The imposing wooden door creaks open and my children burst into the shadowy entryway, gleefully giggling as they race up the spiraling stone staircase. Holter, 5, counts out each one of the 50 steps as we wind our way up through a 550-year-old tower to the cozy stonewalled living room. A few moments later we’re…
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I have a friend, 29, who chronically uses a “sexy baby” voice: high-pitched, syrupy and incredibly jarring. She doesn’t use it simply for greeting friends. (“Hiiii!”) She uses it for full sentences at a stretch. As women, we are often conditioned to speak like this, so I can see how she might use this voice…
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The news was unavoidable: Back in March 2002, the couple that wore the world’s most memorable denim-on-denim red carpet looks—Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake— had broken up. While pop fans mourned, Spears was papped shortly after the split gripping a to-go coffee cup and sporting a baby blue Juicy Couture tee emblazoned with the phrase…
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At first, the revival of Korean royal cuisine was largely confined to the academic sphere. In the 1980s, only a few restaurants ventured to serve it, a number of them run by members of Hwang’s family. Then, in 2003, half the country tuned in to the historical TV drama “Jewel in the Palace,” about a…
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Cristina Ramsey, frail but defiant, arrived at the headquarters of Project Weber/Renew to say her goodbyes to people who had watched out for her for nearly two decades. She embraced staff members at the group, which helps drug users in one of this city’s poorest neighborhoods, convinced they had prolonged her life…
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VanMoof does not rely on third-party sellers. Its bikes are sold directly by the company online or at its shops in cities including London, Paris and Munich. VanMoof designs most of its components itself, rather than relying on suppliers in Taiwan or China, which helps it produce a more integrated design but has added manufacturing…
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If you can get around the issue of patient confidentiality, my psychiatrist will tell you I have shamanic dreams — in-my-sleep escapades with plant and animal companions that speak to our depth of connection. Making others suffer by telling them your dreams is cruel and unusual punishment, but please endure this one-liner, the central plot…
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But sound is also clearly there, when you think of it, evoking emotions and memories. Hearing corn kernels pop takes me right back to being a little kid, while the sound of ice flying around inside a cocktail shaker takes me back to being a big kid. At home, day-to-day sounds are not just a…
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When is a turtleneck not just a turtleneck? When it is a political football. Such is the case, anyway, in France, where the appearances of President Emmanuel Macron and his finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, in suits with roll-neck sweaters rather than traditional button-up shirts and ties set off a debate over government paternalism, the…
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I’ll start with the bad news: Nikita is out this week, so you’re stuck with me again. Now, the good news: Look around! This fall weather is gorgeous! October feels like the last hurrah before we all turn into recluses, hissing when we catch a rare glimpse of sunlight (… just me?). So I recently…
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