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July 20, 2016

Governors Island, a Grand Space to Play

One recent Saturday on Governors Island, with a glorious gray dome of clouds covering New York Harbor, a Mister Softee truck idled on the car deck […]
July 16, 2016

At Home With: Childhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel

Like many an only child, Nicolaia Rips grew up largely in the company of adults. While other Manhattan youngsters were being herded into Mommy and Me […]
July 16, 2016

Books of Style: Tracy Tynan’s Costume Drama

“Wear and Tear: The Threads of My Life,” by Tracy Tynan. Scribner, 320 pp., $25. However tough it may be for a parent to cope with […]
July 16, 2016

Fashion Review: Gotta Catch ’Em All! New York’s Fashion Frenzy

Throughout New York, fans are racing to catch them all. It was inevitable they’d sneak into fashion week, too. By the third day of New York […]
July 16, 2016

Critic’s Notebook: John Varvatos and Todd Snyder Animate Men’s Fashion in New York

It was a Kellan Lutz season. The “Twilight” hunk popped up seemingly everywhere during New York Fashion Week: Men’s — a style Zelig. There he was […]
July 15, 2016

Vows: For Obama’s Speechwriting Team, the Message Finally Got Through

Vows By SARAH WILDMAN When Kristen Bartoloni came on board as a researcher on the White House communications team in 2011, there was one rule she […]
July 15, 2016

Modern Love: At Sea, and Seeking a Safe Harbor

Modern Love By PUTSATA REANG This past December, after not talking to me for several months, my mother called from her rural Oregon home. I listened […]
July 15, 2016

Social Q’s: When Is It My Turn to Talk?!

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My sister-in-law lives far away. She calls to check in every week or so and runs through a laundry list of […]
July 13, 2016

The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy

CULVER CITY, Calif. — “Are we ready to expose ourselves?” J. D. Fuller asked, halfway through the graduate-level psychology class she teaches on Tuesday nights at […]
July 13, 2016

On the Runway: Hermès Steps Into the Shoe Wars With a Stake in Pierre Hardy

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY The shoe wars are once again about to escalate. Hermès International, the French luxury group, announced on Wednesday that it had […]