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☆ Out the Door in Under 13 Minutes: The Ultimate Women’s Get-Dressed-Quick Guide
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Faran Krentcil | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I AM NOT a morning person—in fact, I’m barely an afternoon one. Having an internal clock with the same operating hours as a Berlin nightclub was fine during lockdown when I could roll onto a 9 a.m. Zoom in my pajama top that, on a laptop screen, looked enough like a blouse to fool colleagues. But 100% remote work has become a more distant memory than “Tiger King,” and recently, my work obligations have required me to schedule in-person morning meetings and interviews and to arrive suitably attired.

ONE OF grilling’s greatest virtues: the way the smoke does most of the work for you, infusing every bite of the food it touches with intense flavor. But even pitmaster-level proteins can use a saucy soul mate—just a quick swab of something sweet, sour, rich or spicy to translate a grill-hatched slab of beef or salmon or maitake mushroom into a meal.

OAKLAND, California May 15 (Reuters) - Silicon Valley automotive ethernet chip startup Ethernovia Inc said on Monday it had raised $64 million in a Series A funding round including Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PSHG_p.DE), Qualcomm Ventures, VentureTech Alliance and others. Instead, they are building a central computer to control everything from camera and radar sensors to the windows and the entertainment dashboard. Ramin Shirani, Ethernovia's co-founder and CEO, said he started the company in 2018 to build a single ethernet network in the car that would be the backbone for these new vehicles. But anything that connects the brains to the sensors, that's where we are," Shirani told Reuters. Ethernovia has created a family of ethernet chips and software that help simplify the electronics architecture of the car, he said.

☆ Fashion’s Latest Comeback? Actually Wearable Clothes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Katharine K. Zarrella | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Is that…leather?” Some version of this befuddled inner monologue ran through many editors’ heads as Kate Moss sauntered down Bottega Veneta’s spring 2023 runway in Milan. From a distance, they were unmistakably denim and flannel, respectively. Creative director Matthieu Blazy ’s sartorial trickery gave front-rowers a wow moment but was perhaps too subtle to dazzle those streaming the show on Instagram. That outfit (see the shirt above, and Kendall Jenner wearing a version of the look below) embodies an aesthetic shift that’s sweeping the fashion industry. Instead of buying trendy frippery to flaunt in social-media posts, stylish sorts are craving wearable clothes with subtle details like hand-stitched hems, carefully sculpted silhouettes or luxe textures—details that they, and anyone within a 5-foot radius, can appreciate in the moment.

☆ This is the best off-price retailer to own in this shaky economic environment
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Analysts at a major Wall Street research firm see multi-year growth and share gains ahead for off-price retailers. Under this scenario, lower-income consumers will choose to spend their money at off-price retailers. The analysts like Ross Stores (ROST) best, and called Burlington Stores (BURL) high-risk, high-reward, with a multi-year turnaround story. Bank of America, in a note this week, emphasized that the off-price retailers, including TJX, will be eager to take over the additional closed Bed Bath & Beyond locations. Bottom line We're encouraged to hear from Bernstein that lower-income consumers might be ready to spend more at off-price retailers, leading the analysts to say they would view "Q1 off-price weakness as an entry point" into the stocks.

WHEN SAMMY Palazzolo goes out, people constantly ask to see her phone. In late 2022, Ms. Palazzolo and some of her dorm-mates at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were bemoaning their smartphone addictions. “We were talking about how we [felt] like slaves to our phones, like robots who keep scrolling and scrolling, even when we’re out at parties.” The group hatched a plan to do something about it. The next day, they went flip-phone shopping at Walmart . Ms. Palazzolo ended up with a $40 AT&T Cingular Flex.

A CERTAIN style move terrifies countless men with a passing interest in fashion. Some would sooner streak through Times Square than be seen sporting this “faux pas.” The avoid-at-all-costs abomination? Wearing black and navy together. With a discipline that would impress a four-star general, guys both young and old abide by such staid rules on not mixing certain colors. Ask them to wear, say, green head-to-toe and you might witness a conniption.

☆ 6 Ways to Kick the Bucket List and Rethink Your Trips
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Sebastian Modak | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tom Marchant, co-founder of luxury travel company Black Tomato, said expressing what you want from travel helps trip advisers plan accordingly. “We can categorize the experiences we offer by how they make you feel and what you want from a trip, instead of just the destination,” he said. “We can try and create the conditions for those emotions that [we hope] you later associate with the best travel memories.”Philip Fong/AFP/Getty

☆ The Wildly Popular Men’s Shirt to Avoid This Summer—and What to Wear Instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Ashley Ogawa Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

NECK AND NECK Two shirts, two collars—a sturdy design (left) and a flat camp style (right). Even if none ring a bell, chances are you’ve seen the style, distinguished by a splayed, notched collar that exposes clavicles and lies pancake-flat against the chest. Today’s camp styles range from $990 Celine designs with palm-tree accents right through to $33 Old Navy takes. Athleisure giant Lululemon offers a head-scratching version in a sweat-wicking fabric better suited to gym clothes. Countless trendy brands sell few other collar styles come spring and summer.

☆ How to Price Your Home For Today’s Market (And Any Market, Really)
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Emily Nonko | Photo Illustrations F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Determine your prioritiesAsk yourself: Why am I selling, and how fast do I need to sell my home? Are you relocating for work and need to sell quickly? Or are you retiring, and need to maximize your nest egg? Figuring out a timeline, as well as how you will invest that money is a crucial first step in the sale process.

