More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. Hazel Villareal looked out the car window, spotted her target and pressed the megaphone to her lips. “Excuse me,” she said, as the man on the Dallas street corner turned to face her. “I just…
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The enameled dial of a new custom watch by Vacheron Constantin depicts grimacing soldiers and their lunging horses, all engaged in deadly combat. Unveiled in May, it is the Swiss watchmaker’s reproduction of “The Fight for the Standard” from the “Battle of Anghiari,” a 1603 drawing by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens that is…
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Leica Camera has spent the last few years working out its horological road map. The German company, known globally for its cameras, lenses and other optical instruments, dabbled in watches from time to time during its 154-year history. Then it announced its first in-house collection in 2018, with the two models arriving in stores early…
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When it comes to curating your capsule wardrobe, neutrals are the ultimate color palette for versatility and easy elegance. The new Christian Louboutin “By My Side” line of debossed accessories in classic soft shades is set to become your wardrobe’s hardest workers. The accessory collection is a sartorial symbol of timeless functionality. Open Gallery The…
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Pizza in New York is a lot like certain calculus problems (or that one scene in “Mean Girls”): The limit does not exist. We will never reach peak pizza, barring some pizza-related disaster. Which brings us to this year’s State of Pizza, my second annual update on the latest pizza goings-on across this big, beautiful,…
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A Face Like Her Mother’s In the supermarket yesterday, a young woman with three babies stopped stock still in front of me. “You look just like my mother,” she said. “A more healthy version, but just like my mother.” I asked if she had lost her mother; the pain was written all over her face.…
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On the last day of June, American Airlines agents at Gainesville Regional Airport in Florida canceled a North Carolina teenager’s flight after realizing that he had used a booking tactic called “skiplagging” or “hidden-city travel,” forbidden by airlines but used by some travelers to net flight bargains. The teen’s father, Hunter Parsons, said it was…
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Headliner The Bazaar by José Andrés The chef and restaurateur José Andrés’s Bazaar rubric has permitted him to explore many possibilities: tapas, Spanish fare and twists on American dishes like cheesesteak in Washington; a beefier menu at Bazaar Meat in Chicago and Las Vegas; and now in New York, a meeting of Spain and Japan.…
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