Odds are the world of capital-F fashion never gave a moment’s thought to Jimmy Buffett, the bard of Margaritaville, who died on Friday at 76. Yet the truth is the undisputed king of easy-listening yacht rock probably exerted as much influence on style as any designer that ever sent a model down a runway in…
The Canadian government is warning L.G.B.T.Q. travelers to the United States that they may be affected by a series of recently enacted state laws that restrict transgender and gay people. Global Affairs Canada, the foreign affairs department, added a brief notice on Tuesday to a long list of travel warnings involving the United States that…
Early afternoon, late summer. Humid, 83 degrees. The cicadas were whirring outside. I closed my laptop, got up from the desk in my home office and went to the bedroom. I lay down and began flipping through “The Church of Baseball,” a book by the screenwriter and director Ron Shelton about the making of his…
“No llores”, me dijo. “Eres estadounidense”. Oía eso a menudo, lo privilegiada que era por ser estadounidense. Mis compañeros de clase ni siquiera sabían que tenían tarjeta de seguridad social, pero mi madre había enmarcado la mía como si fuera una reliquia familiar. Su fe religiosa y su determinación de triunfar en Estados Unidos no…
In July, Tashea Channell Younge, a private chef and caterer from New York City, flew to Los Angeles, all expenses paid, to cook a private dinner in a luxurious kitchen for 15 people. She then cooked for the N.F.L. wide receiver Noah Brown and some teammates. Later that month, she was back in New York…