world's first and only all-volunteer, LGBTQ+ based humanitarian aid organization-is traveling to Cuba for the first time since the pandemic.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Landmark Commission stalls demolition at former summer camp in Northwest Hills - Austin Monitor

Thursday, March 23, 2023 by Kali Bramble
A sprawling lot in Northwest Hills - once home to a summer camp for boys - could be headed to City Council's agenda sometime soon, after a move to zone the site historic secured approval from the Historic Landmark Commission earlier this month.Built around 1940 for army captain and outdoorsman Warren Penn Knox, the ranch house at 7304 Knox Lane remained in his family until the passing of Margaret P. Knox late last year.
Design Milk
1 year ago
Design

Take 5: CAKE, Modern Stained Glass, Relaxation + More

One thing too many of us have in common is stress.Sensate 2 is a compact therapy device that can be used to freeze your vagus nerve, a key element in managing your response.Using infrasonic resonance that triggers the vagus nerve to self-regulate, Sensate 2 calms fight, flight, or freeze responses, as well as making you more resilient to future stresses.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

What Are Your Values? 7 Questions To Help Define Them

Hey buddy - quick question: What are your values?It's an innocent ask but the answer might make you a bit defensive.You probably think that you have values.Wait, you know you have values.You have lots of them - good ones.You just keep them to yourself, but when you say them out loud ...
Well, there's the problem.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Design

Turning Ashes and Sand' Into Art

This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in the design of beautiful homes.The fairy tale castle that Alice Stori Liechtenstein and her family inhabit in the hilly countryside of southern Austria is far from the hotbeds of contemporary design distant both geographically (it's a six-hour drive from Milan, for example) and stylistically (built in medieval times, with later Baroque and Rococo additions).
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Leslie Recht: Will the NASCAR races be worth the mess they bring to Chicago's Grant Park?

The Grant Park Advisory Council, or GPAC, was organized under Chicago Park District rules to protect and improve Grant Park for all its users.Grant Park is a neighborhood park for more than 110,000 residents in Chicago's central business district, and it is also Chicago's gem, its town square, the site of many important civic events, world-class museums and celebrations.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

Celebrate Pride in Cuba - Join a Humanitarian Journey - San Francisco Bay Times

By Jeff Cotter-
Encounter a new land and a people in a way that values them, deepens your spirituality, broadens your worldview, and begins to heal the world.This May 11-21, 2023, Rainbow World Fund (RWF)-the world's first and only all-volunteer, LGBTQ+ based humanitarian aid organization-is traveling to Cuba for the first time since the pandemic.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Landmark Commission stalls demolition at former summer camp in Northwest Hills - Austin Monitor

Thursday, March 23, 2023 by Kali Bramble
A sprawling lot in Northwest Hills - once home to a summer camp for boys - could be headed to City Council's agenda sometime soon, after a move to zone the site historic secured approval from the Historic Landmark Commission earlier this month.Built around 1940 for army captain and outdoorsman Warren Penn Knox, the ranch house at 7304 Knox Lane remained in his family until the passing of Margaret P. Knox late last year.
Design Milk
1 year ago
Design

Take 5: CAKE, Modern Stained Glass, Relaxation + More

One thing too many of us have in common is stress.Sensate 2 is a compact therapy device that can be used to freeze your vagus nerve, a key element in managing your response.Using infrasonic resonance that triggers the vagus nerve to self-regulate, Sensate 2 calms fight, flight, or freeze responses, as well as making you more resilient to future stresses.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

What Are Your Values? 7 Questions To Help Define Them

Hey buddy - quick question: What are your values?It's an innocent ask but the answer might make you a bit defensive.You probably think that you have values.Wait, you know you have values.You have lots of them - good ones.You just keep them to yourself, but when you say them out loud ...
Well, there's the problem.
moreyears
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Nemesis' Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates

You can imagine directors being warned away from adapting the work of Philip Roth.The film versions of his novels have been panned so consistently that a writer for The Atlantic in 2014 called for them to stop.Few playhouses have even attempted to translate them for the stage.Yet a young French theater director, Tiphaine Raffier, just proved that it can be done.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
California

Planned L.A. Unified strike would close schools. What are child-care options?

Parents of students scrambling to secure child care ahead of a strike that could close Los Angeles Unified School District campuses for three days next week got some relief Friday afternoon.The L.A. County Department of Parks and Recreation announced that it is temporarily opening free drop-in recreation programming Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at 16 parks.
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time.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Daylight Saving Time Means Sunnier Days Ahead. That Depresses Me

I know, I knowyou couldn't be more delighted that spring and summer are on the way.The toasty days, the warm nights, the gentle breezes and, especially, the lengthening hours of daylight, which begin Mar. 12 with the return of Daylight Saving Time.To which I say: Keep it; keep it all: the heat, the humidity, the hot wind masquerading as a warm breeze.
KQED
1 year ago
Music production

The Surprising Coherence of 'Qamp II: An Album Created In 3 Days' | KQED

"We're not trying to make anything specific," says Cope, who curates the lineup of participants and co-manages the space with Marquito at Studio Q in Berkeley."We spend the whole year going to shows, clicking on links, listening to tons of albums, and just being music geeks.It's like, 'You're good and you're good, so we hope you work well together.'"
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

