Jumpsuits and Silk Pajamas

Say goodbye to the heat wave: Nordstrom hosted a sunset dinner at Amber Waves, a nonprofit farm in Amagansett, N.Y., on Aug. 12 in support of its sustainable farming. Attendees at the outdoor dinner wore bright summer dresses — and maybe some bug spray. The designers of this year’s Hampton Designer Showhouse were honored at…

The Deep Roots of Weleda’s Skin Food

Calendulas look like daisies, smell like marigolds and possess powerful phytochemicals that can mend skin. At a garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Astrid Sprenger’s blond bob and turquoise pendant swung in the sun as she picked the fiery orange flowers by hand. “It’s one of the only plants you can put on open wounds,” she…

How Pharmacy Work Stopped Being So Great

If any group of workers might have expected their pay to rise last year, it would arguably have been pharmacists. With many drugstores dispensing coronavirus tests and vaccines while filling hundreds of prescriptions each day, working as a pharmacist became a sleep-deprived, lunch-skipping frenzy — one in which ornery customers did not hesitate to vent…

Love Letter: What We Do in the End

This week’s staggering Modern Love essay, “A Last Act of Intimate Kindness,” reminded me of a powerful Tiny Love Story we published years ago, “What We Do in the End”: What We Do in the End “Your sister is in the hospital,” my mother said over the phone. “You need to come home.” I had…