Tag: Quarantine (Life and Culture)
A Photographer’s View of Jordan’s Many Splendors
In September 2021, after more than two years without traveling, my girlfriend and I decided to take a…
What Would Covid Being Endemic Mean For Travel?
“Thirty-one percent is the highest it has ever been,” since the company started the tracking survey in March…
Thousands of Students Missing Out on College Financial Aid, Study Finds
Hundreds of thousands of students are missing out on free college aid because they are not completing a…
Broken Lights, No Glue: ‘Abbott Elementary’ Has Teachers Talking
In the second episode of “Abbott Elementary,” a new ABC mockumentary about a group of (mostly) dedicated educators…
OMG, You’ll Never Believe What the Laser Vacuum Revealed
After about a week of testing the cleaning tech, I concluded that there are convenient ways to fit…
Documenting Los Angeles’s Unlikely Urban Fishermen
It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time when the Los Angeles River was wild and free…
Group Chats Are Falling Apart
For Ellen Schiller’s chain of three, the end was a bit more abrupt. “We were all texting constantly…
Restaurants Ditch Phone Lines, Making Employees’ Lives Easier
Harley Esposito, 30, was surprised when she couldn’t find a phone number for Hotel Greene, a mini-golf, bar…
Do I Really Need a Toilet?
It’s the height of the pandemic, and I’m looking for an apartment for the first time in 17…
For Skiers, a Winter of Discontent
“Is it just me, or do some of the lifties look older this season?” asked my husband as…
You Quit. I Quit. We All Quit. And It’s Not a Coincidence.
“I went home and starting thinking about it a lot more seriously,” Ms. Wells said. One month later,…
Kamal Mouzawak Is Championing Lebanon’s Culinary Traditions
As this operation carries on under the leadership of Mr. Mouzawak’s business partner, Christine Codsi, Mr. Mouzawak is…