I live in a place where it gets cold, and I tend to be cold. I like to wear a layer under sweaters for additional warmth, but it is hard to find long-sleeved items that slip easily under another garment, aren’t visible at the neck and add some additional warmth. Do you have any suggestions?…
I remember once trying, as a Canadian, to explain Boxing Day to an American friend. “A day off on the 26th?” she asked, bewildered. “Why do you need a holiday when you’ve just had one?” The answer, in that case, was firmly in the question. The genius of Boxing Day is that it’s a holiday…
For some fans of “The White Lotus,” watching the show was not enough. They want the full experience. Last month, Will Potter, an executive at Sotheby’s who lives in Brooklyn, booked a stay at the San Domenico Palace, the Four Seasons resort hotel in Taormina, Sicily, where the show’s second season was filmed. “There’s very…
The first and only time that Alex Edelman’s family celebrated Christmas, their tree was topped not by a star, but a teddy bear wearing a yarmulke. Mr. Edelman, who was 7 or 8 at the time — he doesn’t remember the exact year — was also wearing a yarmulke. All of his male family members…
Only one film played at the Village East cinema on a recent crisp Monday night, but the crowd inside and out of the theater’s regal lobby buzzed with energy. Outside, skateboarders in hoodies and tiny beanies huddled beneath clouds of weed and cigarette smoke. Inside, someone behind a makeshift bar poured wine into tiny plastic…
As MZ Wallace grew, so did its sense of purpose. Ms. Zwirner is married to the German art dealer and gallerist David Zwirner, and in 2011, she and Ms. Wallace Eustice launched a special-edition bag, designed by the artist Raymond Pettibon, to raise money for Artists For Haiti, a non-profit organization founded by Mr. Zwirner…
So, Gary arrives and I introduce him to my hungry, cranky guests. “This is my friend Gary, who has just published a novel in England,” I say. “What’s the novel about?” someone asks. “Shooting my parents,” Gary says. That gets their attention. “I’m the best writer in America,” Gary says. “The book got great reviews…
The holidays are the ideal time to see friends and family, reflect on the year that’s passed and, of course, sit down and watch that beloved seasonal classic you’ve already watched 38 times before. But how well do you really know your Yuletide films? Test your knowledge by listening to these audio clips and identifying…
Early in November, Twitter’s roughly 7,500 employees received a terse email from a generic address: “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global work force.” The note was signed “Twitter.” On Nov. 3, some people at the company received emails indicating they…
After Charlotte Maya lost her husband to suicide, she and her young sons were used to unexpected visitors. But when her doorbell rang one mid-December evening, nobody was there. Instead, on her doormat was a kit to make a gingerbread house with a note that only said, “On the First Day of Christmas. … ”…