Salt It Like You Mean It

My kids’ babysitter asked me the other day how I make my chicken. The girls love it, she said — one of the most gratifying things you can hear when you cook for young kids, who are tiny, tyrannical critics. (Here are more ideas for what to feed them.) My secret is that I use…

How a Missing Sock Changed My Life

I rented a place a couple of blocks away. Although it felt wasteful to rent after owning, I had become convinced that our split could be more humane, and our co-parenting lives more peaceful, if my ex stayed in the apartment. About eight months after I moved out, Jeffrey followed me on Instagram. “Oh, hello!”…

A Fashionable Night at the Ballet

The New York City Ballet held its fashion gala on Sept. 30 at Lincoln Center with new collaborations between choreographers and designers. Carnegie Hall reopened its doors on Oct. 6 with a concert, which featured Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, followed by dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street. And PEN America honored three imprisoned Iranian…

Today’s Must-Have Amenity? A Little Green Space.

RockFarmer Properties put a similar emphasis on weaving landscaping into the heart of its new building, the Rowan, a 46-unit condo at 21-21 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, designed by the architecture firm DXA Studio, with the horticultural designer Patrick Cullina. There, residents returning home will pass through a street-side garden to a green-roofed, glass-walled…