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How to Care for Ski Gear

Filed under Tips and Advice
Feb
212012

You’ve made the investment in your own pair of skis, and you’ve taken them out for a few runs down the slopes. Now that you’re back on the bottom of the mountain, it’s time to start thinking about how to maintain your skis so you can keep getting great use out of them for years to come. Read on for our advice about maintenance and storage, the two most important parts of taking care of your skis.

Regular Maintenance

A tune up is recommended about every five uses and at the end of the season before you store your skis. It could be more or less depending on the conditions in which you ski. For example, icy slopes take more of a toll on your skis than soft powder and are easier to navigate on tuned up skis.

Although taking your gear in to the shop ... More

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Lovesick? Just Plain Sick? Tips to Stay Healthy

Filed under Tips and Advice
Feb
162012

In the famous Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes of the main character: “his examination revealed that he had no fever, no pain anywhere, and that his only concrete feeling was an urgent desire to die. All that was needed was shrewd questioning…to conclude once again that the symptoms of love were the same as those of cholera.”

While we certainly hope you’re not suffering from cholera or a romance that feels like it, combine flu season with Valentine’s Day, and there’s a good chance you’re feeling ill for one reason or another.

While we might not be able to help you out of the deepest throes of an illness, below are tips to keep your sniffling and coughing from infecting the whole household.

1. Don’t just wash, disinfect. ... More

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How Often to Wash 6 Everyday Items

Filed under Cleaning Tips
Feb
22012

Socks, underwear, t-shirts—you wear them once and then you wash them. Easy. But what about those items that don’t seem dirty after one use? The two easiest questions you can ask yourself as to whether something needs to be cleaned are also the most intuitive: “Is it visibly dirty?” and “Does it smell?”

If you don’t want to risk using the smell test to determine when to do your laundry, take a look at our recommendations below to keep your things clean and fresh without unnecessary washings.

Jeans: Once a month, or every 6-7 uses

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Carl Chiara, director of brand concepts and special projects for Levi Strauss & Co, said that he only washes his jeans once every six months, with spot cleaning in between ... More

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