Hear What You’ve Been Missing
New Yorkers are people who go on vacation and complain about the quiet. For four hundred years, the city's relentless soundtrack has been an inseparable part of the experience — at least until COVID came around and stifled our glorious
Feel Mitch Albom’s “Human Touch”
Detroit-based writer Mitch Albom has never missed a chance to tug at the heartstrings. In books like Tuesdays with Morrie and the recent Finding Chika, the author has established himself as one of the generation's most beloved feel-good authors. With his "Human Touch" podcast/e-book, Albom presents a fictional story of
Learn the Real Instagram Story
Whether you're using it to float arty pictures of your listings or your lunch, Instagram is an inseparable part of our experience these days. It's only ten years old, but the Facebook-owned social media platform, which today boasts close to 120
Ellis Island Builds a Time Machine
If you’re feeling disconnected from family right now, why not reach across distance — and time — to tighten family ties? The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Foundation has a powerful passenger search for 65 million arrivals, and the blog of
Get Zoomed with NPR
You've tried a beach in the Bahamas and the surface of Mars and the Rose Reading Room at the New York Public Library: Eventually, you're going to find a Zoom background that really speaks to you. This week, NPR tries its hand
Climb a Happier Arc
At its simplest, the role of traditional media is to report when things don't go as planned. In other words, they're good when the news is bad. And lately, we've had more than enough bad to fill the news cycle.
15 New Developments with Picture-Perfect Outdoor Spaces
Apartments with private terraces or buildings with private lawns, there’s nothing quite like having a quiet space to soak up the sun, savor the view, or sink your toes into the grass.
Get Striped as a Family
We're loving these gender-neutral mommy-and-me striped shirts from The Striped Sheep, a New York City-based boutique launched by former real estate lawyer Karen Feldman. The 100-percent cotton "Pablo" and "Mini Pablo" — named for a certain artist with a famous fondness for stripes — run $72 and $45,
Class Up Your Zoom Meetings
We've sat through plenty of Zoom meetings and seen too many funny backgrounds, so we were thrilled to see a shift from clever to classy when the Metropolitan Museum of Art released ten classic architectural interiors for use as video backgrounds. From a Parisian