The tidying guru Marie Kondo built her global lifestyle brand by developing a system for how to impose order over relentless chaos. “My dream is to organize the world,” Ms. Kondo has said. With her trademarked KonMari decluttering method, Ms. Kondo has led millions of acolytes to purge their closets, basements and pantries. Her first…
NEW YORK SHUTTERED “Love in the time of Corona,” the invite said. “Bring your own cups if you want to toast.” March 20, 2020 ImageThe bride and groom, Paul Anderson and Molly Rosner, had 14 guests, so there was plenty of room to spread out. A phone played Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” — somewhat drowned out…
Daniel Radcliffe heard he had the new coronavirus from his makeup artist. “We’d just done the matinee,” Mr. Radcliffe said, referring to his March 10 performance in “Endgame” at the Old Vic theater in London. “I was getting my hair done for the evening show, and our hair and makeup guy, Rob, turned around and…
Until several days ago, some bars and restaurants were still packed with St. Patrick’s Day crowds. Beaches were full. And it seemed as though many young adults were slow to take steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “I kept hearing, ‘Eighty percent of cases are mild,’” said Christian Heuer, 32, of Los Angeles,…
Marie Kondo, the tidying expert and best-selling author, has a new book, “Joy at Work,” that takes her trademarked method to the workplace and encourages readers to find joy there by cleaning their desks, among other things. Of course, the terrible joke right now is that the coronavirus is the new KonMari, having scoured most…
This past Monday, on a whim, Jackie Summers, a liquor-brand owner, put out a call on Twitter for people to join him for a virtual cocktail hour. Since many of his friends in the hospitality industry were suddenly out of work, he felt that this was the perfect way to encourage social distancing while giving…
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In 1985, Marie-Chantal Miller was a sophisticated high school student who had just started interning with Andy Warhol, when a family friend introduced her to Prince Pavlos of Greece. Ten years later, they married. She became Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece. Although the Greek Monarchy officially ended in the 1970s, the couple kept their titles,…
Amy Gross had been looking forward to a party that would rival the luster of the Save Venice ball last year. A lavishly costumed affair that lit up the Plaza hotel in New York, it was seeded with social royalty and party fixtures including Lauren Santo Domingo, Princes Maria Olympia of Greece and Nicky Hilton…
“This is a new world now.” — Corinne Purtill, a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers health, science, and technology [In Her Words is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.] As the Covid-19 outbreak spreads across the world and the U.S. caseload inches toward 6,000 (as of Wednesday),…