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An Eighty-Year-Old Gets a Dancing Dragon Tattoo
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Our Book Reviews are Back. Part 1: Fiction
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Confessions of an Absent Sister
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A Book That’ll Jolt Your Mind
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Real Estate—New York-Style
Gabe Leibowitz
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Breaking New Ground at the Met Opera
Ian Strasfogel
Contemporary works are making inroads The classics Not selling so well By Ian...
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Two Artists’ Eyes on New York
Suzanne Charlé
Edward Hopper at the Whitney, Alex Katz at the Guggenheim By Suzanne...
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An Eighty-Year-Old Gets a Dancing Dragon Tattoo
Myriam Chapman
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A New Yorker Abroad—in ’60s Germany
Ian Strasfogel
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Balanchine!—In Book Form
George Gelles
Here comes a new biography, plus a nod to an esteemed classic about the...
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Our Book Reviews are Back. Part 2: Nonfiction
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Facts matter Our latest nonfiction book reviews run a wide gamut of facts, covering such issues as...
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Our Book Reviews are Back. Part 1: Fiction
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The Life, Times, and Traumas of a Curlyhead
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Tackling cowlicks, coils, frizz, and the coif-world’s Holy Grail—finding a decent haircut By...
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Confessions of an Absent Sister
Deborah Kasdan
Involving pain, bewilderment, and an overdue reunion at a psychiatric hospital in Oregon By...
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Putting the Pandemic in Verse
Shelley Stenhouse
Our latest Corona Chronicle captures New York in Our Year of the Plague 2022 Photos...
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Tár with Cate Blanchett: A Review
Ian Strasfogel
Our critic, a music insider, gives this film a reality check—and finds it lacking By Ian...
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Leopoldstadt on Broadway: A Review
George Blecher
Tom Stoppard’s highly anticipated take on the tragedy of Austro-German Jews is only occasionally...
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You’ve Never Heard of Soundies?
George Gelles
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New York City, Cycling Town?
Grace Lichtenstein
Indeed it is Bike riding is surging around here, amid chaos and misrule By Grace...
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Help! We’re running out of funds.
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Paws-a-tively Ready for Their Close-Ups
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The Promiscuous Gardener
George Blecher
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The Man Who Loved Movies
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Sally Wendkos Olds
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Coming of Age in the Years Preceding Roe
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A Book That’ll Jolt Your Mind
Suzanne Charlé
Everyday Play: A Campaign Against Boredom is a quirky, offbeat, maybe even subversive guide to...
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House Painting, Ancient Roman-Style
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Frescoes from a vanished world offer a modern take on meanings and makers By Maddine...
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Roll Over, Beethoven—This Time for Women
George Gelles
From Baroque to contemporary music, female composers at last are getting their due By George...
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What One New Yorker Did During Covid
Suzanne Charlé
Not to be deterred by the lockdown, Elise Engler spent the first year of the pandemic drawing and...
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The Story of My Half-a-Knee Surgery
Grace Lichtenstein
A robot was involved, and swear words were uttered, but healing time was remarkably quick By...
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Boy Wonder at Mid-Career
George Blecher
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The Art of Becoming a Landscape Painter
Maddine Insalaco
Immersion in the surrounding space—in Italy—is part of the subject By MADDINE...
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A Jab and a Bubble in the Eye
Roberta Hershenson
For a seasoned photojournalist, retina detachment surgery led to new insights into how we view the...
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Baton-Wielding, Arm-Waving Women
George Gelles
Despite daunting odds, a handful of high-energy, vastly talented, rule-breaking ladies are shaking...
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Celluloid Reveries: A Date With Janie
Ellen Stern
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Guilty Pleasures in Covid Time
George Blecher
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Review: Deciphering Al Hirschfeld
Deborah Harkins
The renowned caricaturist gets his first biography By Deborah Harkins Portrait...
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Bolts out of the Blue—and Other Colors, Too
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Rooms With a View: The Riverdale Solution
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Whither Orchestras and Symphony Halls?
George Gelles
A music critic takes on the future of concert venues By George Gelles The...
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A Foot in the Door
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Women filmmakers and female characters had starring roles in 2020 By Nancy...
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Don’t Stop Reading Now
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Our book reviews zoom into Shakespeare in America, panthers and cobras transformed into fine...
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Music Gets an Overhaul
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A pandemic shakeup is under way Covid Fan Tutti, anyone By George...
