Victor VIRGILE Searching for a new necklace to incorporate into your daily rotation is as personal as it is challenging. You’ve got to find the right length, style, and price point, which can undoubtedly be a daunting task. Fear not—we’ve got you covered. Whether you want a simple, barely-there chain for everyday layering or a…
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Courtesy of Nordstrom Chances are, if you fancy yourself an avid online shopper, you don’t need a reminder that one of the biggest weekends for finding just about anything on sale is upon us. Enter the upper echelon of can’t-miss Memorial Day sales, courtesy of Nordstrom. The retailer quietly kicked off its Half-Yearly Sale earlier…
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I’m driving off in the morning to spend a long, and hopefully restorative, weekend with friends, cooking and swimming together, reading books and taking long walks. I’ll stop at the farmers’ market when I get there, but since I’ll be cooking in a rental-house kitchen, and I’m not sure what to expect, I’m also bringing…
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SKIMS We have some very important news: Kim Kardashian’s shapewear line Skims is having a huge sale right now. And this is kind of a big deal, considering the brand almost never marks down its pieces. The shopping extravaganza comes amid other Memorial Day Weekend sales, and it features some of the brand’s fan-favorite items…
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Doctors cannot seem to pinpoint what is wrong with Michael Quintos. Mr. Quintos, 53, a Chicago resident, has constant stomach pain. He has been hospitalized, and his doctors have tried everything including antibiotics, antacids, even removing his appendix. “I still don’t feel good,” Mr. Quintos said. His doctors recommend using a CT scan with contrast,…
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MISSOULA, Mont. — Wearing a crisp gray chef’s coat over a pink sweater, Ghalia Ahmad Fayez AlMasri doled out instructions to her kitchen team as Egyptian and Lebanese dance music thumped from a cellphone’s speakers. On this Tuesday evening in March, Mrs. AlMasri’s crew of eight had 150 meals to prepare — a total sellout.…
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Rent the Runway is heralding a summer wardrobe of unfettered exuberance: bold color, big prints, skin-baring cut-outs, and event-ready elegance. The luxury rental service’s Design Collective is back, this time featuring exclusive collections from four designers known for their electric, eye-catching pieces: Esteban Cortazar, Jonathan Saunders, Busayo Olupona, and Pamela Love. Since its inception in…
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The publicity for her femme street wear line, Married to the Mob, didn’t hurt either. But her second season, which aired in last year, felt different. And not only because she had quit drinking, a decision motivated by how she saw herself onscreen. “The show is a good mirror,” she said. Returning sober and, in…
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HERMITAGE, Pa. — The ice cream cone is never the star of the show. Its role is clear: Keep the scoop upright, don’t leak and don’t upstage the main player, the ice cream. But being that supportive takes work. Which is why David George believes that the cone deserves more respect. “When you have a…
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In the early 20th century, the patchwork of the United States was quilted together by almost 300,000 miles of railroad lines. When train transport fell into disuse in the 1950s and ’60s, a movement began to transform those abandoned industrial corridors into recreational space. Those miles of track had the potential to be ideal bike…
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