A YouTuber famous for his prank videos has lost multiple sponsors this week.David Dobrik in an apology video released on March 16.YouTubeDavid Dobrik, 24, is one of the best-known YouTubers in Hollywood. He made a name for himself on Vine, the short-form video app that created a generation ...
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Make ham, listen to Lana Del Rey.Want to get the At Home newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here.Welcome. When you have a few minutes this weekend, read Tara Parker-Pope’s article “It’s OK to Grieve for the Small Losses of a Lost Year.” It’s an examination of the ...
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Whether hitting the road or sailing out to sea, restless families are packing up and ‘slow traveling’ to new destinations.Last June, as Americans began to emerge from lockdowns and into a new, uncertain stage of the pandemic, Amy Ryan and her family set sail in a 44-foot-long catamaran ...
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An early sign that Adam Eversole and Kyle Fulton were compatible came when they attended a pub trivia night. They discovered they had complementary strengths.When Dr. Gregory Kyle Fulton moved to New Orleans at the beginning of June 2013, he had “a new job, a new city, a ...
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After a young couple sold the Catskills retreat they built themselves for a nice profit, they started thinking bigger.On a cold morning not long ago, Preston Jones and Ariana Diaz parked their car along a country road and hiked up into the land they bought last summer in ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. — The 11 acres of Thunderbird Ridge: the Equus Experiential Discovery and Learning Campus were virtually empty.Raven, a horse, had been paid — or more correctly, her gentle caretakers had been paid — over $1,000, including New Mexico state sales tax, on the understanding that ...
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How one $180 microfiber blanket and its spinoffs came to to swaddle a nation.The first time Amanda John glimpsed a Barefoot Dreams blanket, she was watching “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” “Khloé was wearing her little leopard blanket and I was like, ‘What is that?’ Then, when I ...
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Privacy is close to nonexistent for those lucky enough to be holed up with loved ones during the pandemic. So, where do you go when you need to complain about those dear and very near?Of everything the pandemic has stripped from her, Juliana Jackson, 31, a second-grade teacher ...
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My obsessive online shopping wasn’t really about the clothes. The dress was black with shiny buttons at the wrists and an oversized bow in the back. I said to my friend, “I want you to bury me in this dress,” which I found funny because I thought I ...
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Ludwig Ahgren will keep streaming until we all subscribe to his Twitch channel. But please: “Don’t use your stimulus check on me,” he said.Ludwig Ahgren, on the job.TwitchOn Sunday afternoon around 2 p.m., Ludwig Ahgren, a Twitch streamer in Los Angeles, turned his camera on and began streaming ...
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After spending a year in isolation, plant lovers are getting funky.Every Sunday, Jos Pimentel-Cardoso, a 22-year-old student at Bard Microcollege in Brooklyn, checks on her dozens of houseplants and plays music for them. She often plays Mort Garson’s 1976 album “Mother Earth’s Plantasia.”And she has plenty of company ...
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Live music, bookstores, and more.Want to get the At Home newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here.Welcome. One year into pandemic living and nostalgia is a constant. Memories of a pre-pandemic past, when things were simpler or safer, are easily accessed. We miss the carefree way we left ...
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By day Carlos Powell sold shoes; late into the night, he vlogged about his true passion: perfume.Carlos J. Powell wasn’t at the front rank of the fragrance machine. Luxury brands didn’t invite him to party at their ateliers in Venice or to go rose picking at dawn with ...
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A fake fur box from Prada, a wood glider from Louis Vuitton. Suddenly, weird fashion kitsch has a whole new meaning.The packages started arriving at my door last September: thick cardboard invitations to digital shows packed in tissue inside boxes inside shopping bags, sometimes nestled next to extra ...
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