A few years after the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests started a Christmas tree farm, Nigel Manley, who oversaw the operations, began noticing some interesting developments among the rows of fragrant balsam and Fraser firs lining the land. In the spring, areas around the younger trees drew ground nesters like bobolinks —…
Every year, Michelle Miller-McNair asks her three children to make lists of what they want for Christmas. “They usually write it down on a piece of paper or send me a link to a website,” she said. But this holiday season, Ms. Miller-McNair, a comedian in Mooresville, N.C., received something else: An 18-slide PowerPoint presentation…
It’s not just Karl, though. Who else “invented” Christmas? Could we say Charles Dickens, maybe, whose book “A Christmas Carol” is credited with creating an image that lives on with the “traditional” holiday of today. Of course, the December date was marked for a long time before the Victorians. Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor,…
Since my first trip to Waikiki Beach in 1977, I have traveled all around the Hawaiian Islands. And I’ve loved each one. But I love Waikiki, too. Not the hordes of tourists, of course, or the high-end shopping malls that have taken over Kalākaua Avenue and earned it the nickname, Vegas on the Beach. What…
Zeph Sanders was 20 when his hair began to fall out. As it thinned from the density of AstroTurf to spare wisps, he hid his head under a beanie before logging on to play video games on the livestreaming platform Twitch. “I started getting people in the comments like, ‘Bro, where’s your hair?’” Mr. Sanders,…
As winter sets in, cruise lines are offering a variety of warm weather escapes to the Caribbean, Mexico and far-flung destinations in the South Pacific and the Persian Gulf. This winter will see the launches of new ships and itineraries aimed at attracting a broad demographic of cruisers, particularly young first-timers. Here are some of…
The theme of this year’s list of my favorite new restaurants in New York City is: bigger. Some of the places I reviewed most enthusiastically this year were bigger versions of existing restaurants. I Sodi, where fans of Rita Sodi’s Tuscan cooking used to be packed in tighter than anchovies, moved around the corner and…
It’s almost impossible to find a restaurant that does everything right. Even tracking one down with a single great dish on the menu takes dedication and a few lucky breaks. But the joy in knowing about those places is tremendous, particularly when you happen to find yourself around the corner from one. What follows is…
Tommy DeVito, a breakout sensation for the New York Giants, made the most of his moment in a prime-time spotlight on Monday, only to find himself upstaged — by his own agent. During ESPN’s broadcast of Monday Night Football, which featured Mr. DeVito at quarterback for the Giants in a thrilling victory over the Green…
In 2005, while Atom Moore was freelancing as a photographer’s assistant and digital technician in New York, he did what many people at the time did in an effort to make ends meet. “I looked for a job on Craigslist,” Mr. Moore, now 42, recalled last month during an interview at his photography studio in…