On the fourth night of my hike on the John Muir Trail, I finally turned my phone on. I’d kept it off for days to save my single battery pack, but I was also homesick. I’d only ever done long-distance hiking with my dad, and now I was deep into a 120-mile ... See more
Key Points
- Vilnius, Lithuania, hosts the vibrant Pink Soup Fest, a celebration of the beloved beetroot soup šaltibarš?iai that drew 93,000 visitors in 2025.
- The festival features pink-themed parades, costumes, culinary twists on the classic soup, race... See more
Stephanie Macleod didn’t grow up sipping Scotch or dreaming of distilleries. In fact, she didn’t even like whisky when she first encountered it. A food science student at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, she envisioned a very different future for... See more
Clara Infante never thought she would become one of those women who complained about sleep. For years, she could fall asleep quickly and sleep through anything. But after having three children, everything changed. The combination of disrupted sleep from b... See more
