The first time Althea Cajero saw someone pull a piece of cast silver out of a cuttlefish mold, revealing a pattern of wavy lines in the metal, she was hooked. “I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” she said. Now, nearly 20 years later, she still uses cuttlebone — the chalky internal shell of…
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Campsites may also still be available along the zone of totality, but they are booking up fast. In Indiana, some campgrounds around Monroe Lake, near Bloomington, are already full, but campsites with a view of the eclipse are still open in a few other state parks, said Ginger Murphy, deputy director of the Indiana Department…
A bride, decked in wedding finery, is traditionally the last model to appear during a live fashion show. But at Vin + Omi, the finale of its spring 2024 show in September during London Fashion Week, was a floor-length, long-sleeve column gown made from the giant butterbur plants grown on the Sandringham estate of King…
Window coverings are nice to have for privacy, but do they really matter that much when you’re furnishing a room? Jake Arnold, an interior designer in Los Angeles, offers an unequivocal answer: Yes! Drapery, he said, is “one of the most important parts of an interior’s layers.” A great pair of curtains, he added, is…
Dr. Apoena Ribeiro is a pediatric dentist and microbiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She’s also a parent. When her daughter was little and growing up in Brazil, Dr. Ribeiro encouraged her to enjoy a holiday called the Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian, which involves children collecting large bags of…
Comfort Products Ms. Svartstein-Bourjade said the global candle market was valued at more than $10 billion in annual sales, with the United States as the largest segment, accounting for more than a third of all sales. She said that many fashion and perfume companies, including Dior, Frédéric Malle, Aqua Di Parma and Maison Margiela, had…
Although Mr. Lane won’t disclose his prices or the annual revenue of his wholly owned company, he said that some of the larger installations cost more than $1 million. Mr. Lane said that as a child, he had no plans to be a professional artist. He grew up in Oak Park, Ill., near Chicago; his…
On Sept. 26, 2021, Colin Ernest Barkell spotted Kayla Dianne Pecchioni stroking her hairless kitten at a screening of the Tony Awards. He was instantly attracted. Especially to the cat. In the lounge of the Chicago apartment building where theater fans had gathered for the show, “I was like, ‘I need to see this guy’,”…
A prompt on the Hinge dating app asks for two truths and a lie. I could say: I was in a cult as a teenager. I got engaged after only two months of dating. I had a stroke at 44, after ending my 19-year marriage. The only catch? All three are true. I joined a…