I know Comando G has been inspired by Château Rayas, a cult Châteauneuf producer whose wines have always been shimmering and pure regardless of the fads of the moment. I suspect that Angela Osborne, the proprietor of A Tribute to Grace, has been inspired by them as well. While these two wines are entry-level introductions…
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about unlikely sources of cooking inspiration, and asked you for yours. I got so many great emails. But among the many movies (“Big Night”), TV (“The Sopranos”) and books (“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”) you described, one reader’s email stood out: “I once served on a jury…
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In a randomized clinical trial of nearly 5,000 emergency room patients, researchers found that the share of patients who were willing to take a rapid H.I.V. test climbed to 66 percent from 38 percent when the test was presented as a medical service they had to deliberately decline, rather than one they had to proactively…
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That said, you can do only so much and, frankly, you have done enough. You may well be surrounded by people who are unwilling or uninterested in living in the real world where diversity exists. If that’s the case, it could be that you need to move on to an organization whose values are more…
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La cantidad adecuada de amigos Ahora estamos en primavera. El clima mejora, los restaurantes, bares y estadios vuelven a llenarse, y las tasas de COVID-19 se han desplomado a nivel nacional. Es hora de reunir a la vieja pandilla, ¿cierto? Para muchas personas, seguro que sí. Pero no siempre es tan sencillo. “Nos acercamos a…
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In Pakistan, the Urdu word for “yesterday” is the same as the word for “tomorrow.” And lateness is generally acceptable. Sometimes, the sun sets while those observing Ramzan (the Urdu term for Ramadan) are on their way to an iftari, the fast-breaking meal after dusk. In those moments, stuck in traffic, a roadside samosa stand…
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For 20 years, Richard Christiansen hustled. The Australian-born founder of Chandelier Creative, a New York-based creative agency known for its work with major fashion and commercial retail brands, was “pitching, pitching, pitching,” he says, constantly courting new business and traveling between offices in New York, Los Angeles and Paris. He was up early for flights,…
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Owens/OWENSCORP; Courtesy of the designers. Getty Images Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. As Fashion Month shape-shifted and swelled beyond its bounds, I spent the past two months Zooming with designers, hearing how they’re adapting to this moment in time and what their customers are asking for…
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Anthony Smith, a pastor at Houston’s Tabernacle of Meeting Church, performed the ceremony preceded by a demonstration of biblical humility. Instead of bouquets, the bridal party carried jugs of water to a towering altar draped in greenery and white flowers. Mr. Onuoha used the vessel in which the water was poured to wash Ms. Egwuatu’s…
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In a glimpse of our post-pandemic world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently set forth guidelines for vaccinated people. Among other things, they can hang out indoors and mask-free with small groups of other inoculated people. But you don’t need to tell that to the 6,000 older residents of Boca West, a 1,400-acre…
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