If 2020 was the summer of the pandemic-enforced road trip, many people seem to be hoping that 2021 will be the summer they can travel overseas. But that’s a big “if.” Roadblocks abound, among them, the rise of variant cases in popular destinations like Europe and confusion about the role that vaccine “passports” will play…
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Serum or cream? Both of these products contain nutrients and have anti-aging effects. But contrasting them is still not entirely correct, since they perform different functions. What is the best choice for daily care and why? The cream is a must-have product for facial skincare. Its main function is to protect against the influence of…
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You have known for a long time that blow-drying your hair is harmful just as not wearing a hat and exposing your hair to the sun. There are also less obvious things that harm your hair. If you want to understand why the condition of your hair is poor, think about how you handle it…
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George Hahn loves New York. But in 2016, the writer, actor and sartorial pragmatist wrote an essay about how the city — his home for 22 years — had become unsustainable for his creative lifestyle. He decided to move home, to Cleveland, Ohio, where he marveled at his 1,000-square-foot apartment (with in-suite washer/dryer). But he…
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With the New York charity circuit on hiatus, here is how some philanthropists and society figures are spending their time and resources during the pandemic. Matthew Broderick Age: 59 Occupation: actor, singer Favorite Charity: the Actors Fund Where have you been hunkering down? For the past few months, we’ve been in our townhouse in Greenwich…
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Dr. Meyer, a devoted Quaker, needed a little more time and spiritual consultation, but also made peace, grateful for Noah. “We both decided,” Dr. Prizant said, “to look at having just one child as an opportunity to have more resources to serve many more children through our work.” A Crack in the Glass Reading the…
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Kaitlin Ruby Brinkerhoff and Ian McCann consider the two weeks spent quarantining in a freezing recreational vehicle in Canada last fall — she knitting afghans and he playing the video game Call of Duty — among the highlights of their relationship. They realize this may not be everybody’s idea of a good time, but for…
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Successive dates went equally well. As it turns out, Mr. Ruiz had a litmus test of his own. He spontaneously invited her over one afternoon to his parents’ house to meet them, and then, to several other family gatherings, including a cousin’s football party. “I have a big, robust, Latino family and I wanted to…
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Christian Hendry said that Wynne Hamerman was a “social butterfly,” when they met at the University of Connecticut at the start of their sophomore years in September 2009. Mr. Hendry, by his own admission, was the polar opposite. “When Wynne came into my life, I was a quiet and standoffish person, I never opened up…
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Dr. Kito Akin Obasi Lord likes to say he met Sarah Orcasita Lockridge-Steckel in January 2016 in Barcelona. Not the city in Spain, but a little restaurant-bar by that name near Yale in New Haven, Conn. “Initially I befriended all her friends,” said Dr. Lord, who noticed her as she walked in with a bunch…
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