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Meet Poncho, My Personal Allergy and Weather Service

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I have a love hate relationship with the summer. When it’s gorgeous out, not too hot, I love heading outside. Taking a walk around the neighborhood or a bike ride just does wonders for your head. Except when it’s Allergy Season, that is. Yeah, the summer love comes in the Great Outdoors, but the hate has everything to do with allergies. I have year-round allergies thanks to evil dust mites, but I’ve also got bad seasonal allergies to …

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I Pit My Big Ol’ Nose Against the Natural Remedy Flunada to See if I Can Stay Healthy

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I can’t remember a time when Mother Nature was so messed up. Seriously. It’s the first week of December and here in NY, I was wearing a T-shirt yesterday as the temps were close to 60 degrees. Today, it’s a lot colder, probably the mid 30s. And it may even snow tomorrow! It’s normally tough to stay healthy during the regular winter (a.k.a. cold and flu season), but when the temperatures keep fluctuating like some …

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Who Knew Duane Reade Could Help You Throw a Killer Holiday Party?

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Black Friday is right around the corner. See it? Yep, there it is! Only a few days away! And you know what that means… the holidays are officially in gear! At least the Duane Reade Holiday Season is, but more on that in a minute. Granted, with Hanukkah starting the night before Thanksgiving (all hail, Thanksgivingukkah!), it’s unofficially been the holiday season for a few weeks now. We’re having family over for both Turkey Day …

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