For as long as yarn and lanyard have existed, so have friendship bracelets. It’s about time for a modern update. Say it with me now: Bluetooth-Enabled Friendship Bracelets That Light Up When Your Best Friend Is Around!
On a hot August day on the campus of a small school in the hills of Santa Barbara, I met the person who would become my best friend.
Early in Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, protagonist Frances is cozied in bed beside her best friend and roommate Sophie. The light is dim; shadows brush across their faces. At the moment when Frances says, “Tell me the story of us,” my stomach lurched in recognition.
It's an oft-given piece of marital advice that you should marry your bestie, and new research claims doing so doubles the union's benefits. Still, many people think best friends and marriage go together like two people who aren't going to do it that much.
Sophia Grace, a small glitter-spewing British song fountain who has been trapped in an pink-walled toy store for four years and counting, just released a single that will transport you straight to the club. Over a slinky, rubbery DJ Mustard-esque beat, "Best Friends" features Sophia Grace serving serious Charli…
Taylor Swift has a lot of famous friends and girlfriend aims high too. Taylor's squad consists of supermodels, Oscar nominees and a Penn State grad. What I've noticed, however, is a glaring lack of black people in her posse.
How I wish Steve Martin and Kermit the Frog facing off in a thrilling round of Dueling Banjos was a part of a sequel to The Jerk. Can someone please make this happen? What's Bernadette Peters doing? Besides holding her arms out and vibrating her body in a sleeveless dress held up only by her gravity-defying breasts.…
I'll adopt them all! (Including Neko Case.)
As a child, I always had a best friend. In elementary school, it was Naomi –- our best friendship was so exclusive that one of my teachers expressed concern that we were alienating the other children at my parent-teacher conference. Halfway through middle school, I moved to a new state. Despite our truly valiant…
This cat and lizard seem close, maybe not sex-stuff close — more like best-friends-who-occasionally-get-drunk-and-propose-semi-seriously-to-each-other close. And, as weird as it looks to see a cat cuddling a very un-cuddly lizard, their bond makes a lot of sense because cats love to scratch their faces on stuff that…
From the NY Times: "Increasingly, some educators and other professionals who work with children are asking a question that might surprise their parents: Should a child really have a best friend?" Our question: why is it their business?
In an article for the Washington Post, Brett Krutzsch writes about being a bridesman. Not a groom, not a best man, not a bridesmaid; the best friend of a girl getting married. Who happens to be a dude. "I was her Will, she my Grace," Krutzsch explains. "We shared interests in theater, East Village wine bars and…
