It wasn’t all sweats and leggings. A whirlwind tour of how the pandemic affected what we wore, from India to Italy.Have months of self-isolation, lockdown and working from home irrevocably changed what we will put on once we go out again? For a long time, the assumption was ...
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Sure, the tax revenue is nice. But ….Even without final data from New York City about how many people remained in the city during the pandemic, an abundance of anecdotal evidence exists about the exodus of its wealthiest residents.At the writer Molly Jong-Fast’s Upper East Side apartment building, ...
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Anthems for a year in lockdown.Want to get the At Home newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here.Welcome. Virtual trivia. Online play reading groups. We’re negotiating a less-quarantined existence, but our pandemic pastimes remain predominantly home-based for the moment. We’re booking optimistic flights for summer and contemplating vaccine ...
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Skin care products to try at home for radiant complexion.The pandemic might have made it harder to visit a skin-care professional for a facial or other treatments, but you can still achieve that wedding-day glow at home with an assortment of products and even massages that you can ...
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The 29-year-old former football player had written about questioning his sexuality in a memoir, published in 2020.Colton Underwood, a star of “The Bachelor” and a former football player, came out as gay in an interview with Robin Roberts that aired Wednesday on “Good Morning America.”He described 2020 as ...
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Shilling stars used to be accused of “selling out.” Now they’re hailed as savvy investors and giving the performances of their careers.When I learned that Catherine Zeta-Jones would be appearing on a website called TalkShopLive to launch a new product line under her Casa Zeta-Jones label, I was ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Waving From the Other SideOn my father’s workdays, he would wait for me to wake. I would dress quickly, splashing water on my face. Leaving his scooter behind so we could talk along the way, he ...
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In powering through discomfort, I became inured to it — until I figured out how to acknowledge what I actually wanted.This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences.“You are miserable,” my boss ...
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For the actor Vanessa Ray, what makes a one-bedroom near Lincoln Center home are a few essentials: Bill Nye, blankets and one three-letter word.Vanessa Ray has lived in New York City on and off for the past decade, renting or subletting in the theater district, on the far ...
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In a year of uncertainty, many people turned to the game for answers.Back in early 2019, Missy Steak started hosting Drag Trivia, a twice-monthly event in the Boston area featuring performances by her fellow drag queens.Between acts, Missy would pose questions to the audience about pop culture and ...
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Wish, the ultra-budget e-commerce app, is about as online as shopping gets. What happens when it comes to your neighborhood?At MRK Computing Solutions, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Marc Anglade helps customers with technological needs: computer repair; web and app design; CCTV installation; printing, faxing, scanning ...
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In powering through discomfort, I became inured to it — until I figured out how to acknowledge what I actually wanted.This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences.“You are miserable,” my boss ...
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Why is everyone suddenly so embarrassed for everyone else?Well, that was awkward. A few weeks ago, a relationship guru named Derrick Jaxn attracted millions of views with an Instagram video — now deleted — detailing numerous relationships with women other than his wife. “All of it,” he said ...
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Alexis Feacher, 21, built a following by creating freestyle dance routines emulating a specific era of pop culture.Alexis Feacher, 21, has built a following with her freestyle dance impersonations of pop cultural figures and fictional characters. Her improvised movements and elaborate costumes have helped her convey the essence ...
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