There’s a certain type of adrenaline rush that comes with gliding down a fluffy, snow-capped mountain—you’re outside, breathing in the fresh alpine air, and taking in unparalleled views of the world around you, all while donning the best ski outfits for women. But how, exactly, does one get here? While one might need to endure…
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I don’t know about you, but the gift cards I received yesterday for Christmas are already burning a hole in my pocket. Thankfully, there are plenty of end-of-year sales to spend them on. Call them after-Christmas sales, call them Boxing Day markdowns, call them what you will. I’ll simply call them a great deal. As…
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Headliner Sixpoint Brewery About to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Sixpoint Brewery, the highly regarded brewer based in Red Hook, Brooklyn, is opening a spacious 7,500-square-foot taproom in Lower Manhattan, in the Brookfield Place complex. It will offer an array of beers, including the new hazy Resin Double IPA and a rotating selection of sour beers.…
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Regardless of whether the concrete becomes a winter wonderland, fondue is having its moment this season. Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s new outdoor chalet, on Madison Avenue at the Mark Hotel, is serving fondue and other Swiss specialties to the Upper East Side. The Winter Chalet, a cozy new pop-up designed by Corey Damen Jenkins at the Hotel…
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Skiing is not a cheap sport. It requires a lot of gear and, depending on where you live, travel. For families, the expense mushrooms with each child, often before they can determine whether skiing — or snowboarding — is an activity the children actually like. In efforts to nurture future generations of downhillers, ski areas…
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As they awaited the arrival of their third child in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Kerri and Neil Beggs encountered a problem familiar to families everywhere: They needed more space, but didn’t have the budget for the kind of house they wanted. “What we found was that we were in a certain price bracket, and it was…
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Alone in London with a day to kill, Jon Martin was hungry for an off-the-cuff adventure when he decided to show up for a meal at a stranger’s home. A writer from North Carolina, Mr. Martin, 36, was finishing up a trip to Europe and had just parted ways with a friend. Sick of restaurant-hopping,…
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Dry January sounds like a simple proposition: No alcohol. For 31 days. And some enthusiasts jump in without much planning — perhaps even hungover after a rowdy New Year’s Eve. There is no data suggesting that those folks won’t be able to abstain from drinking, said Dr. David Wolinsky, an assistant professor of psychiatry and…
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Twin Coves, on the Atlantic Ocean side of the narrow, finger-shaped Bahamian island of Eleuthera, is a gorgeous spot: Two crescent-shaped, pink-sand beaches free of crowds, with calm waters protected from heavy waves by offshore sandbars. But the real magic emerges when you walk into the crystal-clear sea. Just beneath the surface, a large outcropping…
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Merry Christmas to you and yours! At my house we do our entertaining on Christmas Eve, so on Christmas Day, once the presents have been opened and the crème brûlée French toast has been devoured, we settle into one of the quietest days of the season. We take a leisurely walk in the park then…
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