Quarantine (Life and Culture)

September 11, 2020

Keep Track of the Tiny Details

Welcome. I like to get up while it’s dark, before anyone else has begun to stir, walking through the apartment on tiptoe with the world on […]
September 10, 2020

The Line Dance of the Pandemic

Some people gabbed, some groused; others stood silently, forming a line that snaked around the block, waiting for Century 21, the Lower Manhattan bargain hunters’ mecca, […]
September 9, 2020

Endless Summer vs. Hurry-Up Fall

Welcome. The week after Labor Day is, for many, the official end of summer. I tend to resist the way everyone rushes to close the book […]
September 9, 2020

How Quarantine Killed the Weekend

Tom Oling, 51, a television planner who lives in Denver, can’t remember the last time he dressed up for the weekend. “I haven’t worn shoes with […]
September 8, 2020

Guitars Are Back, Baby!

Not so long ago, things didn’t look so great for the guitar, that global symbol of youthful freedom and rebellion for 70 years running. With hip-hop […]
September 5, 2020

How to Pass the Time This Weekend

Welcome. It’s Labor Day weekend. I love this story about how summer travel in 2020 looked a lot like summer travel in 1965, with families traveling […]
September 3, 2020

What Does ‘Back to School’ Mean Now?

Welcome. It’s September and for many of us, that means a return to school, grappling with a changed schedule, in-person or remote or a hybrid of […]
August 31, 2020

What’s It Like to Live With a Beauty Queen? Ask Miss Universe, She Rooms With Miss USA

When Zozibini Tunzi moved into the Midtown apartment where Cheslie Kryst was living last December, some roommate tension might have been expected. Ms. Tunzi — at […]
August 29, 2020

Things To Do At Home

Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. […]
August 28, 2020

The People You’d ‘Pay Admission’ to Know

Welcome. I recently received a message on social media from a long-lost friend. We’d been inseparable in college, co-conspirators, ecstatic with newfound freedom that manifested in […]