On the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 25, I drive to West Hollywood to spend a night at a hotel. I want to imagine what it would be like to live in one. There is too much noise in my head, and I am trying to clear it. I keep picturing a clean, fresh hotel room, a kind of blank slate — a chance to start anew, step into another life. I decide to keep a time log and write a diary entry for the 19 hours I am about to spend living out this experiment. I arrive at the hotel. It is called Hotel 850 SVB, a...
By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “I only go to casinos once a year, on Chinese New Year,” says Vivian Lai, a second-generation Macao resident who is training as a nurse. The tradition of gambling is said to bring good luck for the year to come, whether you win or lose. Macao, the Chinese special
By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “I only go to casinos once a year, on Chinese New Year,” says Vivian Lai, a second-generation Macao resident who is training as a nurse. The tradition of gambling is said to bring good luck for the year to come, whether you win or lose. Macao, the Chinese special
By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “I only go to casinos once a year, on Chinese New Year,” says Vivian Lai, a second-generation Macao resident who is training as a nurse. The tradition of gambling is said to bring good luck for the year to come, whether you win or lose. Macao, the Chinese special
On a sunny Tuesday morning in Milan, Thom Browne dropped by his menswear store in the city’s historic shopping district. In one of the terrazzo-floored rooms sat a tiny twin bed designed by the French modernist Jacques Adnet in the 1950s, the bedspread so taut it could have been folded by a drill sergeant. The crisp white linens were made by Frette as part of the new Thom Browne home line the designer was set to unveil with a special performance at Salone del Mobile, the international furniture...
The great edifice of Buckingham Palace has come to represent stability at the centre of national life. Tourists love it. So why are the Windsors so sniffy about our most famous royal residence?
In a new study published in Nature Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Ronit Freeman and her colleagues describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins—essential building blocks of life—to create cells that look and act like cells from the body. This accomplishment, a first in the field, has implications for efforts in regenerative medicine, drug delivery systems, and diagnostic tools.
Julius Meinl Living announces the completion of the acquisition of the Ambassador Hotel in Bucharest, with an area of 12,600 m2. After an extensive renovation process, the Ambassador Hotel is to be opened under the name “The Julius Bucharest” in 2027. The Ambassador Hotel is an emblematic Art Deco building in Bucharest, located on Bulevardul […]
Protestors block the street near the home of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Brooklyn borough of New York during a demonstration by pro-Palestinian Jewish groups on the second night of Passover calling on Schumer to stop arming Israel amid its retaliatory assault on the Gaza Strip on April 23, 2024. “We know with a lot more notice when ‘Law & Order’ is filming on the block than we do if there's going to be a protest." [ more › ]
Live Activities are a super useful feature of Apple’s latest iPhones, but also one that goes underused. Google Maps has been overdue to support the feature for years now and while it’s still not live yet, Google is testing Live Activities with some iPhone users. more
Fish have feelings too Re: Jessica Scott-Reid: Canadian caviar is cruel and costly Fish have feelings too. You think I’m joking? Thanks to The Province and Jessica Scott-Reid for this informative piece. I suspect that people are largely unaware of fish sentience. Fish aren’t relatable: no legs, tail, floppy ears, nice soft fur, cute sounds and […]
Age really is just a number when it comes to single men’s bedrooms. Helen Coffey looks into the ‘lost boy’ messy aesthetic that dictates so many bachelors’ interior design choices