BY EVERY MEASURE, phones are extensions of us. We use them to shop, bank, find new music and make calls. And now, like children selecting backpacks for the first day of school, we’ve started to become particular about their hue. For companies like Apple , which recently added lemon yellow to its iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus lineups, this is a mission accomplished.

Even worse than a cheesy shirt? Bed head in the boardroom. No matter how bad the morning crunch, wet those locks. If you don't have time to shower, shove your head briefly under the bathroom tap, then comb those strands into place before applying pomade, says Greg Dasaro, co-owner of New York City’s Friend of a Barber. Peter Gamlen

☆ Getting By on Less Than $1 Million in Retirement Savings
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

What’s in Your Wallet? Financial Experts Say Probably Too Much Although people are doing more financial transactions on their phones, experts say they still have too many items in their wallet, which could expose them to a greater risk of identity theft. Photo: F. Martin Ramin

The Brooklyn writer and brand consultant, 33, has lately been trying to cut down on her screen time, so she bought an analog watch—specifically a 1979 Rolex Lady-Datejust. “That I have one less reason to pull [my phone] out of my pocket is a relief,” she said. Ms. Baxter is among the many women who, as a form of self-care, are shunning techy time-tellers and opting for analog watches (old-school tickers that actually tick). It’s a move Deepika Chopra, a Los Angeles holistic psychologist, recommends to clients experiencing smartphone or social-media overload. Janet Ozzard, 58, felt a sense of freedom after ditching her digital tracker for Shinola’s mechanical Birdy watch earlier this year.

☆ Here’s What To Keep in Your Wallet Right Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Oyin Adedoyin | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

So do we still need wallets? And if so, how much cash should we carry, even if only for emergencies? And how many cards? We spoke to a range of financial advisers, executives and security experts for advice on the best approach.

☆ 12 discontinued snacks and beverages that you can never buy again, from Tab to Snackwell's
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

TabRamin Talaie/Getty ImagesTab became one of the first diet sodas to hit the market in 1963. That gave it a niche audience that few other soft drinks could match until Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi came along in the early 1980s, Fast Company reported in 2020. Finally, in 2020, Coke said it would discontinue the soda at the end of that year as part of a broader culling of underperforming brands. But even until its demise, Tab had its fans. One woman Insider interviewed in 2020 even ran a website to help Tab drinkers find the soda for sale as its distribution dwindled.

Enlist an InsiderIf hiring a travel planner seems like some costly, rich-person indulgence, have we got a “$5 a month” deal for you. For that price, you can subscribe to Messy Nessy Chic’s Keyholder Concierge, a source of personalized counsel. The advice is witty and worldly (think: a modern-day Auntie Mame). Pile a Few TilesEver dream of bedecking a backsplash or surrounding a hearth with artisanal tiles? Inserted amid plainer tiles, a horizontal row of winsome slabs can still wow.

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☆ Longevity Seekers Embraced This Drug. But Does It Actually Fight Aging?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Alex Janin | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Some health-obsessed Americans once thought they’d found a fountain of youth in a decades-old diabetes drug. Now, some are having second thoughts. Metformin, which lowers blood-sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes, has been used as a diabetes medication in Europe since the 1950s and was FDA-approved in the U.S. in the 1990s. Researchers have been investigating it for another possible use—to fight aging—since at least the 1980s, after observing that some people taking metformin appeared to experience other benefits.

Our sandwiches weren’t always this bad for us. Sandwiches have grown less healthy in the past 40 years, says Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and professor of nutrition and medicine at Tufts University. Culprits include highly processed grains in bread and the low-fat push that took off in the 1980s, which nutritionists now say led to the consumption of more deli meats marketed as low-fat.

UNTIL 2020, I would primp like a prize poodle before heading to the office. I’d press shirts, ponder outfits, sculpt my pompadour with a one-two punch of hair spray and pomade. This show dog has turned into a racing greyhound. Two and a half years of working from home—a setup that let me sleep until 8:55 a.m. and still be at my desk by 9—changed the game. When I finally returned to an office job, I wasn’t about to sacrifice my snooze schedule to that elaborate, get-ready rigmarole I once performed.

☆ Beloved snacks and beverages that you can never buy again, from Tab to Purple Ketchup
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Inside the demise of Vice, from turning away a $3.5 billion Disney offer to a 'painful' downward spiral that has the media giant scrambling for a buyer
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

The talks fizzled, Disney backed off, and Smith set off for California to drum up other interest in Vice Media. Vice Media Group co-CEOs Bruce Dixon, left, and Hozefa Lokhandwala. Vice Media GroupOne former Vice insider familiar with the current situation told Insider that staffers were warning vendors they needed to threaten to stop work in order to get paid. Just a few months later, Rupert Murdoch tweeted, "Who's heard of Vice Media? Refinery29 quickly lost key staff and was not well integrated into Vice Media, the two former staffers said.

GET ON THE BALL Step up your shoe game with these five rounded pairs. “I HAVE very beautiful feet,” proclaimed Cassi Namoda, 34, an artist in East Hampton, N.Y. She insists she’s “not being conceited,” just stating a fact. What does she credit for making her pedicured tootsies so aesthetically pleasing, callus-free and baby-soft? Her refusal to “wear shoes that pinch—ever.” She mainly sticks to pairs with round toes.

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