Quarantine (Life and Culture)

May 22, 2020

Turning Your Backyard Into a Vacation Spot

Savannah Shyne has big plans for the summer, and none of them involve leaving her backyard in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. On her quarter-acre lot, she’s managed to […]
May 20, 2020

Slosh! Slurp! Welcome to the ‘Walktail’ Party

Earlier this month, as the state of Texas was about to ease its stay-at-home restrictions, Pam LeBlanc pulled her wedding dress out of a vacuum-sealed box, […]
May 20, 2020

At Home Newsletter: All the Google Docs that are fit to print.

Welcome to At Home. Here’s an example of an email I used to get roughly four times a week before the pandemic, when my main job […]
May 19, 2020

How-To Books for an Age of Insecurity

Seed companies are struggling to keep up with demand, home bakers are testing the nation’s supply of flour and yeast, and the quickest way to get […]
May 19, 2020

Suze Orman Is Back to Help You Ride Out the Storm

Although Suze Orman has written more than a dozen books over the last 25 years, her favorite thing to read is people. She reads millennials taking […]
May 18, 2020

The Joy of Picking a Fight With Friends

ImageCredit…Illustration by Vincent Neuberg/The New York Times The Joy of Picking a Fight With Friends By In isolation, I’ve begun to recognize the entertainment value in […]
May 18, 2020

The Joy of Circling the Block

ImageCredit…Illustration by Vincent Neuberg/The New York Times The Joy of Circling the Block By It’s a rediscovery of aimless ambling, but also a late-breaking innovation of […]
May 18, 2020

The Joy of Imaginary Homesteading in Los Angeles

ImageCredit…Illustration by Larry Buchanan/The New York Times The Joy of Imaginary Homesteading in Los Angeles By Sure, my prairie is a driveway, but the mind must […]
May 18, 2020

The Joy of the Hate-Watch

ImageCredit…Illustration by Eden Weingart The Joy of the Hate-Watch By I knew I would hate ‘The Princess Bride.’ What a delight to confirm not just my […]
May 18, 2020

The Joy of Having Plans Cancel Themselves

ImageCredit…Illustration by David Furst/The New York Times The Joy of Having Plans Cancel Themselves By No longer do I have to make creative excuses for the […]