When wildfire smoke began blanketing New York City in June, employees at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an architecture and design firm in Lower Manhattan, had a panoramic view of the unfolding crisis. From their desks, nearly 30 stories off the ground, they watched as the sky transformed from hazy, slate blue in the morning to…
Caitlyn Carnahan was a star patient in her MAT program in Oklahoma City, where she attended regular 12-step meetings and passed every urine test. But when someone from the state’s Department of Human Services arrived to question her in 2019 as she tended to her newborn son in the NICU, Carnahan felt as if all…
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Dear Tripped Up, In August 2020, we booked a trip to Iceland for $3,891 via Jetline Vacations, a deal we found through the email offers we signed up to receive through Travelzoo. Soon after, Iceland closed to foreign visitors, so we contacted Jetline to ask for our money back. We didn’t hear from them for…
Some go for Alka-Seltzer. Others, Pedialyte. Anthony Bourdain had a recipe: aspirin, a cold Coca-Cola, Sichuan food and a joint. But in recent years, some hungover people with cash to spare have been paying for an intravenous drip at a location of their choosing. Most IV drips are packed with a combination of saline, vitamins,…
This article contains spoilers for Episode 3 of the second season of “And Just Like That …” In the third episode of “And Just Like That …,” the show seems to reach back to its “Sex and the City” past and pull out previously featured handbags and nostalgia for a bygone New York. Carrie (Sarah Jessica…
As smoke from wildfires crosses state and international borders more frequently, tracking and studying it is increasingly important for shaping air quality and health measures around the world. An upcoming study from researchers at Stanford University offers a new way to trace far-flung smoke and pollution back to individual wildfires of origin. What’s burning in a…
What does it take to create an It product in a world of microtrends and “-cores”? Simon Miller’s Chelsea Hansford has the secret sauce. “Being attentive,” she says over a Zoom call. “For us, it’s really important to be the first to a trend. We always try to think next, think forward, and not get…
Having sex in a car is usually a last resort, born from the trappings of youth. For Susan Silas, it was a midlife necessity. While working as a production accountant on a sitcom, Susan met a teamster. Despite having little in common — he was former military; she had been an antiwar protester — they…
With over 358 million views on TikTok and countless appearances on A-list celebs and mega-influencers, cloud slides have officially staked their claim as one of the biggest footwear trends of the early 2020s. And as someone who happens to have her toes in a pair right this very minute, I understand why these comfort-driven “ugly…