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Tag Archives: Quarantine (Life and Culture)
Your Pandemic Puppy Was Not a Mistake
Living with an animal of another species has never been trouble-free. But the rewards are extravagant.
Luxury Rental Buildings Take ‘Working From Home’ to the Next Level
Developers are adding professional office spaces to the list of amenities in their mostly new buildings in cities around the country.
Empty Nest Syndrome 2.0 Wasn’t Something I Was Prepared For
When my adult children came home during Covid lockdown, I loved like I could protect them.
What to See, Eat and Do in Toronto
It’s the city’s traditional high season and it is celebrating with newly opened hotels and restaurants and a revived live-performance scene.
The Last Person in the World Who Should Be Going on a Cruise
The pandemic marooned Charles Falls Jr. on land for nearly two years. Now, he’s finally setting sail again.
What It Means to Raise an American Girl Now
When straightforward progress no longer feels inevitable.
The Business Lunch May Be Going Out of Business
Many upscale restaurants that catered to the nation’s downtown office crowd are canceling the meal, as remote work persists and business deals are sealed online.
What’s Up With the Crazy Housing Market?
Rising mortgage rates. Faltering home sales. Skyrocketing rents. Here’s how to make sense of a baffling real estate market.
Lonely Last Days in the Suburban Office Park
A younger generation wants more urban offices, or at least suburban offices that feel more urban.
Bhutan Will Triple Fees to Visit
As Venice and other European hot spots explore permit systems and daily fees to limit the number of tourists, the tiny Buddhist kingdom will require a $200 tax on international visitors when it reopens this fall.
Chosen Families
Spending the holiday with those who support you.
Shanghai Wrestles With Psychological Scars From Lockdown
The lockdown fueled anxiety, fear and depression among the city’s residents. Experts have warned that the mental health impact of the confinement will be long-lasting.
‘Wild Swimming’ in Restricted Beijing Offers Refreshing Break From Rules
China’s congested and highly regulated capital is not known for either its natural refuges or its rule-bending. But swimming in the city’s lakes and waterways is a cherished, if contested, tradition.
Did You Start Therapy Recently?
Times Opinion would like to hear from you.
Bitcoin Plummets Below $20,000 for First Time Since November 2020
Its fall was accelerated in recent weeks by the collapse of two major cryptocurrency projects while sowing doubts about the stability of the overall cryptocurrency market.
How #Vanlifers Are Adjusting to Rising Gas Prices
Remaining in destinations longer, using gas apps and signing up for fuel cards allow nomadic travelers to stay on the road.
How Covid Did Away With the Sick Day
Some workers have no choice but to clock in. Others find the flexibility of remote work leads them to log in from their sick beds.
Why Strangers Are Good for Us
Random engagement is at the core of our social contract.
To Find ‘Freedom,’ They Ditched the Road for the Gravel
Pick a course, invite endurance athletes, and let them ride free. No permits, police or decades of experience needed.
Christopher Wool on What Brought a ‘Sunday Painter’ Back to Life
“I had been on the treadmill for so long. And then suddenly I felt like I could just be an artist again,” he says. His long obsession with photo books has now taken full flight.
When Covid Took My Sense of Smell
After eight days, I was feeling fully recovered from my rendezvous with Omicron. Then my nose called it quits.
What the Pandemic Can Teach Us About Endings
And heartbreak and lions and infinite hallways.
New York’s Weed Rush Is Here. They Came to Cash In.
For generations, entrepreneurs and dreamers have moved to New York City to strike it big. Now they’re coming to sell a lot of cannabis.
Why Masks Work, but Mandates Haven’t
Why haven’t Covid mask mandates made much difference?
America’s Teachers Offer Answers to the Education Crisis
“Our system had fault lines way before the pandemic.”
Inside the Apple Store Battle for Union Representation
Weary from the pandemic and pressured by inflation, retail employees of the tech giant are holding votes on whether to unionize.
How Some People Travel to the U.S. After Positive Covid Tests
Entering the United States by air requires a negative coronavirus test. Some people who can’t provide one are using a workaround: flying to Canada or Mexico, then entering via a land border.
How to Engage and Cope With Mass Tragedies
Stressful events can cause us to detach and disengage, experts say, but there are ways to avoid becoming desensitized.
Q Train Killing Threatens Subway’s Fragile Comeback
The subway is at a critical moment as transit officials struggle to bring back riders, to shore up the system’s finances and to address fears over safety.
Your Dog Is Not Ready for You to Return to the Office
Pets (and their owners) prepare for the inevitable.
The Restaurant Dress Code Is Back
A number of restaurants are betting that Americans want to get gussied up again, but not everyone is thrilled about the fashion screening.
Vacationers Turned the Hamptons Into a Year-Round Home. Business Followed.
The operators and owners of businesses that have expanded or opened new locations in the summer resort towns talked about why they made the move.
My College Students Are Not OK
Late assignments, failed tests, sleeping in class: Welcome to the pandemic-era university.
Things to Do in Rome 2022: Restaurants, Attractions and More
The Eternal City continues to live up to its name, thanks to some long-awaited reopenings and a crop of new restaurants and cultural spots all over town.
How to ‘Romanticize Your Life’
A trend that took off early in the pandemic encourages people to appreciate life’s simple pleasures, a philosophy that resonates just as strongly two years later.
I’ve Always Struggled With My Weight. Losing It Didn’t Mean Winning.
A diet app helped me shed my extra Covid pounds — and reminded me that I’m still the same old me.
On the Phone, Alone
We look at the mental health crisis facing adolescents — and the role of digital technology.
Melissa Gilbert and Tim Busfield, on Their Upstate Escape
The ‘Little House on the Prairie’ star, who has a new memoir out, and her husband, the actor and director, collaborated happily on their Sullivan County retreat. Just don’t ask about the pleather recliner.
The Friends We Keep
Our time and attention are valuable resources, and we’re in control of how — and on whom — we spend them.
Has Shanghai Been Xinjianged?
Shanghai used to be the glamorous China, while Xinjiang was the dark China. Now both are casualties of authoritarian excess.
What Your Younger Employees Are Really Thinking
Twelve millennials talked to Times Opinion about the Great Resignation, return to office and the workplace in America today.
In Hong Kong, Cheap Dining Options Are All the Rage
In a city pummeled by political upheaval, economic downturn and the pandemic, bare-bones ‘two dishes and rice’ restaurants have become a go-to destination across all social classes.
Working 9 to 2, and Again After Dinner
The pandemic upended the rigid 9-to-5 workday. Enter the age of the “triple peak” day.
What to Do in London: Platinum Jubilee, ‘Bridgerton’ Events and More
Royal culture, historic sites and traditional British experiences are catnip to Americans who have missed traveling across the pond. A visitors’ guide.
The Pandemic Exposed Our Empathy Deficit
Hunger, trauma, violence. The pandemic exacerbated all three, and more.
Why the Pandemic Became a Form of Birth Control for Some
The travails of pandemic parenting have been well documented. But how has this time shaped decision-making (and baby-making) going forward?
Sarah Silverman on ‘The Bedwetter,’ Her New Musical Comedy
“Everything’s couched with hard jokes, but it’s also vulnerable,” the comic said of “The Bedwetter,” her new musical comedy.
A ‘Cruiser’ Sets Sail, Despite Covid
A return to the sea means a return to life for one die-hard cruiser.
Who Helped End the Travel Mask Mandate?
The mask rule on planes and public transportation has been targeted by the travel industry and Republican lawmakers. In the end, it was brought down by a little-known nonprofit, a conservative judge and chance.