The first glimpse of Laguna Bacalar felt like a mirage, a flash of luminous turquoise through a haze of trees. Twenty-six miles long and just over a mile wide, the “Lake of Seven Colors” snakes through the jungle, carrying tales of Mayan origins and pirate attacks. The shifting hues, courtesy of the lagoon’s white, limestone…
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. December is a season of consumption, and in the last two decades shoppers have filled their closets with what’s known as fast fashion: inexpensive clothing inspired by runway looks. But in our haste to find…
The so-called holiday blues do, in fact, exist, and according to a study by the American Psychological Association the most common symptoms are fatigue, stress, irritability, bloating and sadness. Healthy habits can be hard to maintain, because holidays often involve a respite from routine, a time to ignore our budgets, schedules, tolerance for alcohol, allergies…
If you haven’t heard the name Charlotte Lawrence, you’ve probably heard Charlotte Lawrence. Her 2018 EP YOUNG has been streamed millions of times and “Falling Skies”, the YUNGBLOOD track on which she’s featured, was a sonic highlight of 13 Reasons Why second season. Lawrence’s latest single, the dreamy “God Must Be doing Cocaine” was released…
Courtesy Just when you thought you finished all of your holiday shopping, you suddenly remember that you left your brother’s new girlfriend off the list. It’s fine, we’ve all been there. Fortunately, Anthropologie is offering up to 30 percent off site-wide today. Thanks to overnight shipping, your gifts will arrive right before Christmas. Anthropologie has…
French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro has passed away, aged 86, and as we mourn the loss of another great artist, let’s look back at some of his greatest hits. Ungaro in 1971 Central PressGetty Images Obsessed with sensuality, with a keen eye for pattern-clashing, who knew the value of shirring, ruches and ruffles, Ungaro spent…
The joke used to be that there’s a Starbucks on every corner in New York City. Now there’s coffee in the corner of almost every store. At Lichen, a boutique in Williamsburg that sells home goods and furniture, you can pick up Danish glass cups for $7, an Italiana Luce lamp for $85 or a…
Mama Cax, an advocate of people with disabilities and a rising model who helped disrupt the fashion industry’s standard of beauty by not shying away from displaying her prosthetic leg on the runway and in fashion campaigns, died on Dec. 16 at Royal London Hospital. She was 30. Her agency, Jag Models, confirmed her death.…
CULVER CITY, Calif. — A speeding Ford Fiesta passed the Sony Pictures gate and swerved into a parking lot across the street. It was 1:07 p.m. Was this finally him? Frannie and Irwin don’t like to wait. A young man in a tight sweater tumbled out of the car. Clutching a black binder overflowing with…
The Look LA Fresh Poultry, a halal-style butchery in Koreatown, caters to a diverse clientele of home chefs and professionals who want to be reminded of home. ImageBetty Figueroa and her mother, Deborah Hernandez, left, spend every Saturday cooking with freshly butchered poultry from LA Fresh Poultry.Credit…Jake Michaels for The New York Times Betty Figueroa,…