Feet Treats

February 4, 2024

Valerie Monroe

…Sedaris, I do use walking time to sort through my mental detritus. There’s plenty of that, so plenty of time on my feet. That’s why I was curious about medical pedicures, which I heard about from the rigorous reporters on…

Read More»

Tags:


Nuke the Crow's Feet?

December 3, 2023

Valerie Monroe

  My current beauty routine: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Light Revealer mixed 1:1 with Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Moisturizer for a subtle glow; colorescience brush-on powder sunscreen for when I’m out and about. Altreno tretinoin prescription lotion 0.05% and…

Read More»

Tags:


The Five Signs of Aging

August 7, 2022

Nancy McKeon

…more pedestrian one: dry, cracked feet. I used to be vain about my feet. I had bi-monthly pedicures—happily contributing to the multibillion-dollar foot care industry—even in the colder months when my feet entertained no public audience. During the pandemic lockdown…

Read More»

Tags:


Tending to Your Soles

March 1, 2016

Janet Kelly

…you can reach your feet, these four simple motions will soothe and strengthen. You can do them standing or sitting, in socks or bare feet. Just be sure you feel steady if you stand: Roll the sole of the foot…

Read More»

Tags: ,


Risky Foot Fashion: Stilettos

June 6, 2016

Mary Carpenter

…surgically shortening the toes and narrowing the feet, and injecting silicone into the pads of the feet. These are all likely to lead to severe foot pain, a major cause of general disability in women, especially as they age. For…

Read More»

Tags: , ,


Mind Your Soles

September 22, 2017

Janet Kelly

…shortening the toes and narrowing the feet, and injecting silicone into the pads of the feet. These are all likely to lead to severe foot pain, a major cause of general disability in women, especially as they age. For the…

Read More»


Shoe Ins for Summer

May 30, 2017

Janet Kelly

…has a cushioned footbed. $98, bernardo1946.com. Totally casual and comfy, Lands’ End Gatas sandals hug your feet just right and stay put thanks to the elastic front strap. Also available in turquoise, purple and black. $45, landsend.com. Get a leg…

Read More»

Tags:


No Buttons, Only Bows

April 24, 2018

Nancy McKeon

…bow across the front. It’s the kind of detail that will make you happy to stare down at your feet (your comfortable, standing-on-firm-ground feet) all day long. Then there were the kitten heels in a jaunty blue-and-white stripe and a…

Read More»

Tags: ,


A Winter Reboot

January 21, 2021

Janet Kelly

…animal prints. Here, take a peek at our picks:   LEFT: Come in from the cold to snuggle your feet in these comfy Laidback London Naira Boots ($190, Anthropologie). Inspired by traditional moccasins, these fluffy sheepskin-lined boots with hand-stitched details…

Read More»

Tags: , , ,


The Lines Around Your Eyes

January 30, 2022

Nancy McKeon

…feelings about crow’s feet: I like them. Personally, I think crow’s feet are the least unbeautiful of wrinkles; you get them from squinting, sure, but also from a fully engaged smile—called the Duchenne—in which the corners of your eyes get…

Read More»

Tags:


A Lunar Thank-You

January 19, 2023

Nancy McKeon

…can be slapped up flat against a wall, or accordioned across it, adding movement to a flat surface. Made in China, the mid-20th-century double-sided Coromandel screen above is almost 98 inches wide and seven feet tall. The feet stand on…

Read More»

Tags: ,


Weekend Reading: Fashion Victims

September 24, 2015

Nancy McKeon

…great pain. Within a few hours her blood was found to be poisoned by the poisonous dye of her stockings having entered the wounds in her feet, and the account states that in order to save her life both feet

Read More»

Tags: , ,


Brighten Up: Five Simple Yoga Moves

November 2, 2015

Janet Kelly

…the floor. Keep the feet engaged. Inhale, gentle pressing the feet into the floor, the sitting bones into the chair seat and rising through the crown of the head and then… (fourth pose) Exhale to gently rotate to the right,…

Read More»

Tags: , ,


Green Acre #18: Paradise Is for the Birds

August 24, 2016

stephanie cavanaugh

…six feet or more wide, and it can tower over a small one-story house.” Go ahead and read that again, let it swill around in your brain for a moment. Twenty feet tall, six feet wide, or more? That statement…

Read More»

Tags: , ,


Cruise Control

May 24, 2018

Janet Kelly

…989 square feet, the latter end perhaps larger than the average Manhattan apartment. Different ships on Viking River Cruises‘ trips are special to different rivers; the Elbe River Veranda Suites are 250 square feet, still enough for a separate sitting…

Read More»

Tags:


What to Do About Chilblains

March 8, 2021

Mary Carpenter

…health care may be especially important for feet, which benefit from regular inspection and moisturizing. I have tried to do this more vigilantly since getting advice from my ex-mother-in-law, though I ignored it at first. With age, feet need better…

Read More»

Tags: , , ,


10 Ways to Boot Up for Snow and Slush

January 18, 2022

Janet Kelly

…store necessaries. A velcro cuff seals the deal on this Paninaro Pull-On Boot, which sells for $140. RIGHT: Pajar Canada’s version of a puffer for the feet, the new 10-inch Tacey 2.0 ($200) in quilted metallic nylon keeps feet cozy…

Read More»

Tags: ,


Brrr! Not Yet, Maybe, But Soon!

October 30, 2018

Nancy McKeon

…Black. 4 feet 9 inches by 5 feet 10 inches, it’s $499 at Bowron.   LEFT: If you want to pull out all the stops, go for this Patchwork Mink Blanket from Pologeorgis. Only(!) $5,400 at Moda Operandi. RIGHT: If…

Read More»

Tags: ,