Can Sound Bath Meditation Actually Benefit You?
We asked experts about the health benefits of listening to gongs, chimes and crystal bowls.
A Taste of Now
Good morning. I love the green I’m seeing at the tips of the hardwoods, the bright harlequin vibrancy of the alliums along the stream beds, the way the grass in the park is starting to thrive again after a long winter of abuse at the feet of dogs. Here’s spring garlic at the market, funky…
Blade Now Offers a $275 Bus Ticket to The Hamptons
Blade, the helicopter charter company, was founded 10 years ago as a way for commuters going between New York and the Hamptons to avoid vehicle traffic. This May it is introducing a new service, the Hamptons Streamliner, that, starting at $195 a ticket, will take passengers to destinations on eastern Long Island aboard … a…
A New Fitness Craze With Big Drama
The men in the starting line at Hyrox in Berlin in April practically hummed with nervous enthusiasm. A few dozen racers, part of an early morning heat, stood watching the steady tick of a five-minute countdown, displayed on a huge television overhead. Dramatic string music played on tinny loudspeakers. A booming voice intoned a rallying…
U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries in Hepatitis-C Cures
In the 10 years since the drugmaker Gilead debuted a revolutionary treatment for hepatitis C, a wave of new therapies have been used to cure millions of people around the world of the blood-borne virus. Today, 15 countries, including Egypt, Canada and Australia, are on track to eliminate hepatitis C during this decade, according to…
White House Correspondents’ Dinner Red Carpet Photos: See the Best Dressed
It hasn’t been the “nerd prom” for a while. Once a popular target of jokes about bad fashion (and not just from the evening’s featured comedian host), the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has morphed in recent years into a less campy, more staid prelude to the Met Gala, which takes place days later. It’s…
Celebrities and Journalists Mix at Parties for White House Correspondents Dinner
The early arrivals at a party thrown by the Hollywood powerhouse Creative Artists Agency on Friday night seemed to be weighing the same question: Just how much could they expect to let loose during this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner weekend? Their game of chicken did not go on long. By 8 p.m., guests…
Your New Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
I have never met Rick Martínez — I would love to, ideally with Choco in tow — but I consider him my cookie godfather. In 2017 he wrote about his favorite brown butter chocolate chip cookies for Bon Appétit; I made them and won third place in New York magazine’s staff holiday cookie contest that…
6 Podcasts to Soothe an Anxious Mind
At a time of unsettling news at home and abroad, these shows offer tips and first-person accounts to alleviate a spiraling sense of unease.
Secuelas de una infidelidad
Un día antes de nuestro séptimo aniversario de boda, y seis semanas después de que naciera nuestro primer hijo, mi marido me dijo que tenía una aventura. (El tiempo verbal importa: tenía, no había tenido). Mientras su confesión resonaba en mis oídos, yo mecía a nuestra hija, dormida tras su décima (¿undécima?) sesión de lactancia…