To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Perhaps you’ve heard there’s a new Sally Rooney novel coming? This summer, advance copies of “Beautiful World, Where Are You” have graced the Twitter feeds and Instagram Stories of the literary internet — humble-brags that the readers…
“We didn’t want to make music about a superhero,” Miyashiro said. Instead, he wanted to depict what it’s like to absorb a particular environment while growing up, citing Kendrick Lamar’s album “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” and the film “Goodfellas” as references. The movie begins in San Francisco, and Miyashiro, who was raised in San Jose,…
What could be more peaceful than sheep grazing near a willow tree that hangs like a fussy parent over a chicken house next to a silo? Certainly not the intervention of a ram. That animal was confined to its enclosure, said Christopher Griffith, who, with his wife, Rebecca O’Donnell, is master of the little flock…
My ex-husband invited our 19-year-old daughter to spend a long weekend in Las Vegas with him, his wife and their children. She was excited to go. She asked him how to pack, in case she needed dressy clothes. He told her to pack for hot weather and outdoor activities. After arriving, she discovered they weren’t…
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about homes for multiple generations and new definitions of family. Not long ago, paying a visit to grandparents in state-supported housing for older adults seemed to satisfy everyone’s emotional needs in the Netherlands and allowed young couples to focus on raising their children and working…
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about homes for multiple generations and new definitions of family. When Jade-Snow Carroll and Dulcinea Sheffer teamed with their mother, Stella DeLuca, to start an organic-bedding company last year, they called it Sister Moons. In addition to the female sibling and nighttime references, the name…
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about homes for multiple generations and new definitions of family. Every year, millions of Americans load up recreational vehicles and hit the road, joining seasonal, nomadic communities that spring up in RV parks and campgrounds in some of the country’s most beautiful landscapes. The stereotype…
But everyone there was, in a word, old. And all the residents appeared to be living in exile, far removed from whatever their lives had once been. By contrast, intergenerational housing — development that goes out of its way to mix older and younger people — is increasingly regarded as healthier, physically and psychologically. While…
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about homes for multiple generations and new definitions of family. LONDON — The only hint that something special might be hidden behind an unobtrusive house, built in the faux rustic style typical of early-20th-century English suburbs on Haycroft Gardens, a quiet residential street in the…
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about homes for multiple generations and new definitions of family. The bunk bed, born two centuries ago as an austerity measure, is living in some splendor. For country homes, luxury hotels and yachts, architects and designers are theming and decking out the basic components of…