In the living room of an apartment near Wall Street last month, a group of supporters huddled around a large television watching as their candidate, Marianne Williamson, made her debut on the debate stage. The host pulled her hair nervously. Ms. Williamson’s start had been shaky, but there were some breakout moments. Then her dramatic…
Here, solutions for the most vexing hair and skin problems of the season. Then indulge in a dose of sheer makeup fun. How to De-Puff Your Face One unwelcome side effect of summer travel is extra baggage, and not just the kind you have to check. “Puffiness is the No. 1 complaint I get during…
President Trump may have stymied some expectations with his we-are-all-one-nation speech after the military fashion show — sorry, display — in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the Fourth of July, but it was Melania Trump in a slouching-off-one-shoulder mid-calf Carolina Herrera dress, standing silent and smiling by his side in every picture, who really…
Dismissed for decades as a postindustrial wasteland, Sterling Road, a zigzagging half-mile strip of old factories and warehouses, is getting a second life. Last summer, the North American debut of a splashy Banksy exhibition in an empty warehouse there drew a global spotlight. With the arrival of Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) last fall,…
Among the first wave of new grapes that came to define today’s era of diversity in wine was albariño, from the Rías Baixas region of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The wines were a novelty when they began showing up in Spanish restaurants in the United States in the early 1990s. The occasional mentions of them…
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Jeff Bezos moved into his new Manhattan home last month after closing on three adjacent apartments overlooking Madison Square Park. The newly divorced Mr. Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive, not to mention the world’s richest person, could have bought anywhere in New York City (and, yes, he did tour the ultra-pricey 220 Central Park…
Image Fendi haute couture, fall 2019CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times ROME — There has been some debate over how Karl Lagerfeld, former creative director of Chanel and Fendi, the man who essentially defined the role of the modern creative director until his death in February at age — well, no one is entirely…
While filming a 40th anniversary special for “This Old House” recently, Bob Vila, the show’s original host, stopped to consider why, after all these years, people still can’t seem to get enough of home improvement shows. “This Old House,” which began chronicling home renovations in 1979, was one of the first such shows to air…
El Espace is a column dedicated to news and culture relevant to Latinx communities. Expect politics, arts, analysis, personal essays and more. ¿Lo mejor? It’ll be in Spanish and English, so you can forward it to your tía, your primo Lalo or anyone else (read: everyone). For those of us who are immigrants or part…