One of the most intimate questions you can ask eBay power users is to show you their negotiations — the private DMs they exchange with sellers bargaining over the price of an item. But Alexis Novak humored me. The item was a spring 2018 dress from the French luxury brand Céline, then under the creative…
Coinciding with the anniversary of the Titanic sinking, on April 15, 1912, there will be a two-part virtual talk from the 92nd Street Y covering the ways of not just top-hatted and bejeweled first class passengers like the Astors and Guggenheims, but also the less fortunate huddled in steerage, and even the crew. Veronica Hinke,…
Passover lasts eight days, and you might attend one or even two Seders. But how many matzo breis will you fry? If your answer is just one, then you’ll probably go for a classic iteration of the matzo-and-egg dish or whichever tried-and-true version your friends and family adore. However, if there’s room in your life…
Times are changing for watch collectors — or rather, their tastes have been changing. In the past few years — a period of soaring watch prices, pandemic-related supply shortages and an explosion of watch content on social media — the Big Four of Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille dominated the market. And…
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Who: Mejuri and Luar What: Jewelry collaboration Where: Online at mejuri.com and luar.world What: The world of Mejuri is one of non-fussy fine jewelry for everyone, bringing the usually staid category to the masses. For the unfamiliar, Luar is the New York brand led by wunderkind Raul Lopez that shares a similar vision: democratizing fashion…
Two concurrent outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola that can kill as many as 90 percent of the people it infects, are raising critical questions about the behavior of this mysterious bat-borne pathogen and global efforts to prepare for potential pandemics. Marburg, a hemorrhagic fever, is rare: Just a handful of…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a closet-sized windowless office, Kialah Marshall maintains an Excel spreadsheet with a prosaic title, “Medicaid Unwinding,” the source material for a mind-numbing routine. Five days a week, she and a group of co-workers in a poor section of Kansas City, Missouri’s largest city, call 75 to 100 Medicaid recipients from…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned people to stop using “artificial tear” eye drops sold by EzriCare or Delsam Pharma, noting that an “extensively” antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria has been found in multiple open containers of the drops. Officials investigating the outbreak have also seen signs of a spread beyond those who…
Average life expectancy has risen by 16 years since the national retirement age was set at 65. We asked health experts when they think people should stop working now.