Luxury is about so much more than the stuff that we can buy. It is about our health, quality of life, and being around for our loved ones. Taking care of our health is paramount to enjoying life itself and particularly, as we age, finding ways to live a healthier and longer life becomes even
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This past weekend, I found myself digging through old boxes, looking for something I wasn’t quite sure I still had. For whatever reason—I had a birthday recently; I’ve been in the house a lot—I’ve been spending increasing amounts of time with my past self: books I’ve already read, movies I’ve already seen, music I used
Kentucky Republican Rand Paul made news in March, not just for being the first senator to test positive for coronavirus, but for his refusal to warn either his staff or his fellow senators that he had been exposed to the disease. Instead, Paul kept attending meetings per usual, and even swam laps in the Capitol’s
HBO Max is here. And while the name is still a little confusing, and figuring out how to get it can be a little tricky, you can’t deny that it has a ton of great stuff in the library. It’s got everything normal HBO offers, plus all the Studio Ghibli movies and tons of classic
You’ve got Netflix, obviously. Maybe you signed up for Disney+, because how could you say no to Baby Yoda? You’ve “borrowed” an ex’s Hulu password, and you’ve got a calendar alert to remind you when Quibi’s 90-day free trial is over. But HBO Max joins the streaming wars today, and it might just be the
Photos Credit Marriott Hotels and Resorts There is only one letter in the alphabet that when proceeded with a declarative, the, is instantly identifiable as a gathering place for the hip and cool. The letter is of course W and is the moniker for hipster hangout hotels found throughout the world such as you’ll find at
When Buscemi calls me from his home a few weeks later, the world around us is completely altered by the pandemic. Well, mostly. “It doesn’t feel that much different from what I do when I’m not working,” he admits. “Except that I would usually go out more.” Buscemi’s life has been composed of layers of
unsplash/radek After two months of lockdowns and with the global epidemic now on a downward path, a growing number of countries are announcing cautious reopening plans for summer travel. Last week Mexico joined the likes of Iceland, Italy, Greece, and Spain, by announcing its plans to reopen after the Governor of Quintana Roo, Carlos Joaquin Gonzalez,
A run-in between a bird watcher and a woman who refused to leash her dog escalated quickly. While walking through Central Park, Christian Cooper, a black man, came across a white woman and her off-leash spaniel. When he asked her to put her dog on a leash, as required by law, she responded that she
As of this week, all 50 states have relaxed stay-at-home orders or otherwise eased restrictions on businesses that were implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Many of them are relying on new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), laying plans for reopening of schools, restaurants, and mass transit. Unfortunately, the U.S.’s
Ker & Downey® Africa No industry has been hit as hard by the pandemic than tourism. Although much remains uncertain, early indicators suggest that travel will make a solid comeback next year. According to experts, an uptick in bookings is expected in the coming weeks, and luxury travel looks set to lead the way. Exclusivity
The second Tenet trailer, teasing Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated next movie, answers some questions about the time-bending thriller’s plot, as well as briefly sparking a new mystery. Which means that Tenet is very definitely a Christopher Nolan production. [embedded content] The trailer, which premiered Thursday night inside the video game Fortnite, gives us a bit
Little Eyes – Samanta Schweblin Little Eyes is a speculative fiction novel that revolves around devices called kentuckis, cute little animal robot avatars that create unique connections between two people. On one end, you have people who own these little guys, maybe a child caring for them like a pet or someone who’s purchased it
It’s the middle of April, and though Matty Healy has an album releasing in a month—the 1975’s Notes on a Conditional Form, out today—he’s already thinking about the next project. Part of that’s the quarantine: he’s isolating with bandmate George Daniel, a few other musicians from the record label he runs, and his girlfriend in
As an escape pod from our quarantine-normalizing present, The Last Dance was a revelation. Few sights are more pleasurable than Michael Jordan kissing the sky in Carolina Blue threads, or watching him inhale his fifth stogie of the day. But when interpreted as a matter of record meant to educate, enlighten, and unveil, the documentary
What have you been reading, watching, and/or listening to?I read the local daily newspaper, Prensa Libre. To put this crisis in perspective, I have recently reviewed the introduction in Boccaccio’s The Decameron and am about to read El amor en los tiempos del cólera, by Gabriel García Márquez. And I have just finished bingeing Tiger
We asked 24 of our favorite minds—including Robert Pattinson, Dua Lipa, Offset, Desus + Mero, and more—what they’re discovering about art, and about themselves, in this age of isolation. See how they’re all staying creative in the time of quarantine here. Uncut Gems, Josh and Benny Safdie’s jewelry-heist love letter to New York monomania, turned
Nevertheless, Pattinson says, he conceived of a brand name for his product, a soft little moniker that kind of summed up what he thought his pasta creation looked like: Piccolini Cuscino. Little Pillow. He thought he’d give the product another go, with me now: “Maybe if I say it in GQ, maybe, like, a partner