In the first spring of the pandemic, with our world shrunk to the borders of our apartment, my husband ordered three dozen Ataulfo mangoes. Harvested in Mexico, they arrived a pale, sea-foam green and shaded first to lemon, then butter. Every morning the kitchen seemed to grow brighter. It was as if three dozen solar…
Q: I am a young professional who needs a wardrobe upgrade. But I don’t have a huge budget, and I keep hearing about fashion’s role in climate change. I have been renting most of my work suits and dresses, but I have heard that this approach is not better for the environment than more traditional…
SOCI, Italy — For centuries, this remote and verdant valley in the heart of Tuscany has been known for its iconic “panno Casentino,” or “Casentino cloth,” the famously durable and waterproof wool made here. The fabric has been equally popular among 14th-century merchants and Florentine lords, 19th-century composers — Verdi and Puccini among them —…
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — While driving to hike in Goosepond Mountain State Park in Chester, N.Y., one Saturday, Grace Briggs and Marie La Tourette passed a building that caught their eyes. It was on Route 17K, and it had a black-and-white striped exterior and a massive green sign above the entrance that read: Newburgh Vintage Emporium…
For years, Santorini, Mykonos and Ios have been known for their embrace of excess. But some new operators on Greece’s Cycladic Islands want to break that cycle.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Tamika Swisher, a 49-year-old nursing home administrator in Kankakee, Ill., was one of 16 people who qualified for the Illinois State Fair Karaoke Contest. But on the day before the event, she wasn’t sure she wanted to go. A few weeks earlier, her off-again on-again boyfriend of 11 years, Michael Faber, had…