Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

March 26, 2020

18 Cookbooks for Comfort

In the age of Google, when practically every recipe imaginable is just a few clicks away, real-life cookbooks are often relegated to a crowded shelf or […]
March 25, 2020

An Army of Sewers, Making Masks for America

They are scrounging for fabric, cutting it up, stitching it together. They are repurposing drapes, dresses, bra straps, shower curtains, even coffee filters. They are building […]
March 25, 2020

Nextdoor Pivots to Neighborliness

“I’m 84 years old, so staying confined to the house for protection,” wrote Marcia Savin, a children’s book author and teacher who lives alone in the […]
March 25, 2020

‘A Week of Snow Days’? Ha! Families Deal With Cabin Fever

Anita Tandon and Sujit Chakravarthy, parents of three young children, ages 3 months to 7 years old, have taken extreme measures to keep order in their […]
March 25, 2020

The Dos and Don’ts of Online Video Meetings

In the age of coronavirus, many of us have transformed overnight from office workers into telecommuters. And we are increasingly relying on videoconferencing apps like Zoom […]
March 24, 2020

Wait … How Do We Live Together?

ImageCredit…The New York Times Hello! This is a conversation about anxiety and uncertainty. But before we dive into that, we’d like to present you with the […]
March 24, 2020

Nashom Wooden, Downtown Denizen, Is Dead at 50

The messages began pinging around Instagram around noon on Monday. Nashom Wooden, an omnipresence on New York’s gay bar and club scene, was dead at 50 […]
March 24, 2020

For Some Drive-In Theaters, an Unexpected Revival

Jen Philhower, 48, a part-time office manager in Austin, Texas, is one of the many Americans adjusting to almost every group activity being canceled, as people […]
March 23, 2020

Life in the Time of Coronavirus Is Confounding

How to stay safe. How to protect others. How much risk to take when the smallest act can be a risk: touching a doorknob, buying milk. […]
March 23, 2020

From White Gloves to Latex, the Doormen of New York

They are the white-gloved sentries, standing guard at New York City’s better addresses, so signature a feature of life here that we tend to forget that […]