The moment the motor turned off, I was hooked. It was 20 minutes into my first Swedish sailing trip on a blazingly sunny morning in late June. I’d set sail with two friends from their summer house on Kilholmen, a wooded islet in the central archipelago, about an hour by bus (then a five-minute boat…
Across from a Pret a Manger near Union Square Park, Nicolette Barischoff held still as an artist painted an open blue eye across her sternum on Sunday. It was around 88 degrees and a crowd had assembled around them. But the temperature and the audience did not faze Ms. Barischoff. Nor did the fact that…
It was showtime at the youth swine exhibition, and the pig barn was bustling. The competitors, ages 3 to 21, were practicing their walks for the show ring and brushing pig bristles into place. Parents were braiding children’s hair, adding ribbons and pig-shaped barrettes. Dr. Andrew Bowman, a molecular epidemiologist at Ohio State University, was…
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I admit it: If I never have to see another piece of “Barbie” pink merch; if I never receive another email touting how to “Barbie-fy” my wardrobe, or celebrating the Zara x Barbie collection and the Balmain x Barbie collection and “Pink Eyewear Must-haves” from Privé Revaux, or calling out a “pink mania alert”; if…
There’s a special kind of terror to starting high school, especially if you’re crossing proverbial train tracks, away from hard-earned middle school friends and into a cultural unknown. To ease that transition, a kind teacher at my new school brought in lemon bars on the first day. The bakery box with pink script reflected the…
The pendant watch has its roots in the 17th century — and has sparked several waves of popularity over the years, including the belle époque of the 19th century, the Art Nouveau period of the early 20th century and the 1970s. Now the style is back, with luxury watchmakers from Jaeger-LeCoultre to Chanel introducing designs…
Niki Russ Federman and her cousin Josh Russ Tupper — the fourth generation of the Russ family, the founders of the beloved Lower East Side store that defines appetizing as a noun — have opened a shiny appetizing store and cafe on the edge of Hudson Yards. Not that they needed a new store, but…
On Saturday afternoon, Shallon Lester, 36, a YouTuber, saw “Barbie” with 20 girlfriends and then headed back to her house in Bozeman, Mont., for a “Barbiecue.” She renamed her five-bedroom home “Shallibu Barbie’s Dreamhouse” for the soiree and set up hot-pink balloon arches, a Barbie-themed Slip ‘N Slide and a splash pad. When the ladies…
In a part of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that has been transformed in recent years by modern apartment buildings and fast-casual restaurants, a nondescript door on Grand Street is the entrance to Toñita’s, one of the last Puerto Rican outposts of its kind in New York City. Here, the customers drink $3 beers and play dominoes, or…