These Senior Skiers Are Still Chasing Powder in Their 80s and 90s
For the Wild old Bunch of Alta, Utah, getting older means more time for the mountain. And anyone over 80 skis free.
Irish Cream Coffee Cake
I always get a kick from cooking with booze. “Shots!” I’ll announce to nobody in particular as I add the tequila for salted margarita bars. And, without fail, “one for you, one for me” as I deglaze my skillet with a glass of white wine. So “sláinte,” I will say, as I mix Irish cream…
When Medicaid Comes After the Family Home
The letter came from the state department of human services in July 2021. It expressed condolences for the loss of the recipient’s mother, who had died a few weeks earlier at 88. Then it explained that the deceased had incurred a Medicaid debt of more than $77,000 and provided instructions on how to repay the…
Beauty Stores Like Sephora Draw Teens Driven by Social Media
Impelled in large part by TikTok to seek beauty products meant for adults, younger customers — teenagers and even preadolescents — are proving to be a mixed blessing for retailers like Sephora and Ulta. Retail analysts say that as the beauty stores attract a new generation of shoppers, they will need to make sure that…
How To Recognize Health Misinformation on Social Media
Experts offer tips for combating false medical claims in your own circles.
They Fell in Love During the Pandemic. Then Things Changed.
For some people, it wasn’t easy being single during the early days of the pandemic. Many rushed into relationships, seeking company and comfort in another person — even if the match wasn’t quite right. People moved in with their significant others far too early. Cooking and watching movies with a partner while cloistered indoors helped…
For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now
On Feb. 17, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago unveiled a new sky show called “Niyah and the Multiverse,” a blend of theoretical cosmology, Black culture and imagination. And as with many things Afrofuturistic, Ytasha Womack’s fingerprints are all over it. Ms. Womack, who writes both about the genre and from within it, has curated Afrofuturism…
Mi marido me abandona una y otra vez
Un mes después de que Andrew me propuso matrimonio, él y yo fuimos a terapia de pareja, donde, en nuestra primera sesión, me dijo: “Si tengo que elegir entre tú y el ejército, elijo al ejército”. Sus palabras me dejaron sin aliento. Cinco años antes, en nuestra primera cita, había dicho (después de haber bebido…
Pamela Anderson sigue sin maquillaje
Pamela Anderson dice que se ha dedicado a vivir. Ha dejado de ser un mero objeto de fantasías adolescentes para convertirse en una versión experimentada de la “chica de al lado”, aunque con mucha más fuerza. “Estoy disfrutando el proceso de envejecer”, dijo Anderson, de 56 años, en una videollamada a fines de la semana…