La Tanya Eiland is from Compton, Calif. and has a passion for wine. So when she moved to Atlanta in 2013, she asked locals the question she always asks when she travels anywhere new: “Where is wine country?” In Atlanta, the most common answer was “north.” About 90 miles north of Atlanta, nestled in the…
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Who knew that the lawn — a generic landscape element that we basically manage on autopilot — could be so provocative? The recent In the Garden column “Yes, You Can Do Better Than the Great American Lawn” elicited nearly 1,200 comments, and a few key themes resounded, prompting a follow-up. In that story, Daniel J.…
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PARIS — The importance of sticking to your guns, metaphorically and creatively speaking, was a takeaway of a resurgent men’s wear season in a tourist-mobbed and superficially booming Paris. As seemingly everywhere, prices in the French capital have skyrocketed. Hotels at all levels are sold out, and the cost of a takeout jambon beurre sandwich…
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The water was green-blue off He‘eia Kea Pier, that shade of blue with light sinking through it. I grew up on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, but this was somewhere I’d never been, although it was only a 40-minute drive from my mother’s house. There’s a joke that you can spend your life here and…
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“I have some folks here who are painting the other side of the house,” my Airbnb host messaged me before a road trip to New Bedford, Mass. “The guys are really quite awesome/talented artists, lots of good vibes.” Indeed, when Aaren, my travel partner, and I turned off County Street to find our home for…
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Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone who may have been exposed to the virus, federal health officials announced on Tuesday. Until now, immunizations were offered only to people with a known exposure. States will receive doses of a safer and newer monkeypox vaccine called Jynneos from the federal stockpile, based on…
DetailsSome women and health care providers have concerns about how this rare but life-threatening pregnancy complication will be treated now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned.
For approximately six minutes — nine, if you count the finale — Astor Hall in the New York Public Library was transformed into a fashion Brigadoon. At 7:30 p.m. sharp, Marc Jacobs staged his fall 2022 fashion show. By 7:36 p.m., all 42 looks had walked the runway before a single row of 100 guests…
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An expert committee recommended Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration plan on an updated booster shot of the coronavirus vaccines that targets some form of the Omicron variant that has dominated for months. The panel’s vote paves the way for F.D.A. regulators to push for a new formulation for shots that the Biden administration…
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With Independence Day coming up, cookout season has arrived. What are you taking to the park, the backyard, the beach? Burgers and dogs may initially attract a gaggle of grill supervisors, but seasoned cookout attendees know the sides can quickly steal the show. So, don’t get caught flat-footed: After one bite of the salads, slaws…
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