Loud Love My husband is a bit of an introvert. Me? Not so much. Shortly after we moved from Brooklyn, N.Y. to Durham, N.C., a friend invited us to another person’s costume karaoke party. Knowing I really wanted to go dressed as members from the band Odyssey, my husband put on a wig, unbuttoned his…
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Headliner Café Carmellini The chef Andrew Carmellini’s trajectory has been a steady climb, not a rocketing blastoff. Now, having reached cruising altitude after 30 years at the stove in New York, a city where his family has roots, he’s finally putting his name on a restaurant. It’s in a first-class building, formerly a bank and…
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Everyone has comfort food. Here’s mine: juicy meatballs done Italian American style, served with homemade tomato sauce or piled on top of a spaghetti heap. I used to make a pot of meatballs when friends came over for dinner because it was cozy but not frumpy and everyone loved it. It was also very easy.…
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In the early days of the pandemic, Jonathan Travis and his friend Ethan Rafii were visiting another friend’s country house outside New York City when they began to dream big. What if they pooled their resources and bought a shared house together? “To be candid, we were having a mushroom experience,” said Mr. Rafii, 38,…
DetailsLike other eco-conscious consumers, I try to buy secondhand often but, tragically, I lack the patience and keen eye necessary to really excel at thrifting. Admittedly, I’ve never been particularly good at sorting through racks of clothing for hours on end, and even the pieces I do manage to take home are left languishing in…
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In June, grasping her white stuffed puppy with floppy ears and her red blanket printed with gray hedgehogs, Alexandra waited in the pre-op area. She was nervous, but “not as nervous as she is,” she said, pointing to her mother. Gabriela nodded and said, “I think I’m thinking too much.” Alexandra’s father sat quietly beside…
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On a sunny October afternoon in the London neighborhood of Bermondsey, a cool breeze surprised me with the winy smell of apples. It brought on a sudden sharp craving for a nice chunk of Cheddar, the fruit and the cheese together being a favorite after-school snack when I was growing up in Connecticut. This was…
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Louis Oliver Gropp, a steady shepherd of shelter magazines through decades of turmoil as editor in chief of House & Garden, Elle Décor and House Beautiful, died on Oct. 17 at his home in Greenport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 88. His daughter Lauren Gropp Lowry announced the death. No cause was given. In…
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Louis Oliver Gropp, a steady shepherd of shelter magazines through decades of turmoil as editor in chief of House & Garden, Elle Décor and House Beautiful, died on Oct. 17 at his home in Greenport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 88. His daughter Lauren Gropp Lowry announced the death. No cause was given. In…
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