Living

I spent this past weekend on Salt Spring Island, celebrating my birthday with some old military buds. But it was also a weekend of reflection, spent wondering where my health and my career are about to take me.

LeAnn Rimes loves drumsticks and ice cream. Cameron Diaz loves cheeseburgers. Gwyneth has a pizza oven in her backyard. Why are some of Hollywood’s most celebrated cover girls so interested in making us think they’re gifted with the metabolism (and eating preferences) of a Labrador retriever?

Meeting your future husband’s mother is the kind of dramatic, life-altering event that can fuel a hundred thousand romantic comedies. But for one UK woman, a real-life weekend with her future mother-in-law was more in the vein of Saw 4 than Monster-in Law, and the fallout is keeping the British tabloid press humming.

I'm getting away from the city for a weekend with friends, to both celebrate my birthday and this fantastic city we live in.

While they’re promoted as sugar- and calorie-free alternatives to the fizzy sweet originals, diet sodas aren’t the simple drinks they appear to be apparently, especially if you’re watching your weight. In fact, researchers in Texas (via Science Daily) believe drinking diet pop may be one of the reasons your pants are a little snug in the first place.