Visits: 24 It’s not easy to do your job when everyone around you is having a good time. I hugged my father goodbye in Dublin and boarded a plane for New York. My best friend from college was with me. …
Is That a Summer House I See? I’ve Missed You, We Should Catch Up.
Visits: 23 With the unofficial start of summer comes, for some, a scramble to secure a free getaway somewhere. Grace Palumbo, a kindergarten teacher in Denver, has one goal right now: to get access to a beach house. “A Hamptons …
The Women Who Are Giving Dating Apps the Summer Off
Visits: 25 Summer is the season where romantic encounters heat up. Some singles are logging off to see what’s out there. Divai Brown, a 39-year-old lawyer from Harlem, has lived in Dublin for about 15 months, working in financial regulations, …
At Camp Naru, Nobody Is ‘an Outlier’
Visits: 23 On Camp Naru’s sprawling 640-acre campus, each day started with conversations about the Korean American experience. Campers then participated in activities like taekwondo and cooking authentic Korean dishes. Chloe Kim, the Korean American snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold …
In Montauk, Big Money Moves In On a Surfers’ Paradise
Visits: 29 MONTAUK, N.Y. — Ditch Plains Beach is the heart of the surf scene in Montauk, a two-mile stretch of dunes and sea at the tip of Long Island’s East End with views of sand cliffs to the east …
Tiny Love Stories: Summer Loving
Visits: 15 To celebrate this sticky seventh month, we present seven of our favorite summer-themed Tiny Love Stories. When Lies Turn Into Prophecies A very drunk man won’t stop telling me about trains. The Cape Town summer is hot, the …
What’s the Perfect Summer Dress?
Visits: 22 A reader asks for help finding a frock that’s suited to warm weather. I am in search of a perfect summer dress that can handle the heat waves I hear we should all start to expect. I want …
Forget Long Weekends: During the Pandemic It’s All About Short Weeks
Visits: 30 Health declaration forms and virus tests. Quarantine-on-arrival (and on return) requirements. Infection rates that change by the day and labyrinthine middle-seat policies that require an advanced degree to decipher. Combine those new hurdles with the ability to work …
How Summer Festivals Persevered in the Pandemic
Visits: 35 When the coronavirus pandemic first exploded earlier this year, some hoped that it would end within weeks or months, with enough hand washing and other measures, perhaps with the sunlight of spring and summer. That didn’t happen. Just …
Rapid Testing is at Parties, Concerts and Hotels. Social Distance Still Required.
Visits: 31 Dr. Asma Rashid, who runs a members-only medical concierge service in the Hamptons, has received some of the most sought-after party invitations this summer. “We’ve gone to these private, private, private events, where they have me sign a …