An ice cube tray might be the unsung hero of any household. As it turns out, there are tons of different ways to use one beyond ice making—and beyond the kitchen too. Chances are, you already have at least one lurking around your freezer, and if you don’t, they’re the sort of thing you can pick up for just a dollar or two. Here, I’ve compiled twenty-one of the most unexpected and ingenious uses for ice cube trays I could find

 

1. For leftover wine. If you haven’t quite finished a whole bottle, pour the rest into an ice cube tray to use for making sauces and soups later.

2. For freezing coffee or tea to keep iced coffees and teas cold without watering them down.

3. For separating a week’s worth of vitamins and pills.

4. For freezing fresh lemon and lime juice by the tablespoon to avoid ...

Let’s just say I am not the most graceful of movers. Even when I try to walk through a doorway that’s ten feet wide, I somehow manage to run into one side of it. (I was super-happy to see I have a compadre in klutziness at Smitten!). So I occasionally get bruises—no biggie, since I know where they come from. But there are some bruises that are absolutely unexplainable. Besides being annoying, they’re also scary—could there be something wrong?

I’m a vegetarian (okay, full disclosure: I occasionally have some incidents with bacon. And sometimes filet mignon), so whenever my arm starts looking like a pear that’s been in the grocery store bin a day too long, I think, “Anemia! Steak, STAT!” And there are definitely some blood disorders—such as hemophilia and scurvy, which also have other symptoms in addition to bruising—that can cause you to be black and blue. But ...

“You may have noticed, my daughter has some space issues,” my mother once introduced herself, after picking up myself and my new boyfriend from college. Besides being the world’s worst first-conversation topic, my mom was actually speaking two-fold: She had always been worried that I (emotionally and physically) kept people at a distance unless I was literally tackling them; and also, as she described it, “You had problems navigating your body in space.” While that may sound very metaphysical and cryptic, what ma mere really meant was “We originally thought our daughter was mentally handicapped because she ran like a duck and couldn’t catch a ball flying at her face.”

But luckily for me, I did just fine on all the tests that counted (pSATs, SATs). The fact that my motor skills left something to be desired – combined with the dangerous inability to pay attention for longer than 10 ...

Nicole Kidman and her husband, country superstar Keith Urban, share a romantic date night on Monday (July 26) in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

The happily married couple of four years caught Angelina Jolie’s new action film Salt at Sherman Oaks Galleria.

-just jared

 

You've met his friends; he's met yours. Now it's time to add fruity cocktails and mix. Short of introducing your parents to his, combining your two sets of friends—especially if they exist in very different worlds—is one of the most nerve-wracking milestones in a relationship. And since summertime is party time, it's probably going to happen in the next month or so. Here are a few steps you can take to make sure it's not a complete disaster.

1. If you sense impending conflict, give a heads-up. If, say, his friends are hedge-funders, while yours run more to the social worker side, let slip to both sides that there'll be no talking politics. If arguments (or worse) erupt, be ready with the Supersoaker. Or you could make sure there's a baby pool filled with Jell-O and have them take their dispute there. Who can hate with a face full of ...

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