What’s in a Name? When I was a newlywed nearly 30 years ago, my mother-in-law would introduce me as “Debby, Dave’s wife; she didn’t take his name.” It was true, but it rankled me because she was otherwise very gracious and accepting. So I made light of it. “You should be grateful we have different…
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WELLS Yeah, I agree, and it’s particularly frustrating because it’s been almost two years since the virus arrived on our shores. I have two kids, both in high school, and both were sent home with rapid tests this week. Which is great, but it would have been greater if it had been going on for…
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Tyler Joe My closet has seen its fair share of earrings, necklaces, and handbags, but if there was one accessory that reigns supreme in my kingdom of over-accessorizing, it’s sunglasses. From oval to oversized, nothing changes up an outfit of mine quite like a good pair of sunnies. I could keep a fit tame with…
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Headliner The Nines Acme, the NoHo hot spot, is mostly history. Its underground bar and lounge remains in business, but the ground-floor restaurant has a new name and style. It is now something that has been on the restaurateur Jon Neidich’s wish list for years: a classy supper club, a throwback to high-end New York…
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When the actor Kyle MacLachlan opened the Prada men’s wear show in Milan on Sunday, many were surprised and delighted to see Special Agent Dale Cooper strut the runway. But others wondered if Mr. MacLachlan was in fact making a return to fashion. In 1992, he was part of a campaign for Barneys New York,…
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Are you familiar with the term speciality coffee? In order to earn the speciality title, producers have to meet a long list of criteria. There’s a reason why this beverage tastes differently almost every time you have a cup. Coffee variants aren’t grown, harvested, processed, roasted, or brewed in the same way. Speciality coffee places…
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When somebody says a restaurant’s food is better than it has to be, it’s only half a compliment. Usually they mean that the food isn’t great, but it could be worse than it is and crowds would still keep coming because the place has other things going for it, like location or view. Lodi, an…
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — For years, Zara Banks had been looking forward to her 14th birthday — the moment, last June, when her life would no longer be on pause. Ever since Zara, a transgender girl, was 8, she has been certain she wanted to grow up to be a woman. After conversations with her parents…
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Hooded dress, Alaïa. Sølve Sundsbø Top, $1,700, swimsuit, $750, skirt, $3,650, earrings, $725, necklaces, from $1,375, bracelets, $2,275 each, flats, $1,225, Chanel. Sølve Sundsbø Dress, sneakers, $590, Loewe. Sølve Sundsbø Grace Elizabeth has her mother to thank for her modeling career. With her encouragement, the Lake City, Florida, native began with childhood pageants and graduated…
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Christine Ebersole’s journey from an impeccably renovated midcentury house in the San Fernando Valley to a tatterdemalion side-hall colonial in Maplewood, N.J., involved one husband, three children and seven pets. But it began with an agent who suddenly stopped dialing for dollars on his client’s behalf in the late 1990s. “I was in my mid-40s,…
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