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The Story of My Covid Vaccination
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Books That Got Us Through
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A Painter Embraces the Grey
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and brings an art historical perspective to her decision no longer to tint By Maddine...
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What’s the Lure of Yoga?
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This ancient mind and body practice has a reputation for reducing stress and boosting...
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First Aid, Italian Style
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An unexpected solution saves escapees from NYC a trip to the hospital in Tuscany By Maddine...
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Not the Usual Summer Reading List
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Where To From Here, New York?
Linda Dyett
Like us, our city has been sheltering in place How and when will it recover, and will it ever be...
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Subversive Needlework
Peggy Earle
Quarantine time well spent—a needlework fiend stitches absurd quotes from Trump speeches and...
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Corona Chronicles
Linda Dyett
With accommodations, daily life goes on during this bizarre time Five New Yorkers tell their...
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Staying Active While Sheltering in Place
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Seventeen smart tips to keep busy and ward off loneliness—from virtual Gaudí tours to Pilates...
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A New York OB/GYN’s COVID-19 Advice
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What you need to know about lung surfactant (it’s crucial for breathing) Plus: Drink plenty of...
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Got the COVID-19 Blues? Go online and ditch ’em!
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Weeks after Gov Cuomo invoked PAUSE, most of us are ready for some new sights and sounds By...
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Good Books for Us to Read Now
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Day of Reckoning
Ellen Stern
No birthday parties Commemorate your special day with moments of glory and souls of all ages By...
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Two New York City women have successfully turned retirement into an opportunity for starting a new...
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Back Story: Surgery was the best choice for me
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Fotografiska Descends on New York
Linda Dyett
Is this Swedish import a gourmet dining and shopping mall with photo exhibits attached Or a...
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The Wonderful New World of Wigs
Rona Cherry
Banish bad hair days: consider a wig By Rona Cherry Still rocking a wig: Tina...
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Home Sharing for Older Adults in NYC
Sally Wendkos Olds
Savvy solo New Yorkers are opting for home-mates, not room-mates By Sally...
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You can fortify your brain power and positively affect your mood through the game of Mah Jongg But...
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Peter was not coming home Letting go required a long goodbye to his possessions, too By Ellen...
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Philadelphia is the go-to destination for travelers who enjoy Zagat-rated restaurants, theater,...
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NYC’s Organizations for Older Adults, Part 2
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Chasing the enchanting monarchs to their winter sanctuaries in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere...
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Courtroom Artists’ Rogues Gallery
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Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, Bernie Madoff—when cameras are banned, artists capture the key...
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Up on the Roof in New York City
Suzanne Charlé
New York City has long been famed for its skyline Now, New Yorkers can be atop that skyline, thanks...
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Country Home: When It’s Time to Say Goodbye
Claire Berman
Selling a house is a very emotional experience, and just because people make the decision to sell...
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Singing Together for a Second Act
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Choral singing can be fun, challenging and healthy and you needn’t be a pro to feel like a star...
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Linda Dyett
A jam-packed exotic antiques store downtown and a singular pharmacy uptown have a lot more in...
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The Marvelous Museums of London
Ruth J. Katz
Extraordinary museums are just waiting to be discovered across the pond—The Museum of Brands or...
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Safe on Second: A New York Story
Ellen Stern
Living in a second-floor apartment in New York City has its ups and downs By Ellen...
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Maintaining Empathy in the Age of Trump
Ellen Freed
How to counteract the daily doses of anger, anxiety, and stress by stimulating positive human...
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Just in Time: The Statue of Liberty Museum
Suzanne Charlé
As the president rails against immigrants, a new museum opens on Liberty Island, examining...
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Household Effects: an Illustrated Inventory
Ellen Stern
The objects you love may have more than sentimental value Here’s a way to save their past for...
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NYC’s Organizations for Older Adults
Sally Wendkos Olds
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Slow down Perhaps Give up Nope! The thrill of whooshing down a snow covered mountain never goes...
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Stacia Friedman
By the simple act of sharing a meal, Dining for Women members fund grassroots organizations that...
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All those vacancies Are they part of a paradigm shift (Yes) Will mom-and-pop shops survive or even...
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New Experiences: The Fine Art of Travel
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Ten Books for Us to Read Now
Sally Wendkos Olds
Will Schwalbe was a voracious reader who spent the last two years of his mother’s life sharing...
