Christian VierigGetty Images The Luxury Stores at Amazon—its impeccably curated, ultra-luxe area with a rotating edit of established and emerging designers—surprised us with a sale earlier this week. The mix includes some labels that you rarely see marked down (like Mark Cross and La Perla), playful picks that would slot perfectly into this summer’s party…
I anticipate, sadly, attending funerals — older family members, very close relatives and friends — in the coming warm-weather months and, most probably, into the fall and winter, Covid-related and not. Can you advise what to wear? I need to be prepared. — Edith, New York. N.Y. This is indeed a sad situation but one…
The pandemic made dating a lot more complicated for many, but it didn’t stop Joy Morrow-Nulton and John Shults Jr. from falling in love, getting engaged and tying the knot. The couple, both 95, met through Ms. Morrow-Nulton’s son in May 2019 and began a courtship that included frequent lunch dates, mostly in their homes.…
If you’re looking for a sign of the End Times, here’s one: Las Vegas, the city where seemingly anything and everything is condoned, has made grass — the ornamental kind — illegal. Much of the West is experiencing the worst drought in decades, a “megadrought” that has kindled early wildfires and severe water shortages —…
Okra is a kind of culinary education bound in sturdy, ridged pods. When prepared with the right techniques, okra can take on crispy, silky and stretchy textures few ingredients can replicate. Learning how to approach okra in creative ways — taking cues from its uses in the cuisines of Africa, Central and South America, Asia,…
MORAN I care a lot about mental health issues being less taboo because that reduces stigma and assumptions, which can be very hurtful to people that suffer from mental illness. I have a story, and I’m planning on sharing it with the Jed Foundation, but I’m not talking about it yet because it hasn’t happened…
The problem is not just Britain’s stricter immigration rules. Other workers, in Britain and elsewhere, have left the hospitality industry looking for more stable employment, said Kate Shoesmith, the deputy chief executive of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, which represents recruitment companies and agencies. Daily Business Briefing Updated June 11, 2021, 1:46 p.m. ET Restaurant…
LONDON — I’ve been waiting for the perfect dish to reintroduce my test kitchen colleague Noor Murad. I think this may be it. We’ve been working together for a while now, so I could have chosen from many recipes. But this one, for oven fries with tahini yogurt and smoky-sweet nuts, especially says “Noor” to…
Courtesy of Chanel / Kristen White Pharrell Williams founded Black Ambition, an equity-focused initiative that aims to level the uneven playing fields across industries and shine a light on Black and Latinx students and entrepreneurs from historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. Taking its support to new heights, the nonprofit organization has teamed up…
The first major black-tie gala of the not quite post-pandemic era took place June 3, when the New York Botanical Garden held a spring fund-raiser. Organizers did not decide to hold the gala until late April, shortly after the installation of Yayoi Kusama’s “Cosmic Nature,” but they nevertheless managed to sell all 300 of the…