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Melting makeup, sweaty tuxes and overheating guests are shifting summer weddings
Stickier, hotter, longer summers driven by human-caused climate change are changing another time of year: wedding season. Many couples who pick the summer to get hitched now face hitches that range from melting makeup to uncomfortable guests. Some are choosing venues better able to handle the heat, or shifting to dates earlier or later in the year.
Melting makeup, sweaty tuxes and overheating guests are shifting summer weddings
What to know about Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ festival, the tomato street fight turning 80
In 2002, Spain officially recognized the festival as an international tourism attraction. Since then, the event has only been suspended twice, in 2020 and 2021, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
What to know about Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ festival, the tomato street fight turning 80
From empty party to an all-night stadium bash, a Mexican teen’s 15th birthday goes viral
The daughter of local garbage collectors, dressed in a voluminous pink gown, looked both overwhelmed and exhausted.
From empty party to an all-night stadium bash, a Mexican teen’s 15th birthday goes viral
Traditional Polish lace crochet is becoming a new favorite in fashion
Around 700 women work as lace makers in Koniaków, which is nestled high in the Beskid Mountains in southern Poland near the border with Slovakia.
Traditional Polish lace crochet is becoming a new favorite in fashion
Matcha madness leaves Japan's tea ceremony pros skeptical
No one knows for sure who started the global matcha boom, which has been going on for several years. But it's clear that harvests, especially of fine-grade matcha, can't keep up with demand.
Matcha madness leaves Japan's tea ceremony pros skeptical
A Berlin garden of flavorsome herbs revives a monastic health tradition from the Middle Ages
Rötzel's Monk Garden is home to between 150 and 200 types of herbs, leaves and trees including many that are unlikely to be found at any German supermarket.