It’s Enrollment Time for Obamacare

Shop, compare — and beware, when shopping for health insurance outside official government marketplaces. That’s the message from health experts during the annual plan selection period on state and federal marketplaces for Obamacare health insurance. Despite uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act, people in many parts of the country will find more…

The Modern Life of Origami, an Art as Old as Paper

Surfacing Precision is key, whether folding a humble crane or an interlocking modular structure. So is enthusiasm. Written by Kathleen Massara Photographs by Ryan Jenq ImagePaper cranes folded by New Yorkers and donated to people recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Toshiko Kobayashi, an art therapist, then led a workshop in the Fukushima…

Love Letter: Let’s Eat Together!

For me, Thanksgiving has always been about two things: eating an excessive amount of carbs and chasing my macaroni and cheese with a trip to the closest movie theater with my family. This year, that tradition lives on — minus the argument about which movie to see. This year, “Queen & Slim,” an unconventional love…

27 Women on the Wardrobe Staples They Live For

Vanessa High-Rise Straight-Leg Jeans Khaite modaoperandi.com $340.00 “My love affair with high-waisted denim started in New York—thank you, Jenna Lyons—and has only gathered steam in the last three years since I moved to LA. While I have many pairs of beloved vintage Levi’s, I feel polished and pulled together in a pair of Khaite Vanessa…

The Delay Game Was On

When Taryn Brown and Nicholas Blatchford first met in 2005, he was giving her a tour of the Bronx high school he was using as a makeshift base for New Heights, a basketball-focused youth development program he had started a few years earlier. A mutual friend thought Ms. Brown, then working as a political fund-raiser,…

The No-Turkey Zone

Hi and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. I realize that you may need either potato recipes (make this one!) or pie recipes (so many options here). But I believe that what we really need are ideas for all the other meals next week, dishes that have nothing to do with turkey or, even better, taste…