We asked Times readers to tell us what they were thankful for this year, in fewer than 100 words — a storytelling style popularized by The Times’ Tiny Love Stories. We received nearly 1,500 entries that touched on everything from large moments of gratitude, like a lifesaving drug or the birth of a child, to…
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and the good news for procrastinators is: There’s still time to pull it all together in style! Whether you’re cooking the entire feast by yourself or bringing a dish to someone else’s house, just take a deep breath. Let’s go over your last-minute checklist. We’ve got your back with a…
A reader bristles at the reluctance of her male relatives and neighborhood husbands to volunteer for cleanup duty after meals she hosts at her home.
Cada vez más personas recurren a este fármaco para la diabetes con el fin de inducir la pérdida de peso. Los expertos dicen que no es un medicamento milagroso.
A Four-Bedroom Chalet Near Lake Geneva $4.1 MILLION (3.98 MILLION EUROS) This four-bedroom chalet is perched on the brow of a hill in Samoëns, a town in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeast France, bordering Switzerland. Large windows and wide sliding doors offer panoramic views of the mountain-ringed Giffre Valley and the Grand Massif ski station…
This article is part of our special report on global shopping. BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Bogotá’s growing Colombia-only “concept stores” offer shoppers an adventurous twist on the retail experience, and a chance for emerging designers to get their goods noticed. In these variety stores, newer brands get an upscale setting to introduce new clothing, shoes, home…
This article is part of our special report on global shopping. BAYONNE, France — The Basque Country, a cultural and linguistic territory without formal borders, first evokes the tourist-choked provinces of northwestern Spain. But on the French side of the Pyrenees mountains is the less known and smaller Basque region with the Atlantic resort towns…
This article is part of our special report on global shopping. Sukeena Rao didn’t flinch when she picked up the phone. One of her clients was panicking. She had arrived at a luxury resort in Indonesia for a friend’s 40th birthday party, and realized how poorly she’d packed. Ms. Rao, 45, a two-decade, personal-shopping veteran…
This article is part of our special report on global shopping. WARSAW — Every day outside of a shop at 61 Mokotowska Street, an intriguing dance of sorts happens: A smattering of men and women of all ages walk out onto the sidewalk and smell the top of their hands or the inside of their…
Ms. Stanton spent time with building managers, learning about the commercial real estate sector and reviewing data. “I came to realize that we have enough real estate already in big cities,” she said. “We don’t need to build more buildings; we need to use them better.” The company’s technology is also being used to improve…