To Tip, or Not to Tip?

Some diners said that tips allow business owners to deflect the responsibility for paying a living wage. Gabriel Ramirez, who works in a Los Angeles smoke shop, said he would prefer that labor costs were reflected in menu prices rather than leaving it up to customers to tip. “It is our social duty to make…

Is ‘Festival Style’ Still Relevant?

Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. They flocked to the desert like heat- and EDM-seeking missiles, in micro-cutoffs and flower crowns slowly wilting in the heat, finding an oasis of music, style, and brand activations aplenty. This weekend, when Coachella comes roaring back after a two-year absence,…