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Two longtime painters recently told me how joyful their studio practices had become in their 40s once they took their minds off their ambitions, stopped trying to impress anyone, and...

A Home Away From Home Could Be Perfect for You If … You understand the importance of being organized. You make lists to ensure that you don’t have two jars...

“The Old Oak” is named for the pub where much of its action happens — an old drinking hole in a village outside of Durham, England, that’s seen better days....

When John Schu was admitted to Linden Oaks Hospital in Naperville, Ill., as a teenager, the staff gave him a gray notebook and encouraged him to write in it every...

Dear Tripped Up, Last year, my husband and I splurged on round-trip first-class tickets on Japan Airlines from San Francisco to Tokyo for $13,474 each. We reserved them in February...

It was all a big mistake. Ahmad Al-Halabi was sure this had to be some sort of misunderstanding that he could clear up before his flight in a few hours....

Muhammad said he had found a better life in Russia. After emigrating from Tajikistan last fall, he began driving delivery vans in Siberia, enrolled his children in a local school,...

Here are five things you need to know this morning: April Fools: It’s April 1, a day business journalists (and overly exuberant public relations interns) should live in fear of,...

In a scene from the 1997 romantic comedy “Love Jones,” a young poet named Darius recounts to his friend over a game of pool how his first date went with...

Manhattan | 3 Hanover Square, No. 13F Financial District Co-op $1.495 million A two-bedroom, two-bath, 1,400-square-foot apartment with marble countertops, a dining nook, a large primary suite, 11-foot ceilings, ample...