Lauren Mechling

2 weeks ago | vogue.com | Lauren Mechling

“The dried fruit alone…” My friend Kim’s eyes fluttered closed as she recalled her recent visit to a tiny resort on a private island in Nicaragua. “It tastes like candy.”Kim, a fashion editor whose spot-on taste dictates a good half of my clothing purchases, library holds, and video streams, now had the fix to my family’s post-White Lotus spring break problem.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lauren Mechling

15 hours agoCosta Rica: Pur-blo Escobar! Police catch 'Narco Kitten' with 300g of drugs strapped to its bodyLimon, Costa Rica - May 06, 2025 This is the moment police caught a Enarco kittenW that was carrying 300 grammes of drugs into a prison in Costa Rica. Officers were conducting a routine perimeter patrol when they spotted the moggie with a suspicious bulge on its back at the Pococi Penitentiary on May 6. Footage shows a cop catching the cat as it was walking on the prison fence.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Mechling

When a Toronto legal eagle who happens to be a hardcore design hound moved into a new home in the city’s Rosedale neighborhood, she knew exactly what she wanted: something moodier and edgier than her last place. She was done with the white wall living that defined her previous home. “I wanted a feel of age and patina,” she says. “The last thing I wanted was a new-build vibe.”So she enlisted Montana Labelle, the rock star of the city’s design scene, to renovate her 1911 Dutch Colonial–style home.

Feb 17, 2025 | irishtimes.com | Lauren Mechling

Andrew Brodsky has been working from home far longer than most of us. Twenty years ago, at age 16, he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia that required a bone-marrow transplant, and he spent the following month in an isolation room where visitors had to put on a mask, full-body gown and gloves. “I got early experience interacting with people from a distance,” the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin professor says.

Feb 11, 2025 | theashlandchronicle.com | Lauren Mechling |Chris Stein |Kate Lamb |Kim Willsher

Building Bridgers, a non-profit organization “united for action in Southern Oregon” is looking for people to participate in a seven-month study of housing and homelessness issues. And, it’s offering a stipend of $500 to cover costs of travel to meetings, other expenses and as a thank you for joining in the effort. An hour long online information session will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, and early applications will be accepted through Feb. 21 with a final application deadline of March 14.