I SEE pleated skirts all over Manhattan. On younger women, on older women. Heavy and swinging or diaphanous and floaty. Most of the skirts are on the long side, but not too long. LittleBird Janet Kelly got us up to speed on this flirty look this past week with 10 possibilities to shop for.
In general, fashion won’t hurt us. Skincare “miracles” may, even if only in the pocketbook. How Not to F*ck Up Your Face columnist Valerie Monroe enlisted her favorite experts to parse the effects of things like oral hyaluronic acid. Will wonders never cease? Val asked rhetorically. Not in the beauty world, evidently.
By now we’re familiar with the charming garage at the end of the Cavanaugh garden. Stephanie points out the two parlor palms that flank the door, planted with trailing sweet-potato vine. The palms will spend a few weeks on the back porch before being moved to the parlor for the winter. / Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh.
The natural world has its own ways of dealing with things. Hence the fate of parakeet Cooper’s three new eggs chez Cavanaugh. LittleBird Stephanie shared the details in her Thursday Green Acre column. She also reported on her unhappy annual chore of clearing out perennials (that are finally in full, lush bloom) to make way for the winter bulbs that will make her happy next spring.
Do you have a syndrome or a disease, LittleBird Mary Carpenter asked in her Well-Being column. The details may be the same, but the latter designation will get you better medical attention than the former. To the rescue, believe it or not, are chatbots that can apparently gather and dispense high-quality information and sometimes more empathy than the standard doc!
Ddi you know that Coca-Cola, and indeed other cola sodas, got a special something from . . . nutmeg!? Or that I live in New York, not New Amsterdam, because of that powerful little nut? I didn’t either, but Kitchen Detail colleague Elizabeth DiGregorio hit the highlights of the spice, from bloody wars to purloined plants to its hallucinogenic effects (!). A fascinating read.
Tomorrow Val Monroe will be back in your inbox with a consideration of jowls. But she suggests pronouncing the word to rhyme with bowls. Because . . . it’s more fun. (Spoiler alert: That’s about the most fun you can have with jowls.) So see ya!
—Nancy McKeon
