Tag: Excess

Elegance and Excess: The Friendship of Ward McAllister and Mrs. Astor in New York City’s Gilded Age

The Gilded Age, a period of great prosperity and excess in America, was a time of opulence and grandeur in New York City. At the center of this glittering world were two prominent figures: Ward McAllister and Mrs. Astor. These two individuals were not only prominent members of New York’s elite...

Why is Excess Heat So Bad For Our Bodies?

When most of us picture the U.S. state of Minnesota, we probably imagine snow, iced-over lakes, and guys sitting in little shacks on said frozen lakes, shivering as they haul fish up through an axe-chopped hole. But just this summer, it hit 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36.1 degrees Celsius) outside my roo...