In his recent three-star review of Agern-the Nordic-inspired restaurant in Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal, from Noma founder Claus Meyer-New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells called out mead as an oddball beverage. “Strange things are happening in mead,” Wells wrote about the wine list, which includes an entire section of mead, “a beverage that is […]

Most adults don’t remember learning how to crawl. But Alexandra Greeves, 31, will never forget. “I had to concentrate on it,” recalls the Bethesda, Md., resident, who struggled with keeping her head lifted and gaze high. She had to fight the urge to move too quickly, and constantly remind herself to drag the opposite leg […]

But to sustain improvementthe Pokemon must Go on Rich Bell literally made headlines when he started playing Pokémon Go. In a single month, the 29-year-old guessed, he lost 10 pounds chasing Zubats and Spearows. In the weeks since, however, Bell has stopped playing – like many other early Pokémaniacs. He hasn’t been walking as much; […]

The ‘swap shops’ at many Maine dumps and transfer stations offer a constant source of recycled ‘treasures’ and some high-quality socializing in the process. When David Berry bought the old chicken barn on Bowdoinham’s Post Road a few decades ago, he had no idea that one day he’d be looking back on a long-standing career […]

All summer I bring in flowers from the garden and wild ones from the fields. Sometimes they’re in a bouquet, whose bright colors bring the outdoors in. But often they’re just some odd treasure that appeals to me — a handful of daisies picked by a grandchild or one neon-violet artichoke blossom. I’ll stick it […]

Scott Johnston has his feet on the ground but his heart in the air. Day in and out, he trusts his life to a harness, coils of half-inch rope and 35 years of knowledge gained by working in trees. “Do you want me to rig up and climb a tree?” he asked. That’s all right, […]

Ryan Garrison’s service dog wouldn’t stop bugging him. At a dinner outing with his wife, Julie, at Fleming’s Steakhouse in Baltimore, Garrison was growing nervous, clenching his hands. Being in public spaces had been a problem for the veteran since his return from Iraq, where he fractured two disks in his spine escaping a grenade […]