Mathew writes: Please order my wife to stop hoarding takeout sauce packets. They get scattered through our pantry in case someone wants to use them someday. No one ever does. But I get in trouble if she catches me throwing them out. These packets are trash at their inception, so there is something extra unseemly…
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Spend enough time in Tokyo and you can start to notice certain paradoxes, like how a city that feels so busy can sound so quiet. You may also find that, despite its sprawling footprint, the best way to experience the city is on foot. Its walkable nature is partly what has made Tokyo a destination…
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What’s more, that was back in J. Crew’s heyday. In 1991, he joined Ralph Lauren’s Polo design team. Somewhere along the way, he began wearing colorful African neck beads, which he continues doing to this day. They’re sold at the shop ($20 and $25 per strand). Ms. Mashburn, with an upbringing in Midwestern states, recalled…
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Red Lobster’s “irresistible” all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion has indeed proved hard to resist. The Ultimate Endless Shrimp deal has been so popular that it helped cause a drop in third-quarter profit for the restaurant chain, which had to raise the price to $25 from $20. Thai Union Group, which owns a large stake in the chain,…
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With nearly 10 million people expected to throng the streets of Paris during the Olympics this summer, visitors already knew getting around the city would be a challenge. But now it will probably be a lot more expensive, too. The price of a single ride on the Metro between July 20 and Sept. 8, roughly…
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On a recent afternoon in SoHo, Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione were checking in on their shop, What Goes Around Comes Around, a luxury vintage boutique on West Broadway that has long been a downtown destination for stylists and celebrities. They stepped past Jean Paul Gaultier shirts from the late 1980s and Harley-Davidson biker jackets…
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Despite what the Hallmark Channel tells us at this time of year, fairy-tale endings don’t always stick. Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna, the Brooklyn couple who founded Ample Hills Creamery, have been fired by the same investors who came to the rescue of the popular ice cream brand in June. Norm Brodsky, the angel investor…
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Dr. Martens’ iconic Jadon boots are turning 10 this year! To celebrate the milestone, the famed footwear brand collaborated with buzzy Scandinavian fashion label Ganni on a limited-edition pair of Jadon boots that drops on December 1. In an era of culty footwear, this is one editor-approved It shoe that truly deserves a spot in…
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Don’t you just love the holiday season? Diwali. Thanksgiving. Hanukkah. Christmas. And, uh, Spotify Wrapped Day. On Wednesday, the platform released its highly detailed annual survey of its listeners’ streaming habits. As in previous years, the Spotify data dump was a social media occasion, giving music fans the stats they need to show off their…
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