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The feeders are filled and hung; the scene is set. Are we ready to let our incessant daily to-do list take flight and settle in to watch the birds? I’m not talking about the occasional glance out the window, but a long, contemplative look. A new book, “Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying…
Si alguien te da un regalo, ¿estás obligado a darle uno a cambio? La gratitud es obligatoria, pero las compras de pánico por culpa no lo son. Sabira Bandali, fundadora de la revista en línea Haul of Fame, sugiere que si te sorprenden con las manos vacías, simplemente expreses tu sincero agradecimiento en persona o…
The holiday season can bring up all kinds of thorny questions: Is it OK to make a wish list? If someone gave you a gift, are you obligated to give them one in return? Why does giving cash often feel weird but giving a gift card does not? Even as someone who loves to gift,…
The mythic figure that is the billionaire tech genius in the nowhere man tee may finally be about to meet its long overdue end. The arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency trading platform, on Monday in the Bahamas on charges of fraud, may signal not just the next stage in his…
To some, the early 2000s were a fashion fever dream. Juicy Couture tracksuits. Hoodies under blazers. Wrists crowded with rainbow rubber bracelets. Graphic tees, vests, V-necks and thin scarves. Unironic fedoras. Double denim (or all denim everything, à la Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake). The list goes on. But for those who were of sentient…
Chloe Kim has never been afraid to fall down (she always gets back up), nor to ask for food in the middle of a press conference (she’s frequently hungry, she said…), even less to perform unbelievable tricks, spins, and flips that she alone masters (at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, no less). Not even gravity…
Astor Place Hairstylists, the venerable barbershop that has stood in the East Village of Manhattan for about 75 years, almost closed during the pandemic. Not only has it survived, but the buzzing of clippers is now joined once a month by DJs who turn the 10,000 square-foot basement into a dance club. The party was…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. After producing her beloved, ’90s-inspired namesake line for a decade, Jennifer Chun was getting a little burned out. The process had become “so routine that I wasn’t thinking outside the box anymore,” she recalls. “I would produce two seasons and then…
In case you missed it, Chopard quietly opened its new flagship boutique in the iconic Crown Building on New York City’s Fifth Avenue. It marks an exciting—and historic—move for the haute jewelry and watchmaking house, from its former home of 15 years on Madison Avenue. To fête the occasion, co-presidents Caroline and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele invited…