About 300,000 people are expected to descend on Daytona Beach, Fla., this week for a large annual motorcycle rally called Bike Week that is taking place during a pandemic in a state with few restrictions to slow its spread. Excitement about the event has been tempered by pushback from some motorcycle enthusiasts in a Facebook…
“I immediately took it off, and my skin was more red and irritated than ever before,” Ms. Puig said. After reviewing the ingredient list, she became convinced that the peppermint and citrus oils were the culprits. In January, Summer Fridays posted an apology to customers after receiving a slew of negative reviews that mentioned rashes…
Ironically enough, in Simone Rocha’s early days showing at London Fashion Week, the most truly subversive thing you could do was go against the punk-influenced grain of the time. Back when the leather-and-chain-clad off-duty model ruled, Rocha presented a counter-narrative larded with lace, bows, pearls, and, yes, even the dreaded pink. A look from the…
“We’re afraid that the kids who are being missed are probably the kids at higher risk,” Dr. Courtney said. Some states reported that the dip in lead screenings was especially pronounced among children who were on Medicaid, he added. For lead-poisoned children, the consequences could be devastating. Although there is no way to reverse lead…
My mother died in June and was cremated, as provided in her will. For practical reasons, my brother took possession of her ashes. Now it’s March, and he hasn’t done a single thing about burying her ashes beside my father’s, as she requested. When I reminded him, he got defensive and changed the subject. My…
Almost exactly a year ago, the Louis Vuitton show, held in the courtyard of the Louvre, brought the curtain down on the runway circus as it once was. Though no one knew it at the time, it was the last mass live fashion event that would take place; by the time attendees had returned to…
The construction boom started after Hurricane Odile, which stuck and caused severe damage to Los Cabos in 2014, according to Ramiro Palenque Bullrich, the owner of 2Seas Los Cabos, a local realty company that is an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate. “Right after Odile, getting a permit to build was very inexpensive so the…
Before the pandemic, he enjoyed playing host. Every winter since 1978, he had convened a series of Wednesday night salons, inviting curators, collectors, artists and art lovers to gather at his apartment. “It’s amazing the conversations that happen around midnight,” he said. His final night out was March 9, 2020, when he went with friends…
There is a story Linda Dresner likes to tell about her austere New York boutique, which opened on Park Avenue in 1984: “Jackie O. would come in and say, ‘Do you mind if I just stay here and have my tuna fish sandwich in the dressing room?’ She just enjoyed looking at the young women…
I continued to live a full and largely unaffected life, though I often suffered symptoms such as debilitating headaches and bone pain. The hallmark fatigue of these blood disorders was not yet on my radar. I hiked. I cycled. I traveled. I was a night owl typically functioning “well” on five to six hours of…