Mirrors lie. They reverse things. That face you see in the bathroom every morning, in your makeup compact: that is “opposite you” — the inverse of the face everyone else sees. We all know this, in theory. And yet, for the past two years or so, this simple fact has riveted and sometimes deeply upset…
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In August 2020, the pandemic left the Minnesota State Fair’s veteran butter sculptor, Linda Christensen, stranded at her home in California. The fair that summer had been canceled, but the dairy chiseling would go on. After decades sculpting the fair’s dairy princesses, she knew of only one artist who could take her place: her apprentice,…
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For me, as a writer, vintage clothing holds special value: There are stories embedded in the seams, memories stuffed in the lining, caught between the pleats, and hidden in the hems. Sometimes the previous owner has left evidence: a shopping list in the pocket, a coffee stain or a rip from an ecstatic night out…
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It brings us no pleasure to report that summer is on its way out. But for those of us who are ready to layer up again, it’s almost our time to shine again. Madewell is ready to help us lean into autumn dressing again with their fall collection, one that’s as well-priced as it is…
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Before the pandemic struck, Dimitry and Yelena Goncharov had spent four years looking for a second home in the Hamptons. Then, just as they were getting desperate for an escape from their TriBeCa loft, they found the place they had been searching for all along: a large, shingled home in East Hampton, N.Y., halfway between…
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It’s Never Too Late is a series about people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. In 1970, Bonnie McKinlay, then a self-described “country hippie” in her early 20s, went to see Ralph Nader speak at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., about protecting the environment. “There was so much energy coming…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, told my colleague Sheryl Gay Stolberg on Sunday night that he would soon step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Given that he has led the place for nearly four decades, his retirement from government service is huge news in…
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David Kinch, the chef who helped establish Los Gatos, Calif., as an international culinary destination with his highly regarded restaurant Manresa, announced Monday that he would leave that business at the end of the year. Mr. Kinch, 61, could not be reached for comment, but a representative confirmed that, after 20 years, he plans to…
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David Kinch, the chef who helped establish Los Gatos, Calif., as an international culinary destination with his highly regarded restaurant Manresa, announced Monday that he would leave that business at the end of the year. Mr. Kinch, 61, could not be reached for comment, but a representative confirmed that, after 20 years, he plans to…
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