In the living room of an apartment near Wall Street last month, a group of supporters huddled around a large television watching as their candidate, Marianne Williamson, made her debut on the debate stage. The host pulled her hair nervously. Ms. Williamson’s start had been shaky, but there were some breakout moments. Then her dramatic…
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A drape of waxy leaves, a drip of vines: You have arrived at another latitude. Palms lean protectively, ready to offer shade, but none is needed here indoors at Teranga in East Harlem, one of the city’s loveliest spaces in which to graze, lounge and resist the levies of life. There is no formality. You…
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Here, solutions for the most vexing hair and skin problems of the season. Then indulge in a dose of sheer makeup fun. How to De-Puff Your Face One unwelcome side effect of summer travel is extra baggage, and not just the kind you have to check. “Puffiness is the No. 1 complaint I get during…
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President Trump may have stymied some expectations with his we-are-all-one-nation speech after the military fashion show — sorry, display — in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the Fourth of July, but it was Melania Trump in a slouching-off-one-shoulder mid-calf Carolina Herrera dress, standing silent and smiling by his side in every picture, who really…
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It’s been seven years since Hurricane Sandy decimated this barrier peninsula on the southern edge of Queens, tearing the boardwalk from its moorings and scattering debris across the peninsula. But as the scars heal, the working-class neighborhood of Rockaway Beach has transformed from one of the city’s best-kept secrets to a destination beach town, where…
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Dismissed for decades as a postindustrial wasteland, Sterling Road, a zigzagging half-mile strip of old factories and warehouses, is getting a second life. Last summer, the North American debut of a splashy Banksy exhibition in an empty warehouse there drew a global spotlight. With the arrival of Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) last fall,…
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Among the first wave of new grapes that came to define today’s era of diversity in wine was albariño, from the Rías Baixas region of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The wines were a novelty when they began showing up in Spanish restaurants in the United States in the early 1990s. The occasional mentions of them…
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Lee Radziwill Petite Bag Tory Burch toryburch.com $498.00 Mini bags can be cute, but also faintly ridiculous. Like my colleague Chloe Hall so astutely wondered about Kendall Jenner’s micro-mini bag: What can you actually fit in that thing? I’d never been tempted to try the trend until recently when my beloved Tory Burch Lee Radziwill…
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Good morning. I’ll be on the road this weekend, driving north toward black flies and shooting stars. There’ll be yeasted doughnuts along the way, a lobster roll, an egg-and-white-cheese on an English muffin, a tub of poutine, ice-cold Cokes, lots of water, rinse and repeat into the depths of New England. I’ve got a three-ton…
DetailsNew research has examined the potential of spinach extract as an enhancer of athletic performance. The active compound in spinach extract significantly improves muscle strength, leading the study authors to recommend banning the supplement in sports. Spinach contains an extract that could boost athletic performance. Rich in calcium, magnesium, and iron, some people call spinach…
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