5 Hotel Pools Perfect for Swimmers
Many hotel pools are built with children and sun-seekers in mind: too short, too warm and too crowded. These, in cities across the U.S., let you get your laps in, in style.
Spring 2024 Is All About Theatrical Fashion
The curtain goes up on the season’s wide-ranging array of style identities. Photographed by Brigitte Niedermair and Styled by Patti Wilson Published: Apr 2, 2024 Scroll For More Brigitte Niedermair What role will you play this season? For spring 2024, designers offered the full spectrum of options, from soft and romantic to sheer and minimalist…
What Happened to Diane von Furstenberg’s Wrap Dress?
By Amanda Sanders’s estimate, she owns more than 100 Diane von Furstenberg wrap dresses. She has been collecting the style since the 1990s, after she graduated from college. Ms. Sanders, 51, liked that she could “throw on a dress and look so polished and put together,” she said during a phone interview on a recent…
Renovating a Second Home in Newfoundland Without Road Access
When Cailey Heaps wants to get away from it all, one place comes to mind: the island of Newfoundland in Canada. Although she spends most of the year in Toronto, where she runs the real estate brokerage Heaps Estrin and raises her three children — 17-year-old Mimi and 13-year-old twins Declan and Pippa — the…
For Mets Fans, Opening Day Was All About Shopping
On Friday morning, at 11:40 on the dot, hundreds of Mets fans flooded into the new team store at Citi Field in Queens. It was the opening day of baseball season, and they were the first ones into the new space, located in the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, the grand entryway to the ballpark. Susan Wiedeman,…
Why Is There So Much Plastic Food Packaging?
If it seems like plastic surrounds nearly every cucumber, apple and pepper in the produce aisle, it does. What began with cellophane in the 1930s picked up speed with the rise of plastic clamshells in the 1980s and bagged salads in the 1990s. Online grocery shopping turbocharged it. But now the race is on for…
Is It Healthier to Eat Your Vegetables Before Your Carbs?
“Nutrient sequencing” is said to regulate blood sugar. We asked experts if the science holds up.
How Exercise Strengthens Your Brain
Physical activity improves cognitive and mental health in all sorts of ways. Here’s why, and how to reap the benefits.
An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies
No sooner had British Airways Flight 9240 roared into the air over Heathrow Airport than the cabin air was pierced by a sharp, scary noise, like an alarm or a siren. The power surged and then seemed to falter, and the plane became worryingly quiet. (Too quiet?) What was it? Images of catastrophic scenarios —…
What’s Your Favorite New York City Restaurant
This week, The New York Times restaurant critic, Pete Wells, has revisited his list of the 100 best restaurants in New York City, adding new places, dropping others and changing his rankings of many old favorites. Read Pete Wells’s list of the 100 best restaurants in New York City in 2024. We’re expecting a spirited…