Entrepreneurs, as a result, have seen a business opportunity in creating an advocacy and visibility movement for menopause. Alisa Volkman, 49, who has twice greeted new phases of her life with an...
Read moreMy Unwritten ChapterBefore she died at 42, my wife suggested I marry her colleague, Sandee. “There are chapters yet unwritten in your life,” she said. Sitting shiva shortly before Hanukkah, I first...
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Read moreElizabeth Chan is very clear on the matter: Christmas is not a competition.“You can love whatever you want about it as much as you want,” Ms. Chan, 42, said. “It’s how much...
Read moreWith “Outfitumentary,” Ms. Hardy, 45, who exhibited sculptures, photography and a fashion show at the 2012 Whitney Biennial, seemed to anticipate the prevalence of “fit pics,” “outfit of the day” photos and...
Read moreOn Dec. 19, 2019, I led my last Clemson, S.C., Christmas Bird Count. For almost 30 years, I’d been the compiler, the person responsible for organizing dozens of volunteer birders to count...
Read moreAs I have advanced in my career, I’ve found myself in situations where I am wearing business casual plus my giant winter coat, which makes me feel completely frumpy (I call it...
Read moreA flurry of galas capped off the year. Creative Time held its first gala in three years on Dec. 7 at Powerhouse Arts, a former power station along the Gowanus Canal in...
Read moreRica Allam, who lives in Stuttgart, Germany, loves celebrating Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, which begins tonight. There’s just one problem: It is very hard to find a menorah in her...
Read moreAmarilli, mia bella,Non credi, o del mio cor dolce desioD’esser tu l’amor mio?And even after my soul-lifting, world-altering technologies flopped and the kitchens in my glass offices were no longer stocked with...
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