With Christmas less than two months away, Mallory Miller, 7, was starting to get worried. How would Santa avoid the coronavirus while traveling from house to house this year? “Isn’t he concerned that he might get sick?” she asked. Mallory’s mother, Kelley Miller, said she was taken aback by her daughter’s questions. Like many things…
Spike Lee has directed films about a Black detective’s quest to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan, a bombing of an Alabama church and the U.S. government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. But for his latest project, a movie musical that chronicles the invention of Viagra, the first drug approved by the F.D.A. to treat erectile dysfunction,…
Nov. 18, 2020 Produced by Jaspal Riyait and Melissa Kirsch With Tejal Rao Photo illustrations by Will Anderson Image The restaurant critic Tejal Rao recently created a “personal smell museum” of her life in Los Angeles, cataloging the aromas she encountered in her home and her office, the scent of vanilla she detected when driving…
In 2020, supporting fashion with a purpose has never felt better. That’s the idea behind Balmain’s (Balmain)RED B-Court sneakers—a limited-edition launch that benefits The Global Fund‘s fight against HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. Designed by creative director Olivier Rousteing, the unisex accessory continues a long-standing partnership with the Global Fund and (RED) to provide funding and resources…
Good morning. Julia Moskin recently went out to the end of Long Island to visit with Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa and quarantine kitchen queen, who has over the course of the past two decades become one of America’s most popular culinary figures. “As a reporter,” Julia wrote for The Times, “I had spent a…
Hana LaRock, a 29-year-old freelance writer from Jersey City, N.J., and her husband had known since the early years of their relationship that they would eventually marry. They were cohabiting, sharing bank accounts and planning their lives together. But because he felt pressure to stage the perfect proposal, he kept putting it off. On their…
Since Kate Spring and her husband, Edge Fuentes, founded Good Heart Farmstead in Vermont in 2013, she has cultivated not just mesclun, strawberries and tomatoes, but also the abundance of the patience required of a farmer. Plant parenthood reminds us: Living things take time. And sometimes they have minds of their own. Lately, as mother…
Because of the relentless pandemic, many people are staying home for Thanksgiving this year. No technology can ever fully replace an in-person holiday gathering. But it is possible to recreate some family traditions online or even learn new skills — like roasting turkey. Here are some ideas to digitize the Thanksgiving experience. Pick Your Platform…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. If there was an overarching theme to this fashion season, it was that seasons themselves no longer matter. What with Prada riffing on its hit ’90s prints, Coach reissuing pieces from recent seasons—as recent as fall 2020—and even fledgling designers reimagining…
The coronavirus is spreading out of control in the United States, overwhelming health systems and killing more than 1,100 Americans a day. But there is a slender silver lining: It is hastening the testing of vaccines that could eventually end the pandemic. The surging virus has already allowed Pfizer and Moderna to accelerate the testing…