Metro Weekly

Life + Leisure

  • Sticky and Sweet

    The only thing sweeter than a box full chocolates on Valentine's Day is a box made of chocolate. Available for $38 -- or in a...

  • Picture Yourself

    You may recall the following scene from Sex and the City when it was still just a TV show. Samantha wants to capture her good...

  • HRC Action Center & Store

    Advocating for equal rights can be a part of your everyday routine with the help of items sold at the Human Rights Campaign's Action Center...

  • Fitness: Work-Out Wisdom

    January is a hot time for gyms, as well it should be. Among the dozen most popular New Year's resolutions compiled by the U.S. government...

  • Rating Rubbers

    Rubber. Love glove. Sheath. Condom. Whatever you call it, the reliable prophylactic is arguably the simplest tool in the human-sexuality toolbox. For hundreds of years,...

  • Delicious Deals

    ''It's become...somewhat of a cult.'' Lynne Breaux is referring to next week's Restaurant Week promotion. ''There are some offices, for instance, that get together and...

  • Buying in Bulk

    Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa or Solstice -- or you're simply a guest at a nondenominational holiday party -- it's the season to give...

  • RCKNDY

    The first thing you need to know about RCKNDY is that the name is pronounced ''rock candy.'' With that out of the way, owner David...

  • Dutch Treat

    When you close your eyes at work for a wee respite of daydreaming this season, chances are you're more likely to envision yourself soaking up...

  • Merry Markets

    It's the season of giving, and for those who survive ''Black Friday'' -- notoriously the busiest shopping day of the year -- it remains the...

  • Holiday Housing

    With Thanksgiving and the winter holidays upon us, it's time for many to travel over the river and through the woods. And for those with...

  • Powder Power

    Chadwick Cipiti is an addict, trapped by the relentless grip of that wicked white powder... snow. ''I started skiing at the same time I started...

  • Sofa, So Good!

    Some would argue that languages say so much about the cultures that create them. For example, the lore that the indigenous people of the northern...

  • Thanksgiving, Easy as Pie

    Few people hate Thanksgiving, but plenty see it as daunting. It's one thing to get a few days off from work and either go out...

  • Domestic Dollars

    In the mainstream, the milestones are more easily recognizable. Boy meets girl. Often, cohabitation follows. An engagement -- or accidental pregnancy -- may follow or...