As the Omicron surge begins to recede in many regions of the country, the governors of New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware have announced that they will lift school mask mandates in the coming weeks. But the move to loosen these politically charged restrictions has divided scientists and public health experts. Some cheered the change. “I…
Now that MDMA is illegal, some providers resort to clandestine MDMA therapy sessions, at times with disastrous results. A recent essay in Slate detailed one man’s harrowing experience after an underground psychedelic coach gave him methamphetamine “cut with a bit of MDMA” instead of the pure MDMA he was expecting during a guided session in…
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Sea Lions in Los Angeles Moviegoers can be forgiven if they believe coyotes wandering from the desert to yodel above Modernist rooftops are Los Angeles’s wildlife stars, but most people within earshot of the Pacific know better, especially during winter when beach revelers head indoors and their din is replaced by barking sea lions. Like…
“If people know they have the opportunity to get warm, they’ll enjoy the cold a lot more,” said Joe Meyer, who with his wife, Mollie Foster, runs Traverse Alaska, a Denali Park, Alaska-based outdoor adventure company. “It goes from, ‘I’m miserable,’ to ‘I’m going to stay outside and enjoy the Northern Lights a bit longer,…
It’s been nearly two years of pandemic evenings spent inside binge-watching every TV show and movie available via streaming. Now, as we start to consider dressing for Valentine’s Day, it feels only natural to draw inspiration from the same people we’ve shared so many late nights with. Here, just 10 of the on-screen date looks…
Headliner El Quijote Its signature red neon sign has not changed, nor have the references to Don Quixote, the Spanish tilter of windmills, on its painted walls, frosted glass, ceramics and more. Now, this restaurant in the Hotel Chelsea on West 23rd Street, one of the city’s oldies — it first opened in 1930 —…
For several miles along Roosevelt Avenue between Citi Field and Woodside, Queens, it is hard to walk more than a block or two without running into a taco. Around the 103rd Street stop on the No. 7 train, though, the taco density goes off the charts. In a small oblong park beside the elevated tracks,…
Nestled between a bubble tea cafe and a three-star hotel in Berlin’s bustling Schöneberg neighborhood is an 860-square-foot flower shop, its front window crowded with monstera leaves and birds of paradise. There’s no sign or website, but the store, which was founded by Thi Oanh, 50, and is now owned and operated by her daughter,…
When Brandon Ebel and Sarah Jio began planning a life together, they couldn’t miss the parallels between their own families and a certain television show. “We have a ‘Brady Bunch’ situation going on,” said Mr. Ebel, 51, who has two daughters and a son from his previous marriage, while Ms. Jio, 43, has three sons…