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

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

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

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.

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,

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

You’re probably doing a lot more neighborhood walks now that your gym is closed and your shopping excursions curtailed. Why not immortalize your perambulations with a personal illustrated map? Unlike a transportation map, the goal isn’t so much getting somewhere

If you’re missing links (and we mean you, homebound golfers), follow the lead of one rather enterprising duffer who has turned a portable indoor putting green into a full 18-hole course. All it took was a bit of creativity, and a