A few highlights from the 2022 L.A. County Fair, which in recent years began in time for Labor Day but this year, after the move to May, is ending on Memorial Day: • Pink’s Hot Dogs is, as you may know, a Hollywood stand dating to 1939 that typically has a very long line. (For all I know some original patrons are still waiting for their order.) I like going to one of the Pink’s stands at the fair, where I can order within moments. I ordered my usual, a chili dog with mustard, onions and sauerkraut. A small buzzer was handed to me. It took a minute to register that a Pink’s fair tradition, a laminated card with a...
Back in 2017 I created a list of 30 things to do before I'm 30. I thought five years later I've completed some of the things on the list and thought why not give you an update on everything I've done. I'm writing this now as a 25 year old so I still have another five years to complete all these things. I know the bucket list is one of my popular posts, so I thought why not give you an update. So let's get started:1. Get My DegreeNow this was one I knew I'd complete because when I wrote this list, I was in my third year, but I not only got one degree, I got a master's degree on...
I was always more of a logic and word puzzler. Yet with just one month’s training, my family and I are at the white-knuckle, high-stakes tables of the World Jigsaw Puzzle ChampionshipMy back aches. I’m sweating. My bladder is sending out distress signals. I’ve been going full throttle for three hours, and have five hours to go, but I can’t slow down. Not when the stakes are so high: I’m representing my country among the best competitors on Earth, sandwiched between teams from Turkey and Bulgaria. I am competing in the equivalent of an Ironman triathlon for assembling little cardboard pieces. No, seriously. I’m representing Team USA at the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.A few months ago, I didn’t know such...
Our brain’s cognitive function and efficiency do deplete with age, but specific lifestyle changes can ensure optimum brain function at all ages. According to researchers from UCLA, implementing specific lifestyle strategies decreases brain metabolism in the brain’s working memory regions, increasing efficiency in just 14 days. 9 Simple Brain Function Changes Brain changes affect mental function, but there are several ways to ensure that cognitive impairment is not inevitable. Implementing the following lifestyle changes will improve brain function and prevent mental decline. 1. Get Physically Active Regular physical exercise has many excellent benefits for the body and brain, so stay active. In addition, research studies on physically active people show they have a far smaller chance of experiencing mental function decline and...
Recognising that times are tough for many right now, Gibsons, the family-owned jigsaw puzzle and board game company, has coined June as ‘Kindness Month’ and launched its #PuzzleItForward campaign. Running from the 1st to the 3oth June, the campaign challenges Gibsons’ trade customers to spread happiness by gifting a completely free puzzle to their shoppers to brighten their day. Alternatively, puzzlers can make a purchase directly from the Gibsons website between June 1st and June 30th and receive one free puzzle with their order. Minimum order spend is £10 and the free puzzle will be automatically added to their delivery. Jigsaw puzzles have been scientifically proven to boost mental health through their meditative benefits. Piecing together a jigsaw is a great...
