A Handwritten Reminder My friend’s annual Christmas card was addressed to “The Perkins Family,” but “The” and “Family” had been crossed out, leaving just my first name, Mary, scrawled above my last. It was a correction that denoted a truth: Unlike most of my friends, I am single. I felt amused and a little sad.…
NEW ORLEANS — When Dominick Lee was in elementary school in the 1990s, every year for Twelfth Night, the teacher would bring a king cake for the class to share. He and his classmates would wait for their slices — decorated with purple, gold and green sugars — eager to see which piece had a…
A Garfield Elementary assistant principal, Wendy Geiling, handing out a tablet on the first day of a remote learning session.Credit…Andrew Dolph for the New York Times The Omicron surge threatens to upend any sense of peace in the U.S. education system. After a holiday break that saw coronavirus cases spike unrelentingly, a small but growing…
Headliner Sands of Persia There’s no shortage of hookah or shisha bars in Queens, but this new one, which is also a dessert destination, ramps up the luxury. It’s owned by Abhi Malhotra, who founded King Luxe Club in Westbury, N.Y., for high-end car collectors like himself, and Salil Mehta, the chef and owner of…
“One thing I’m dying to try is cooking the food that’s already in my fridge. I don’t need it to become a habit. I just want to try it. Just once. Just once in my stupid, pointless life I’d like to skip the takeout and say to myself, ‘OK you self-righteous, needy, two-faced, unfunny, lecherous…
Courtesy A great pair of jeans is crucial to any closet. Dressed up with a blazer or kept casual with a t-shirt and sneakers, no capsule wardrobe is complete without tried-and-true denim. From light wash to dark wash and relaxed fit to skinny jeans, where does one being? Shopping for jeans can be intimidating thanks…
Osho followed in 1970, strategically close to the 20th Century Fox movie studios, attracting producers and actors, expanding the food’s audience beyond the Japanese American community, enticing more ambitious sushi chefs to town. Sushi quickly wriggled out of its immigrant status to become a novelty — the culinary accessory to a particular kind of 1980s…
A new year often comes with new resolutions, and for many, those resolutions center on physical fitness. Whether you want to work off all those holiday cookies or stretch your way into a healthier year, a home gym can make that more convenient — and safer, as the pandemic rages on. A dedicated home gym…
“Here, now,” our local guide, Nikos Kalatzakis, said on cue, “we have found the Holy Spirit.” It looked heavenly, but we hadn’t yet fully tested the snow, at least not for skiing down. The springlike conditions had felt promising on the way up, but it was mid-afternoon by now and the sun had been on…
Dr. Saam Morshed, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not involved in the study, said, “I think it’s fair that we hold the mirror up to ourselves and scrutinize effectiveness for some of these operations. It’s important to understand where we have gaps in knowledge of the…