Category Lifestyle

Bravo in the Flesh

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Thousands of romantics, driven to the desert. This year, the reality-television network Bravo held its third annual fan conference, BravoCon, in Las Vegas, dumping the Javits Center, its previous locale, for…

The Cassette-Tape Revolution

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For a middle-school music-appreciation class in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the late nineteen-seventies, our teacher asked each of us to bring in a piece of recorded music to play…

Siskel, Ebert, and the Secret of Criticism

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, who went on the air together for the first time in 1975, have been off the air for a long time now. Siskel died in 1999,…

The Freedom to See Rome Anew

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A few years back, I returned from a trip to Rome with a coffee-table book of photographs of the city taken over the decades. In the months that followed, I leafed…

Your A.I. Companion Will Support You No Matter What

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In December of 2021, Jaswant Singh Chail, a nineteen-year-old in the United Kingdom, told a friend, “I believe my purpose is to assassinate the queen of the royal family.” The friend…

The Splendid Notebooks of Picasso

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Alex BaraschCulture editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Last year,…

Nigerian Food with a Little Times Square Glitz

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Some skepticism is warranted whenever a restaurant has…