The Vexing Problem of the ‘Medium Friend’
They’re not our besties, but they’re more than just acquaintances. How much of ourselves do we owe them?
They’re not our besties, but they’re more than just acquaintances. How much of ourselves do we owe them?
Pets are more popular than ever. Roughly two-thirds of American homes have at least one pet, up from 56 percent in 1988, according to the American Pet Products Association, and Americans spent $136.8 billion on their pets in 2022, up from $123.6 billion in 2021. An estimated 91 million households in Europe own at least…
[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Tras el reciente nacimiento de su tercer hijo, una niña llamada Whimsy Lou, la influente de estilo de vida Nara Smith publicó un video en TikTok donde compartía algunos de los nombres que a ella y a su marido les habían gustado, pero que finalmente no utilizaron. Entre…
After a night of partying in South Florida, the superstar rapper Travis Scott ended his Thursday with two more charges on his record and one more product on his website than he started with. An established swag king who’s no stranger to brand deals, Mr. Scott, 33, turned a spotlight on what many would consider…
Researchers and activists in the trenches of the long fight against H.I.V. got a rare piece of exciting news this week: Results from a large clinical trial in Africa showed that a twice-yearly injection of a new antiviral drug gave young women total protection from the virus. “I got cold shivers,” said Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker,…
New research showed that tirzepatide, the compound in Zepbound, improved symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea.
Ruth Rogers, a founder of the famed River Cafe in London, brought cash to a parking lot in Pisa, Italy, to meet a vendor she connected with through a Ligurian acquaintance. It wasn’t an illicit deal; she was merely seeking a replacement for the frying pans she’d been using to make farinata, a crisp-creamy pancake…
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Because of a rental car mishap, it was well after dark by the time Catherine Dupree and her father arrived in Canakkale, a city in northwestern Turkey, during a vacation in 2006. As they drove around the city, trying in vain to navigate to their hotel (this was well before the days of reliable mapping…
Good morning. What’s your favorite store-bought sandwich? In New York, I’m partial to the hot roast beef from Defonte’s in Brooklyn, the Carmine’s Special at Del Fiore’s in Patchogue and the Reuben with coleslaw at the Country Store in Orient. I’ve gone straight from the airport in New Orleans to Parkway for a fried oyster…