Yousra Attia Bottomless tote bags and incandescent evening bags all share a deserved spot in your handbag rotation, but nothing eclipses the versatility of a crossbody. Designed to be hands-free and weight-balanced—no shoulder aches or strap slippage here—crossbody bags are the perfect on-to-go accessory, but their functionality need not beget boredom. Some of the loveliest—and…
The Alfredo sauce was everywhere. The Alfredo sauce was in the northbound lanes. The Alfredo sauce seeped into the southbound lanes. Mile 11 of Interstate 55, in Memphis, was sauced up. Concerned local newscasters, summoning all of their training, dispatched their reports on Tuesday after a tractor-trailer carrying jars of Alfredo sauce struck a median…
You’ve worked hard all year, and maybe even all summer. So why not take the unofficial last weekend of the season off to honor workers — and yourself? Or maybe you’d rather not think of work at all, and just spend the time surrounded by loved ones? However you choose to spend the weekend, food…
It’s that time of year again! Two things usually mark the end of summer for us: the US Open, which is already underway, and the pure, unadulterated glamour of the Venice Film Festival. The two-week event plays host to a bevy of stars and debuts the year’s buzziest movies. Some films and stars to note…
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first redesign of coronavirus vaccines since they were rolled out in late 2020, setting up millions of Americans to receive new booster doses targeting Omicron subvariants as soon as next week. The agency cleared two options aimed at the BA.5 variant of Omicron that…
As I sat down to write this, I saw a crinkly beige leaf float from the London Plane tree outside my window. This shocks me every summer — that there are a few rogue leaves falling weeks ahead of any autumnal chill. It always makes me want to eat as many tomatoes, watermelons, ears of…
ON A WARM evening earlier this summer, 16 of the 19 former owners of the Moosewood Restaurant in downtown Ithaca, N.Y. — widely acknowledged to be the country’s longest-running vegetarian restaurant — sat around three tables in its newly renovated main dining room and feasted on a flurry of family-style dishes. To start, there were…
My ex-husband and I divorced 18 months ago. I tried to wait until our teenage daughter left for college, but I couldn’t. Recently, I decided to try the dating apps and met a nice man online. We texted for a few weeks; he was sweet and good-looking. But when we set a date to meet…
On the cusp of fall, the direction a flower garden is headed may not be the stuff of viral social media images. And it may not inspire a weary gardener’s delight. But don’t stop now. As Jenny Rose Carey, a longtime flower gardener and vocal believer in the possibilities of the weeks ahead, puts it:…
Austin Johnson was fretting over a pile of heirloom tomatoes. The fruits were stacked precariously alongside some radishes, onions, bell peppers, squash, cucumbers, flowers and herbs, all of which were picked less than 24 hours earlier at a farm in Columbia County, N.Y. The produce was arranged atop burlap-covered folding tables on the corner of…