Here is the AP Lifestyles Digest for the week of March 9.
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SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Be Well-Climate Choices-Water-Filters: Most tap water in the U.S. is safe to drink, but concerns about aging pipes, PFAS and taste have fueled a booming market for home water filters. Experts explain how to check your local water quality, when testing makes sense and how to choose a filter that addresses your concerns without wasting money. UPCOMING Wednesday, photos.
BE WELL
Scream Clubs: Can you scream your way to happiness? Maybe not, but the scream clubs popping up around the country promise some relief. By Albert Stumm. UPCOMING Saturday, photos, video.
GARDENING/NATURE
Gardening-Front-Yard Vegetables: Nobody said vegetables gardens have to be in the back. Put them in front if it’s sunny there. By Jessica Damiano. UPCOMING Tuesday, photos.
Snow Geese: A few dozen birdwatchers gathered in the predawn darkness to wait for the moment when thousands of migrating snow geese stopped honking and preening to suddenly take flight from a Pennsylvania reservoir built to attract waterfowl a half-century ago. UPCOMING Wednesday, photos, video.
Death Valley Superbloom: Death Valley National Park is experiencing a once-in-a-decade wildflower bloom, transforming a normally brown desert in the world’s hottest place into carpets of yellow and purple. UPCOMING Tuesday, photos, video.
RIDES
Uber-Women Preferences: Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its hail-riding platform. SENT Monday, photos.
FOOD
Voracious-Coconut Cream Pie: For Pi Day, a recipe for Coconut Cream Pie with Pineapple Upside-Down Topping, from Stacey Mei Yan Fong. For Pi Day. UPCOMING Monday, photos.
HOBBIES
Vintage Hobbies-Communities: Droves of young people are turning to tactile, analog hobbies and activities as a means of escaping technology and reconnecting with childlike creativity and exploration. Somewhat ironically, this analog movement has been galvanized by its trendiness on social media. Hobbies including needlepoint, bird watching, pottery and even blacksmithing have gained traction with Gen-Z and millennials. SENT Monday, photos, video.
CULTURE
Hawaii-Local Lei: Some Hawaii lawmakers think the state should be doing more to help the producers of lei made with locally grown, fragrant flowers. UPCOMING Tuesday, photos, video.
FASHION
France-Paris-Fashion-Week-Trends, sent Monday. Photos, video.
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In case you missed it:
BE WELL: Working Sober; Health Chatbots; Homebuying-Retirement Savings; War-Mental Health.
NATURE/GARDENING: Accessible Birding; Seed Packet Glossary.
FOOD: Rachael Ray; America’s Culinary Cup; Voracious-Lentil Sloppy Joes; Denmark Gastronomy Art; Wintry Dairy Queen.
PARENTING: Talking About War.
RELIGION: India Holi Festival.
FASHION: Paris Fashion Week.
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