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This year I'm having a hard time keeping up with my basil plant. It has never looked basil better- the leaves are the perfect size, they have that gorgeous bright green color, and the flavor is insanely fresh. The last thing I would want is my basil going to waste. Since summer is (sadly) winding down, I've been trying to make the most out of my summer basil plant. However, I know I won't be able to use all of it, so preserving fresh basil leaves is on my list of things to do before summer is over. By preserving it,...

s Camp, be it the sleepaway or daytime-only variety, is one of those quintessential kid adventures that deserves its own special packing list. Because it’s so much more than just singing songs around the fire or making friendship bracelets and macaroni art. That first taste of independence (and maybe first taste of s’mores) is a big deal. It’s paramount childhood memory making in the works! Below, the Domino edit for your little ones—from a Wes Anderson–worthy Morse code light to the cutest letter correspondence set—that has us wishing we were heading off to camp this summer (but also happy to say goodbye...

— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.During the summer months, maximizing your time outside is crucial. From swimming, hiking, gardening, and lounging there’s no better place to be than outdoors. Let’s add one more outdoor activity to the list: showering. Does this seem odd? It shouldn’t. Many people have been adding outdoor showers to their homes, especially as they have focused on more time in their own backyards, and bridging the gap between indoor and outdoor living. Outdoor showers can be convenient and luxurious. Imagine coming home from...

THIS CORNER OF THE VAST ARTSWATCH CULTURAL COMPLEX has moved its desk north for a few days to the Olympic Peninsula – to Port Angeles, the seaport on the strait, where you can amble out The Hook and look in one direction across the waters at the hills and lights of Canada and the passing crawl of tankers and freighters heading for Seattle and Tacoma and Vancouver, and back the other direction at the spike of Hurricane Ridge, where the winds blow wild and the ravens roost, swooping close now and again to nab a stray sandwich crumb or three....

The first modern coin-operated vending machines were born in London in the early 1880s, dispensing postcards. Thanks to their inventor Percival Everitt, vending machines became a quintessential feature of post offices and railway stations. But some believe that vending machines date back to ancient Greece, when the engineer Hero Of Alexandria made an invention that took coins and dispensed holy water. The rest is history and today the world is full of vending machines, each one ingenious and crazier than the last. From very on-demand face covering gumball dispensers and a colorful cake vending machine for your late-night sweet tooth...