For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid premiums on a long-term care insurance policy for their 91-year-old mother. But the policy does not cover home health aides whose assistance allows her to stay in her Sacramento bungalow, near the friends and neighbors she loves. Her family pays $4,000 a month for that.…
Every day, Davida Wynn sets herself one task: Take a bath. Or wash the dishes. Or make an elaborate meal. By the end of the chore, she is exhausted and has to sit or lie down, sometimes falling asleep wherever she happens to be. “Anything beyond that is truly excruciating,” Ms. Wynn, 42, said. Her…
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The year-end holiday travel season is here, and if you’re skipping the airport and hitting the highway for your family gatherings, both Google Maps and Apple’s Maps have apps that can help save you time and money. Sure, online map navigation has been around for years, but if you haven’t used the apps for the…
When I was growing up in New York City, my family didn’t give thanks before we ate. Instead, our dinners sometimes began with a running gag. My mother, the head of our secular Jewish household, would go unusually quiet and serious. “Let us say grace,” she’d start in a low voice, and my brother and…
“Nanalan’” hasn’t been on TV in years, but it’s the hottest show on TikTok. A Canadian children’s program that made its debut in 1999, it has had a resurgence in recent weeks, thanks to its growing popularity on the social media platform, where it has been watched millions of times. A big part of the…
Hello! It is Tuesday afternoon, and the big feast is in T-minus 48 hours. Let’s get straight into it, shall we? If you’re making mac and cheese for Thanksgiving — or for any cozy, comforting dinner now through winter — you’ll want to make this mac and cheese. Eric Kim developed his baked macaroni and…
Max Wittawat was a pastry chef at Spot Dessert Bar for 13 years, and sometimes you can see the imprint of that work in the Thai food he serves now as the chef of Bangkok Supper Club, a new restaurant in the West Village. His scallop ceviche is a dessert, essentially, or at least the…
The One Where Our Groceries Cost the Same Trader Joe’s, West Hollywood. “Your total is $20.69,” announces the cashier at my register. Seconds later, the cashier at the next register over says to a male customer, “Your total is $20.69.” Wait, what? The staff whoops. Someone says, “No way!” He and I grin sloppily in…
Kabisera West A purveyor of Filipino fare in a Chinatown food court, adds this uptown branch. Sizzling plates of chicken adobo and bicol express pork belly, and fried chicken with sweet chile sauce, are the specialties. Gotham West Market 600 Eleventh Avenue (44th Street), 929-920-8250, kabisera.com. Rowdy Hall This reliable East Hampton favorite from Honest…