First things first: What is the Met Gala? Officially, it’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a black-tie extravaganza held the first Monday in May to raise money for the museum’s fashion wing. Unofficially, it’s the party of the year, the Oscars of the East Coast and “an A.T.M. for the Met” (the…
Next week is the end of Ramadan, also known as Ramzan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and spiritual reflection. To mark its conclusion, Zainab Shah brings us five superlative recipes for a festive Eid al-Fitr lunch that are streamlined and simple to make. They deliver a meal with an “almost sacred sense of joy,”…
The first pineapple lily I grew was a real stinker — and we have lived happily ever after together for more than 20 years. Aside from the smell of rotting meat it emitted, Eucomis bicolor made such an impression — visually, that is — that I promptly ordered more. In each spring’s bulb catalogs, I…
Mood boards are “carcasses,” said Brian Collins, the chief creative officer of Collins, a branding strategy company. “I have used ‘world-building’ since the start of my career,” he said. “I was introduced to the idea by Marty Sklar, who led Walt Disney Imagineering for years. He walked me through Disney World when I was 23,…
My husband, 53, finally stopped smoking after 30 years — not because of my prodding or refusal to buy him cigarettes (which he called self-righteous), but because he could no longer breathe easily. That was two years ago. Since then, he has gained a lot of weight. He is now obese, according to the body…
The White House on Wednesday designated a common animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed into street fentanyl as an “emerging drug threat,” a formal move that requires the administration to create strategies to enhance law enforcement efforts, health interventions and data collection to combat it. This is the first time that the White House’s Office…
On Friday night, a crowd with no shortage of eyeliner filed past a nearby yarn store and into the Brooklyn Monarch, a concert hall in East Williamsburg, for “Emo Prom.” Slow dances were few and far between. Instead, about 800 revelers thrashed around to music from bands like My Chemical Romance and Good Charlotte. Many…
Companies like The Farmer’s Dog, Ollie and others are marketing their fresh pet food as less processed and more closely resembling human diets. Veterinarians and animal nutritionists say many of these new brands are targeting wealthier consumers who treat their animals as if they were children — so-called fur babies — and want to match…
Perfect for beginners, these oddly shaped weights offer a low-impact, full-body workout that will bring a sense of flow to your exercise routine.
In 2021, when pandemic restrictions curtailed travel, occupancy at Getaway — a collection of 30 forested properties around the country, with tiny cabins renting from $109 a night — surged above 99 percent. “The pandemic was the perfect storm for people to get away in the woods in their own cabins, immerse in nature and…