Lo que él no me contó

Dos semanas después de conocernos por internet, vino a verme. Lo llevé al único lugar de la ciudad donde sabía que preparaban sándwiches de queso a la parrilla, su gusto culposo preferido. Acabamos en el mismo lado del gabinete para poder ver las elecciones presidenciales en el televisor de la barra. En el viaje de…

Mini Uggs Are Having a Moment

Uggs never went really went away for some of us—even if we didn’t exactly advertise we still wore them. Now, as Y2K fashion continues its extended takeover, a growing fashion chorus is admitting Ugg boots are back with a shearling-lined vengeance. Present-day Ugg wearers aren’t hesitating to take their comfort shoes public, the “ultra mini”…

Love Letter: Remembering Your Mortality

Six weeks after getting married, Carol Dunbar learned that her husband was predisposed to develop life-threatening brain aneurysms. In her Modern Love essay, “Loving Him More When He Walks Out the Door,” Ms. Dunbar explains how this alarming discovery proved to be an unexpected gift. How do you love and live differently when each time…

Consistently wearing high-quality masks offers strong protection, a study in California suggests.

ImageBy the end of last year, Stacey Ricks of Spring, Texas, had received five coronavirus vaccine shots. She is immunocompromised and faces a greater risk of death from the virus.Credit…Callaghan O’Hare for The New York Times The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday encouraged people with weakened immune systems to come forward sooner…