Who can remember what we were feeling heading into 2021? There was certainly an air of cautious optimism, with a sense that our priorities had shifted toward matters of heart and home. As the year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on and acknowledge the solace that our favorite artists and musicians provided…
There’s no use even pretending otherwise: This is the time of the year when we’d like to avoid real clothes as much as possible and live every second of every day in something that’s basically a version of pajamas. Leaving the house can be a hard sell, too (it’s couch season, yeah?) so replenishing our…
The 11-story, neo-Renaissance structure, erected in the early 1900s between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District, was once used to manufacture garters and shirtwaists. The 15-unit building was converted to a co-op in 1978. “This is a loft and an opportunity,” Ms. Sloane, the broker, said. “It is…
TOKYO — Ryuichi Kawamura is not only famous as the lead singer for Luna Sea, one of Japan’s most popular rock bands. He is also a respected watch collector, with frequent appearances in the country’s watch-related media and at events organized by Tokyo’s tight-knit watch community, and has an Instagram account featuring the timepieces he…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art honored its new acquisitions, including Ronald S. Lauder’s promised gift, at a black-tie gala on Dec. 7. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated Robert Battle’s 10 years as artistic director at its opening night gala on Dec. 1, held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. And the New York Philharmonic held…
Seniors also stand to gain, she said, noting that her own mother, Donna Wilkinson Nitchun, has benefited from the rental unit attached to her home in Princeton for more than 20 years. “She can pay the taxes, put food on the table, and meet people from all over,” Ms. Sacks said. And the tenants, who…
Space was hard to avoid thinking about in 2021. We entered a new era of star treks, with the long-promised era of space tourism finally upon us — at least for those who are extremely well-funded. The rest of us terrestrial plebes made do with video clips and telescopes, watching the six-hour partial lunar eclipse…
With a raised eyebrow and the kind of smile that makes his fans swoon, the actor Murray Bartlett tipped his head back and slurped a freshly shucked oyster. This was on a gleaming morning just before Thanksgiving at Marlow & Sons, the restaurant that Mr. Bartlett, 50, frequented when he lived in the Williamsburg neighborhood…
Dr. Jasmine Cecilia Huynh called off her first date with Vivek Viswanathan in June 2017 without an explanation. “I was not fit for a date,” said Dr. Huynh, 32, who had connected with Mr. Viswanathan on the dating app Tinder a few weeks earlier, and canceled on him after experiencing what she called the worst…
But when their relationship crossed a platonic line in October 2015, Ms. Newman said that their difference in age was initially hard to swallow by her parents and some other friends and family. “In those early days, we had to deal with a lot of anger and pushback from family and friends,” she said. “Of…