First Self magazine called our women miserable, now Fit Pregnancy magazine thinks they’re even worse off when they’re pregnant.
The motherly mag recently released its annual rankings of pregnancy-friendly cities, with scores based on affordability, health factors, fertility laws and services, stroller friendliness and so on. Of the 50 largest cities in the country, Long Beach [...]

After ‘Self’ magazine declared Long Beach women are miserable, we wanted to find out what was missing. It’s a bike

“AT LAST” by COURTNEY OQUIST
One day, it just kinda showed up: a cherry, chopper of a bike; long and lean, cooler than anything we’d ever seen and we saw Loverboy open for Styx.
Our good friends at [...]

You have just three days to answer the question “What makes a Long Beach woman happy?” for a chance to win our Nirve Bike Giveaway.
We’ve posted the best essay so far: reader Chick McGee avers that what women really need is (among other things) “Jane Austen optimism and Virginia Wolf realism.” That and “a [...]

Self magazine (“You At Your Best”) runs an annual Healthiest Cities list and, in the latest, the megalopolis of Los Angeles/Long Beach placed dead last in what’s arguably the only category that matters: happiness.
Gary, Indiana, is the unhealthiest. The worst eaters live in West Virginia and Ashland, Kentucky. The least sexually healthy women are in [...]