It Was Horror': Ukrainians Share Grim Tales of Russian Occupation

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine Russian troops spent weeks searching for Mariya, the 65-year-old common-law wife of a serving Ukrainian Army officer.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

It Was Horror': Liberated Ukrainians Share Tales of Occupation

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine Russian troops spent weeks searching for Mariya, the 65-year-old common-law wife of a serving Ukrainian Army officer.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

U.S. Sailing hopes Long Beach competition helps improve its Olympic results

Off the shores of Long Beach, where sails could catch wind, a white fleet clustered around orange buoys shaped like tetrahedrons.
A horn sounded.
...
A few more times.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Families struggling to afford summer camp as inflation stretches budgets | CBC News

Summer camp season has begun but with inflation at record highs, summertime child care has become an extraordinary expense for families already overextended by a higher cost of living.
time.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Daylight Saving Time Means Sunnier Days Ahead. That Depresses Me

I know, I knowyou couldn't be more delighted that spring and summer are on the way.The toasty days, the warm nights, the gentle breezes and, especially, the lengthening hours of daylight, which begin Mar. 12 with the return of Daylight Saving Time.To which I say: Keep it; keep it all: the heat, the humidity, the hot wind masquerading as a warm breeze.
KQED
1 year ago
Music production

The Surprising Coherence of 'Qamp II: An Album Created In 3 Days' | KQED

"We're not trying to make anything specific," says Cope, who curates the lineup of participants and co-manages the space with Marquito at Studio Q in Berkeley."We spend the whole year going to shows, clicking on links, listening to tons of albums, and just being music geeks.It's like, 'You're good and you're good, so we hope you work well together.'"
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

It Was Horror': Ukrainians Share Grim Tales of Russian Occupation

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine Russian troops spent weeks searching for Mariya, the 65-year-old common-law wife of a serving Ukrainian Army officer.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

It Was Horror': Liberated Ukrainians Share Tales of Occupation

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine Russian troops spent weeks searching for Mariya, the 65-year-old common-law wife of a serving Ukrainian Army officer.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

U.S. Sailing hopes Long Beach competition helps improve its Olympic results

Off the shores of Long Beach, where sails could catch wind, a white fleet clustered around orange buoys shaped like tetrahedrons.
A horn sounded.
...
A few more times.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Families struggling to afford summer camp as inflation stretches budgets | CBC News

Summer camp season has begun but with inflation at record highs, summertime child care has become an extraordinary expense for families already overextended by a higher cost of living.
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Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

6 Movies For Those Of Us Who Just Cant Get Enough Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd is a funny guy and a cool dad.The 53-year-old actor (though you'd never guess by looking at him) is a gifted comedian, so it made sense when Marvel Studios cast him as Ant-Man - one of the more inherently silly superheroes from the comics - nearly a decade ago.The 2015 Ant-Man was a comedy as much as it was a heist-flavored superhero movie, and the 2018 sequel might have been even funnier.
Gluten Free & More
1 year ago
Gluten-free

GIG Offers Summer Camp Programs for Your GF Teen | Gluten Free & More

Believe it or not, summer plans are already being made.Summer camps are always the highlight of the summer for kids, but when it comes to kids with celiac, summer camp isn't always an option.Summer camps normally don't cater to dietary restrictions, excluding kids with food allergies from all the fun.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Biden Taps DC Bagel Shop Founder as White House Chief of Staff

President Joe Biden helping lead the current administration's pandemic response.But locally, his claim to fame is co-founder of bagel hotspot plans to name Jeff Zients as the new White House chief of staff.Zients may be nationally known as the former Obama economic advisor who became Covid "czar," Call Your Mother.
KQED
1 year ago
Independent films

How the Cartoonist Behind 'The Addams Family' Defused Fear, With Dead-On Humor | KQED

In 1932 Addams sold his first spot sketch to The New Yorker.His big break came in 1940, with a captionless cartoon depicting a skier whose tracks pass on both sides of a tree, which earned him a spot as a marquee contributor.Cartoonist Roz Chast first discovered Addams' work as an eight-year-old visiting the browsing library at Cornell University while her parents attended summer lectures with other adults.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?

Our TV critic recommends checking out a goofball comedy, a wacky baseball team or a juicy murder mystery cocreated by Sharon Horgan.
RMNB
1 year ago
Washington Capitals

Capitals sign two Swedish draft picks to entry-level contracts

The Washington Capitals announced that they signed 2022 third-round draft selections Alexander Suzdalev and Ludwig Persson to three-year, entry-level contracts.
RMNB
1 year ago
Washington Capitals

Andre Burakovsky played through broken ankle, broke thumb in four different places during Stanley Cup Final

With the Stanley Cup Final now over and the Colorado Avalanche crowned as champions, the injury horror stories have started to leak out and one big one features former Capitals winger Andre Burakovsky.
Eater SF
2 years ago
SF food

Breakout Michelin Star Marlena Is Camping Out at This Union Square Hotel for the Summer

For the last two months, the cozy corner storefront in Bernal Heights where chefs David Fisher and Serena Chow Fisher earned a Michelin star for their seasonal tasting menus at Marlena has been closed to diners.
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