The spontaneity of travel is one of the reasons people love it—the ability to go on adventures, ignore your regular schedule and make memories. It’s okay to let loose, relax and completely unwind. That said, there’s no denying that travel can wreak havoc on your body, from skin breakouts to back pain.  One of the most common symptoms of static sitting (staying in one seated alignment for an extended period of time, which is often the case on an airplane, train or other forms of transportation) is swelling in the lower body, especially the ankles. Changes in eating and sleeping habits can ..read more

Joel Montaniel at Observer's Nightlife + Dining Power List party on Jan. 22. 2024 in New York City. " width="970" height="700" data-caption='Joel Montaniel at Observer&#8217;s Nightlife + Dining Power List party on Jan. 22. 2024 in New York City. <span >Sabrina Steck/BFA.com</span>'> Joel Montaniel’s SevenRooms is more than just another restaurant reservation system. “If you ask a restaurant, ‘What are your top 10, your top 25, and your top 50 customers?’ There are 15 million restaurants on the planet and 14.95 million of them can’t answer that question today,” Montaniel sai ..read more

For Tracy Anderson, movement is both a career and a way of life. Anderson is best known as the founder of the Tracy Anderson Method, a fitness program beloved by celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez, but staying active is simply in her ethos. “It’s part of my character to move my body,” Anderson tells Observer. “It’s built in and it’s a belief system. I believe that to honor our health and our life and to optimize our mood, we have to move. I’m a naturalist person and I always look at the natural thing first.” The latest addition to Anderson’s ever-growing fitness empire is her ..read more

In the confusion and chaos of today’s polarized political landscape—a time of violence, crime, insurrection and the rape of traditional human values—the plight of a free press is another threat to Democracy that isn’t explored as often as it should be. Director-screenwriter Alex Garland’s Civil War is a Doomsday parable that makes up for lost time. CIVIL WAR ★★★(3.5/4 stars) Directed by: Alex Garland Written by: Alex Garland Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen Mckinley Henderson Running time: 109 mins. As a cautionary tale about America’s inevitable sel ..read more

More than once, Observer has called Candace Bushnell the ‘real Carrie Bradshaw,’ but by now everyone should know that her Sex and the City alter ego is only a small part of the ‘real Candace Bushnell.’ The fiercely feminist Bushnell is, in no particular order, an international best-selling author, celebrated novelist and successful producer. Her critically acclaimed one-woman stage memoir, “True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City” opens at the Café Carlyle tomorrow (April 23) for a limited run after stints at the Daryl Roth Theater and in theaters around the world. Bushnell’s “Sex and ..read more

It may surprise you to learn the next recipient of the annual Chaplin Award, which Film at Lincoln Center will bestow April 29 at Alice Tully Hall, has a career almost as long as that of Charlie Chaplin himself. Jeff Bridges, 74, has spent 73 of those years before the camera, debuting at the age of 4 months as a squalling infant at a train station in the arms of Jane Greer in The Company She Keeps. When he missed his cry cue, his mother, Dorothy (who was in the film, along with his older brother, Beau), prescribed a little pinch. It worked, and he’s been screen-acting ever since. When he and ..read more

You likely won’t find the Faroe Islands on most travelers’ radars, but these craggy North Atlantic rocks stand poised to jolt even the most jaded globetrotter. The Faroe Islands are at once ancient and utterly modern—a wind-whipped 18-island archipelago that’s easier to reach than you’d imagine, yet begets the thrilling sense of having arrived at the ends of the earth. Even so, from European gateways like Copenhagen (the Faroe Islands are a territory of Denmark) and Edinburgh, the capital of Tórshavn is just a short flight before you’re touching down amid the swirling swells. Brace yourself fo ..read more

From a record-breaking donation to expand Belmont University’s presence in Nashville’s Music Row to a $10 million gift toward arts initiatives at Carnegie Mellon, these are some of the most notable developments in the philanthropic world. Ken Griffin gives $9 million for math tutoring in Miami Billionaire Ken Griffin is gifting $9 million to bring math tutoring programs to students at Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The initiative will focus on filling in education gaps caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. “Every child can succeed when they receive support tailored to their unique educational n ..read more

For his 80th birthday in 1954, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received more than 150,000 gifts from around the globe. One gift in particular, a portrait commissioned by the Houses of Parliament, was so detested by Churchill that it was later burnt at the request of his secretary. The fate of painter Graham Sutherland’s portrait has since been memorialized on television in Netflix’s The Crown, and relics of the infamous artwork remain, as Sutherland left behind several studies created in preparation for the work. Now one of these studies is heading to auction at Sotheby's with a £500 ..read more

Tessa Clarke, founder and CEO of Olio."> Do you ever find yourself feeling guilty when throwing away leftovers or accidentally letting food in your fridge expire? What about when you pass by a full bakery display case on your walk home from work? Do you wonder what will happen to the orphan pastries left behind by the breakfast crowd? We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but each year about a third of food produced across the globe goes to waste, according to the World Economic Forum. And food waste generates four to five times the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the aviation industry ..read more