Not only did gyms, yoga studios, pools, adult day programs, community and senior centers all close for extended periods; many older people also undertook fewer ordinary chores and errands and may have skipped recreational pastimes. “If you’re limiting visits to the grocery store or having groceries delivered, or not going to visit or help with…
When Tim Pham learned to ski in the 1980s, the sport seemed simpler. He would go to quiet resorts in Northern California like Sugar Bowl, where he would show up any time of day, buy a $35 lift pass, and ski without facing lines or crowds. “I could just decide I wanted a lesson and…
Dos semanas después de conocernos por internet, vino a verme. Lo llevé al único lugar de la ciudad donde sabía que preparaban sándwiches de queso a la parrilla, su gusto culposo preferido. Acabamos en el mismo lado del gabinete para poder ver las elecciones presidenciales en el televisor de la barra. En el viaje de…
The aqua slapped onto the canvas first. Then white, cobalt and cotton candy pink. Yellow blurted on with a rude noise, followed by red and black. This was on a frigid morning in a borrowed art studio in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. In a crumbly brick building along the industrial waterfront, the actor…
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines wants the federal government to put unruly passengers on a federal no-fly list that would bar them from commercial flights. In a letter to the attorney general, Merrick B. Garland, the executive, Ed Bastian, said the government should put passengers who were convicted of disrupting flights on a…
Unvaccinated people in every age group are at higher risk of infection, hospitalization and death than those who have been immunized, according to the C.D.C.’s data — a persistent trend ever since vaccines were introduced. As of Dec. 25, the rate of hospitalization among unvaccinated adults older than age 65 was 246 per 100,000 people.…
The most challenging part of eating hotteok is the waiting, said the chef Judy Joo. It takes a few minutes for the hot sugar encased in the crisp, chewy pancakes to go from molten, burn-your-mouth-off goo to warm, sticky goodness. As a child, she visited stalls in Seoul that sold the Korean treat during the…
Uggs never went really went away for some of us—even if we didn’t exactly advertise we still wore them. Now, as Y2K fashion continues its extended takeover, a growing fashion chorus is admitting Ugg boots are back with a shearling-lined vengeance. Present-day Ugg wearers aren’t hesitating to take their comfort shoes public, the “ultra mini”…
I don’t want to wear my old fur coat anymore, and even shearling doesn’t seem right, but I’ve always avoided puffers because they make me feel like the Michelin Man. I get cold quickly, and most wool coats aren’t warm enough for real winter. Any suggestions for a chill-prone urbanite? — Danielle, Ann Arbor, Mich.…
There may be one thing more romantic than cooking for another: cooking together. Learning the rhythms of each other’s day-to-day movements, like how one folds laundry and cooks dinner — or burns toast — is one of the best ways to get to know someone. For veteran couples, preparing a meal together can be a…