Ukrainian Springtime Love Song At my Ukrainian grandmother’s house in Chicago, circa 1970, Easter began right after Christmas. The aroma of burning candle, melting beeswax, vinegar dye and fresh coffee would wake me. Grandma would be sitting at her table, barefoot. In one hand she cradled an egg. In the other, she held a kistka,…
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Anna Russett, a workshop attendee, marveled at how similar Ms. Tilghman’s experience had been to her own. Ms. Russett, 31, worked on social media for a big advertising firm in Chicago, while amassing tens of thousands of followers on her personal Instagram account. Curious, she decided to go all in on influencing just “to see…
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Headliner Greywind Dan Kluger, the former executive chef at ABC Kitchen who went on to open Loring Place and its pizza sideline, Washington Squares in Greenwich Village, is opening this restaurant and bakery just north of Hudson Yards. The executive chef, Caitlin Giamario, who worked with him at Loring Place, and the pastry chef, Jake…
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Jamila Norman has a few houseplants, for the record, all thriving, at her home in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta. But although she has room out back, there is no garden. “My friends shame me for it,” Ms. Norman said. “They shame me for it all the time.” Is she ashamed? She is not.…
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An order by a federal judge in Texas invalidating the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone did not apply to the second drug used in the typical two-medication abortion regimen, misoprostol. For now, mifepristone remains legally approved, and it’s possible the drug will remain available while the court case winds through the appeals process. But if…
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It is a cold day in northeastern New Jersey, and Jessica Holoka is carefully taking inventory around the home she shares with her husband of 11 years. She is not planning to move, nor is she preparing for doomsday. She’s gearing up for her annual spring cleaning marathon, some three months away. Ms. Holoka, 41,…
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We’re only a handful of weeks into spring, but summer is well underway. As the sun defrosts the ground to make way for flora, fauna, and the best summer 2023 fashion trends, I can simply feel it. And, because time has a funny way of passing by so quickly (wild, I know), the hottest season…
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JERUSALEM — With under 30 minutes until sundown, Anas Shalodi hurried through the Old City’s covered souk carrying a large pot, hot off the stove and wrapped in a green prayer rug, zipping past others making their way to the mosque to break their daily Ramadan fast. In this bustling market in the heart of…
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Taking a Stand With a Seat Entering Prowl’s space at the Alcova exhibition, visitors will encounter a strange sight: a dun-colored plastic stacking chair disassembled, in dirt. It is an unconventional way to introduce a new product, and that is the point. The presentation will spotlight the new Peel chair at the end of its…
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