Quarantine (Life and Culture)

July 1, 2020

Revisiting a New York That Doesn’t Currently Exist

Welcome. I spent too much time this morning looking around the internet for a Jay McInerney short story that I thought was called “Cigarettes.” (It’s actually […]
June 27, 2020

Organize Your Own Olympic Games, at Home

Watching athletes compete in the Summer Olympic Games is a long-awaited highlight for millions around the world. It’s a ritual that comes every four years — […]
June 26, 2020

Pandemic Parenting Was Already Relentless. Then Came Summer.

American parents spend more time and money on their children than ever — and that was before the pandemic. Now, with remote school ending for the […]
June 25, 2020

Summer Is Bursting the Quarantine Bubble

The first weekend in June, Cyré Olivia Coleman, 29, a student in Randolph, Mass., did something that even a month earlier would have felt like a […]
June 24, 2020

At Home Newsletter: The Best Ideas for Living Right Now

Welcome. What does it mean now, to be “at home”? Not so long ago we nonessential people were quarantined, hiding out from an invisible foe, either […]
June 24, 2020

How to Start Meditating

From the outside, meditation can look passive. You’re sitting still with your eyes closed, taking deep breaths. But anyone who has spent time meditating knows how […]
June 19, 2020

What Does It Mean to ‘Center Black People’?

By In recent months, we’ve been forced to reimagine how we gather, whether virtually or in person. Alicia Walters, a facilitator, artist and cultural innovator, believes […]
June 18, 2020

This Year, a London Art Fair Will Happen Everywhere

The whole point of art fairs is to gather people from all over the world in one place to look at, and trade in, works — […]
June 17, 2020

Meanwhile, Some People Are Stress-Shopping Diamond Bracelets

The coronavirus quarantine has prompted boredom, impatience and aggravation. But it has clearly not dampened rich buyers’ love for jewelry … at least not judging from […]
June 17, 2020

How to Attract Birds to Your Garden

In this most isolated of springs, birds have kept me company. I’ve watched their mating games and turf wars, listened to their serenades and tagged along […]