Five whole years ago, a study was published on American eating habits by USC-Berkeley Professor Gladys Block. She found that sweets, sodas and alcohol make up nearly 25% of the calorie intake of the average American. She also found that we’re only eating half as many vegetables as what is recommended — and half of that […]

Faced with a high vacancy rate, the people running New York’s tallest building* had to find a new hook to lure tenants. When your currency is one of the seven wonders of the modern world*, you need to think hard about what it would take to turn the fortunes around. They decided to give the […]

Two-thirds of all Americans are fat.
I didn’t make that up. That’s what “F as in Fat 2009” - a report just published today - tells us.
And by “fat” they don’t mean an extra few pounds. They mean overweight. And obese. And it’s everyone. Men. Women. Children. And it’s not just here or there. It’s everywhere.
Okay so maybe […]

I don’t watch a lot of TV. But I do watch House. I don’t have a medical background, but find the problems that House’s team solves to be interesting and, at times, magical. We like how Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie) is such a difficult character and wonder how his friend(s) continue to be friends […]

If you’re thinkin’ that it’s baseball, well you’d better think again. In America, shopping is THE national sport and this past weekend, I learned a bit more about how this national sport is played.
I went to Macy’s for their President’s Day sale. Macy’s was trying to clear out their previously un-cleared out winter merchandise, and […]

After living in Europe for nearly 20 years you get used to doing things on your own. You pump your own gas, you pack your own bags at the grocery store AND take them out to the car AND load them in as well. It’s different in America. You get customer service. But is there […]