Tenderness and GritA close friend died in 1999. After her funeral, grief’s full weight incapacitated me. My boyfriend led me into our cramped apartment bathroom and pushed back the plastic curtain on...
Read moreMisty Gonzales has been tending bar at T.J. Byrnes, an Irish pub in the financial district of Manhattan, for 13 years. For most of that time, she has served office workers, college...
Read moreIs it or isn’t it?On Tuesday, a listing surfaced on eBay purportedly offering Melania Trump’s wedding dress for sale. You know, the one designed by John Galliano for Dior couture, reportedly costing...
Read moreHey, are you sure you want to send that to your group chat? Like, one thousand percent sure?Just checking. Because it’s been a strange week in the history of the group chat,...
Read moreRise and grind, superstars! Why are you sleeping at 3 a.m. when you could be dunking your head into a bowl of ice-cold Saratoga bottled water?That message is conveyed in a video,...
Read moreWhen Amber Glenn was named the top U.S. women’s figure skater for a second consecutive year in January, she collapsed in tears, releasing mountains of pressure that had been weighing on her...
Read moreThe sisters Rebecca Meskel, left, and Matilda Meskel laughed after I pointed out that they were both wearing vibrantly colored shoes when we met outside The Broken Arm, a clothing store in...
Read moreTo witness one of Bernie Sanders’s Fighting Oligarchy tour stops, which rolled through Nevada, Colorado and Arizona this weekend, is to stumble through time.It’s 2025, but when Mr. Sanders, the senior senator...
Read moreAfter 45 years at Cambridge Typewriter Company, Tom Furrier is retiring and closing the shop. Friends, family and customers celebrated him at the local library.
Read moreI’m curious how much clothing is marked up over cost. Does it really have to do with quality, or can a popular or fancy brand mark up more than average? And what...
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