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Trying something new can be wonderfully rewarding By Georgetta Lordi...
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A glass of wine a day is supposed to be good for you, isn’t it Here’s the harsh reality, and...
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Karen Feld
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the US and popular with seniors, offering a good workout...
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Library Books for Homebound Readers
Susan Shafer
New York City Public Libraries’ Mail-a-Book and Books by Mail programs send books, videos and...
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Zumba! The Worldwide Dance/Fitness Craze
Sally Wendkos Olds
New York City exercisers of all ages embrace the Latin rhythms and aerobic moves of Zumba By...
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Linda Dyett
Hat-averse No problem Easy-to-wear berets with subtle details are in style this fall, as are all...
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Ellen Stern
Every dog has her day, and I have it with her By Ellen Stern In childhood, it was a...
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Some 37 million Americans snore regularly according to the National Sleep Foundation, so if you...
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The Accidental Technophile
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iPhones and streaming and Ebay, oh my And what I don’t miss from the past century By Annie...
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Members of “Elder Wisdom Circle” provide support and advice for young people who look to...
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The stuff we’ve accumulated over the decades is reaching epidemic proportions, taking up valuable...
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Indoor potted plants can remove up to 87 percent of air pollutants in 24 hours By Rona...
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Looking for a unique voyage that will satisfy your lust for new adventures and great food By...
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Jump-start spring with remedies for parched, slack, confused New York City winter skin By Linda...
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Saving Your Marriage After an Affair
Sally Wendkos Olds
What some therapists say about saving a marriage unhinged by infidelity By Sally Wendkos...
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How are Boomers and pre-Boomers responding to the Millennials-driven movement that’s sweeping the...
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Stay Healthy This Winter—Visit a Salt Room
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Why 30 minutes in a NYC salt room can heal your lungs and boost your mood By Rona...
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Makeup is almost passé in New York City The look today is all about artlessness, authenticity and...
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The demand for all-female travel groups has increased by leaps and bounds, pushing travel...
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When Ron began behaving erratically, I decided to look him up on Instant Checkmate’s extensive...
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Here’s how two women with vastly different careers—an educator and a...
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There are more than twenty private libraries in Manhattan—free or fee-based—that offer...
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Marie Sigismondi discusses the shady business of hair color and going gray By Linda...
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Marjorie Eliot learned piano as a child; now she performs for jazz lovers every Sunday in her...
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Testosterone Implants for Women
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A growing number of doctors regard the so-called male hormone as a boon for women’s health and...
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Meeting people is easy, developing a friendship is more complicated; it takes patience and...
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Companies that soundproof windows, floors, and walls are in high demand By Georgetta Lordi...
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Why late in life I became a neo-feminist By Nancy Weber “What do you...
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Powerhouse ingredients and products that work—no appointment needed! By Linda...
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Even if you’re not as agile as a 30-year-old, you can still pedal through rolling hills and...
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Gray hair used to be unfashionable and unforgiving; these days it’s sexy and a signature for many...
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Women who don’t lunch—but launch new careers in their sixties, making the most of their...
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Lips and cheeks are where the action is, while eyes are subtle and tame By Linda...
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According to recent poll, one-third of women over 40 are dating men ten years younger than they...
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Millions of women are using wigs to dress up, dress down, or avoid the hassles of daily hair...
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A versatile, affordable dressmaker who can update a favorite outfit or copy a Chanel is a...
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Your broken chains and orphan earrings may not be wearable, but they are not worthless By Mary...
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Members often form strong bonds that keep a club going, even when they disagree about a book By...
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Installing farms on the 14,000 acres of unshaded rooftops in the city could feed 20 million...
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How many women 60 plus are finding ingenious ways of carving out new and satisfying...
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What we wear to a wedding can make us feel like royalty, fabulous, or invisible by Kim Johnson...
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Local yarn dens provide an antidote to high-level urban stress in a clubby setting By Linda...
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Master craftsmen who can widen boots, recover worn shoes, fix torn leather, repair handbags, and...
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Many MD’s are charging annual fees of $2,000 to $25,000 Finding a doctor you can afford and...
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I decided not to lie or apologize about turning 70; instead here’s what I did By Annie...
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Garment wizards who hand launder delicate clothing, dry clean and alter tricky garments, and...
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Ari Cohen created “Advanced Style” to celebrate the elderly with a popular blog, several books,...
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