One sunny Saturday in the middle of the island of Barbados, in the eastern Caribbean, among former sugar cane plantations, I found myself eating fried sea cat in the yard of a rum shop called De Thirsty Lizard in the village of Bridgefield. Remixed versions of Rihanna songs and reggae bounced across the gravel courtyard…
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While there’s no doubt that ballet flats are everywhere right now, the definition of what constitutes a ballet flat is somewhat elastic. Here are some helpful parameters to keep in mind when looking for a pair of your own: They are roughly the shape of ballet slippers with a round toe. (This seems obvious, but…
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When a visiting friend asked if I wanted to go on a run in Philadelphia, I did a lot of planning. Not just our route, but where to go to the bathroom. It did not go well. I took the rapid-transit PATCO Speedline, which doesn’t have bathrooms on trains. The station I left from in…
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Most notable about Holt’s recipe is the balance between how easy it is to make and how big the payoff is. “It’s got some spe-ci-fi-ci-ty,” she says, punctuating the syllables so they come out as distinct as her biscuit’s layers, “but it’s not hard.” It helps that her instructions are reassuring and clear, cajoling almost…
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On Jan. 12, 2020, Chinese investigators combing a market for clues about the outbreak of a mysterious new illness in the city of Wuhan swabbed a cart. It was the kind typically used for transporting animal cages, and it came back positive for the coronavirus. Three years later, a team of international experts has sifted…
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SEOUL — When the news emerged on Tuesday that Jeremy Scott had stepped down as the creative director of the Italian designer label Moschino after 10 years, he was busy settling into his latest destination: South Korea. Via video call on Tuesday, Mr. Scott — in Seoul for Wednesday’s unveiling of Re:Style, his sustainable fashion…
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The Supreme Court upheld the jury award: punitive damages of $25,000 against Mr. Ginzburg and $50,000 against the magazine, and $1 in compensatory damages divided among the three defendants, including Mr. Boroson. Justices Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas dissented, citing First Amendment protections. Warren Gilbert Boroson was born on Jan. 22, 1935, in…
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Pearls of Wisdom Every birthday, my Filipino grandmother gave me pearls: necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings. Always tissue-wrapped and labeled with her fine handwriting. Pearls are what she believed a woman should be: polished, elegant. When I was in my punk-rock teens, her gifts drove me crazy — then guilty. “Please, grandma, save your money!” She…
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This week marks one year of Where to Eat. What I hoped would be a digestible, funny and useful weekly guide to eating out in New York City is now a community of readers with thoughtful questions and strong opinions. How to celebrate one year? Traditionally, with the gift of paper. More specifically here: menus.…
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Hours before the cast of the HBO drama “Succession” gathered for the premiere of its fourth and final season, the news broke: Rupert Murdoch, 92, the chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News, announced in his own tabloid that he was engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, a former police chaplain of…
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