How to Support Someone in the Hospital
Small gestures can help lift spirits, experts say.
Personalized Gifts With Your Face on Them Are Popular This Season
Last Thursday, the first night of Hanukkah, Etan Rosenbloom, 41, went to his office holiday party at Cara Restaurant, an airy, farm-to-table spot in Los Angeles. Mr. Rosenbloom, who works in marketing for a music industry company, thought he knew what he was going to receive for the companywide Secret Santa. “We were all supposed…
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Inside a Mexican Billionaire’s Hideaways Turned Hotels
About 10 years ago, when I was living in Mexico, I went to a party at a beach house that belonged to a friend. It was an overcast afternoon on the Pacific Coast, but there’s a certain moment at the end of the day when the sun dips under the clouds and floods everything in…
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Mandy Cohen, New CDC Director, Tries to Foster Trust in a Battered Agency
Dr. Mandy K. Cohen dropped by the Fox affiliate in Dallas in November, just days after the governor of Texas signed a law barring private employers from requiring Covid-19 shots. If she thought promoting vaccination would be a tough sell in a ruby-red state, Dr. Cohen, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control…
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At the Pyramids of Giza, They Staged a ‘Mystical’ Wedding
Lamis Khaled Hassan Azazy dreamed of having a wedding in front of the pyramids of Giza for as long as she could remember. She grew up in Cairo and first visited the pyramids when she was a child, but she never thought it would be possible for them to be the backdrop of her wedding.…
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She Was Delighted by the Poetry — and the Poet
Soon, the two had the idea to sell vintage and antique items they found during their outings that reflected the experiences of Black people in America. “We’d be in a shop and there’d be one Lou Rawls record,” Ms. Handy said. “One Black record in these hundreds and hundreds of records. And I’m just like,…
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The First Impression That Wasn’t
James Coleman Burden was the star of the show, and Caleb Mansel Dicke didn’t even take notice. Mr. Burden was playing Sky Masterson in “Guys and Dolls” at the Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota, Fla. Mr. Dicke’s best friend, Elliott Mattox, was also in the show, playing Benny Southstreet. So in December 2016, Mr. Dicke…
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Winning Her Vote, and Her Heart
The campaign posters were bright and stylish, with slogans like “New York Needs New Voices.” In 2018, they were all over the East Village, where Emily Heinz Bina was living. The graphic design caught her eye, but the candidate captured her interest. Suraj Champak Patel was running for Congress in Manhattan’s 12th Congressional District race,…
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Trump Is Selling Pieces of His Mug Shot Suit
Mr. Mercuri said the idea for selling the suit swatches came from NFT INT and was inspired by the way sports figures sell pieces of their jerseys to fans. Mr. Trump was “aware of the trend and receptive” to the proposal, he said, and “generously gave the suit to NFT INT. He felt that members…
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Bars With Memorable Booze-Free Drinks (and Bites)
Hi, it’s Becky again, and what a joy it is to fill in for Pete two weeks in a row! We’re in the throes of holiday party season, and things have been pretty festive around here … but the holiday party burnout is real. Cutting back on drinking is one way I’ve been managing my…
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