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As we’re nearing the end of the month, winter weather is settling in, and temperatures are dropping. Well, for some of us… for others, the days are still sunny and warm, and it’s still nice enough to get out and about and enjoy the warm weather. One fun way to spend an afternoon is out on the golf course playing a round with your friends or simply enjoying the day. And with the increasing number of indoor driving ranges, it’s even possible to keep your golf game up to par even when you live in colder climates. If you’re going...

Have you ever heard of picanha, also know as cap steak? You may have eaten top sirloin cap grill known as picanha in a Brazilian steak house, sliced off a large skewer and served as is, no sauce. If you have, you know it’s delicious. You will see two different sets of pictures below, from two different picanha grilling days. One day I put the steaks on a skewer as I had cut them a little too thinly, and another day I didn’t. I prefer to cut them thicker and not use skewers. Either way, Brazilian picanha is one of the...

 Praise for LUCKENBOOTH “[Luckenbooth] is a cabinet of curiosities that is both a love letter to the Scottish capital, and a knife to its throat. The sparking nervous system of the book is its characters, all broken, all reassembled in their own ways, like Kintsugi, the Japanese process of highlighting cracks by mending them with gold...Despite its darkness, the novel is carried by jagged delight and optimism, a bright hope coming through the walls and a fundamental belief in people. Filled with blistering social critique, Luckenbooth is an ambitious and ravishing novel that will haunt me long after.” —Lauren Beukes...

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We could all use a hug once in a while. Most people would probably say the shared warmth is nice, and the squishiness of another living, breathing meatbag is pretty comforting. Hugs even have health benefits. But maybe you’re new in town and don’t know anyone yet, or you’ve outlived all your friends and family. Or maybe you just don’t look like the kind of person who goes for hugs, and therefore you don’t get enough embraces. Nearly everyone needs and want hugs, whether they’re great, good, or just average. So what makes a good hug, anyway? It’s a bit...