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Secret Menu Magazine | The Regulars

Apr 29, 2024 | secretmenumagazine.com | Brian Finke

Previous Issue Next Issue Previous Issue Next Issue Previous Issue Next Issue Consider the regular. A stranger who enters the restaurant, sits down at the bar or in a booth, orders a meal, pays and leaves. And then returns. And keeps returning. Maybe it’sa single person, a long-married couple, or a tight group of friends.
A New Wrestling League’s Secret Weapon? Fashion.

Dec 1, 2023 | wsj.com | Ellen Gamerman |Brian Finke

The women are divided into four crews, or what wrestlers call stables: the Vandals (zippers, ripped fishnets, scowls), Harajuku Stars (taffy-colored sailor suits, braids, pouts), Cherry Bomb Girls (streetwear, satin, masks) and Dangerous Liaisons (fake fur, Marie Antoinette hair, ruffles).
Meet Four of the Most Exciting New Stars of U.S. Women’s Soccer

Jul 17, 2023 | vogue.com | Alessandra Codinha |Brian Finke |Gabriella Karefa-Johnson

It’s an atypically sunny spring day in Beaverton, Oregon, and four of US Women’s Soccer’s brightest stars are wondering what it will look like when they win. This is not an unusual train of thought for Sophia Smith, Alyssa Thompson, Naomi Girma, and Taylor Kornieck, who between them represent a new generation of standout scorers, defenders, and in this World Cup year, possible household names.
Kids need sunglasses as much as-or more than-adults. Here’s why.

Jun 21, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | Brian Finke |Laura Hautala

Kids’ eyes are marvels. Newborns can’t even focus on what’s directly in front of them, and yet children go on to sharpen sophisticated skills like depth perception and motion tracking. But these developing eyes take a long time to do one thing: filter out ultraviolet radiation from the sun. That’s one reason vision experts want parents to know that UV-blocking sunglasses are essential to protecting children’s eyes.