Q: I’ve heard plenty of advice about how to prepare for a good night’s sleep, but what about waking up? What’s the ideal way to start my day? Your schedule often determines exactly when you get out of bed. But to the extent you can shape your routine, experts have some thoughts on the healthiest…
A garden is an ideal place to spend a sunny afternoon, but would you fly across the world for the pleasure of doing so? Which gardens are worthy of such a journey? To answer that question — and define what makes a garden truly spectacular — we assembled a panel of six horticultural experts for…
The décor may be minimal at Hinoki Sushi, but the Godzilla rolls are endless. Inside this Reno, Nev., restaurant on a sunny Monday afternoon, platters of sushi streamed out of the kitchen like floats in a parade, each roll drizzled with pastel-hued sauces, confettied with furikake or crowned with haystacks of imitation crab. The Godzilla…
Dear readers, Anyone who is bad at meditating will be familiar with the tension that obtains when you try to force serenity. Nothing could be more aggravating than being told to relax — especially when you’re issuing the order yourself. In lieu of attempting to clear my head through more direct means, I’ve been gravitating…
New York City may have been a bit damp and dreary, but the weather didn’t deter celebrities from every corner of the cultural spectrum from showing off their wares at the 2025 Met Gala. Celebrating the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute show “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” host Anna Wintour, the chief content officer of…
Jimmy Donaldson — better known to his hundreds of millions of online followers as MrBeast — has leveraged his vast social media audience to sell everything from Beast-branded burgers, snack packs and chocolate bars to water bottles, toys, basketballs and $65 hoodies. Now, he’s aiming to sell his followers an unlikely new product: a novel….
The Instagram clip starts with a warning. “If you believe ‘ignorance is bliss,’” it says, “don’t watch this video.” As an influencer slices fruit on a cutting board, a series of provocative claims descend down the screen — about what she says is actually in peanut butter, vanilla flavoring and the rain, among other things….
Happy Asparagus Month — known sometimes, to people who aren’t me, as “May.” The month officially kicked off this past weekend, when I laid eyes on the first purple-tipped local bunches at the farmers’ market. Despite the fact that currently I’m dining out for all my dinners (and many of my lunches) as an interim…
Jennifer Lu stood quietly behind a wooden counter modestly adorned with a golden bucket of candy and red flags celebrating the Year of the Snake, which also happens to be the name of her daughter Patty Lu’s pastry pop-up. On that particular day, Patty Lu stood zen-like and laser-focused, flipping pastries with chopsticks in the…
The 212 column revisits New York institutions that have helped define the city, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives. CURRENTLY PROJECTED ON the walls at Artists Space, a nonprofit arts organization in TriBeCa, are two films by Carolyn Lazard that the 37-year-old artist shot inside a training center at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. Lazard, who…
