How Do Americans Mark Retirement? A New Project Captured the Transition.
A New York Times Magazine article captured the final working days of seven Americans who expressed joy, fear and anxiety about the next chapter of their lives.
Chickpea Anxiety
On Monday evening, I entered the most chaotic grocery store in Manhattan armed with something I rarely, if ever, go shopping with: a list. I needed garlic, red onion, scallions, limes, chiles. But something happens once I leave the produce department for the canned goods aisle: I experience what I can describe only as chickpea…
Ukrainian Wines Find a Global Audience in Spite of War
Ukraine is one of the world’s historic wine-producing regions, with a history that stretches back thousands of years. It’s also reinventing its wine culture and, despite the ravages of Russia’s invasion in early 2022 and the ongoing war, excellent Ukrainian wines are now showing up in the United States. It may seem hard to imagine…
Is Double Denim Back? Fashion Savants Have Proclaimed Its Return.
Leave it to the Parisians to ace the “Canadian tuxedo.” Taking to Instagram recently with a series of street-style posts, the French photographer Ludovic Pieterson (@thestylearchivist) posted a reel titled “How people style total denim in Paris” and proved beyond any reasonable doubt that a style last in favor during the Rolling Stones’ “Voodoo Lounge”…
Showcasing Authentically American Style
Share full article For four days in early May, Indigenous fashion designers, models and artisans from across North America came to Santa Fe, N.M., for Native Fashion Week. The event, new this year, included runway shows, panel discussions, pop-up shops and, of course, parties. It was put on by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts,…
Kansas City’s Harrison Butker Draws Intense Criticism for Graduation Speech
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs is one of the best place-kickers in the N.F.L. That is enough to make him somewhat famous in the football world, but players of his position aren’t typically known by more casual observers — unless they do something especially great or terrible on the field. Last weekend, with…
‘Melissa Clark Could Make a Phone Book Delicious’
Hello there! Are the lilacs going completely nuts where you live? My street is exploding in purple, and I highly recommend sticking your nose right into a cluster of blooms and inhaling deeply. Kinda smells like vanilla ice cream, right? Another recent (nonfloral) development: I’ve been cooking mostly vegetarian meals lately. I wish I could…
Birth Control Pills Make Some Women Miserable. But Are They Stopping?
The internet is awash with stories of women throwing out their oral contraception. New data suggests a different narrative.
Chantal Joffe Paints Moments of Motherhood and Grief
By Zoe Ruffner Based in Tucson, Ariz., the boutique Desert Vintage has specialized in rare designer clothing since Salima Boufelfel and Roberto Cowan took it over in 2012. Many of their offerings — a century-old Fortuny evening robe or an Azzedine Alaïa suede wraparound top, for example — “can be a bit demanding to wear,”…
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone
Engineers and scientists have an enduring fascination with spider silk. Similar to typical worm silk that makes for comfy bedsheets, but much tougher, the material has inspired the invention of lighter and more breathable body armor and materials that could make airplane components stronger without adding weight. Researchers are even using examples drawn from spider…