News — Coronavirus

/ Photo by TuAnh Dam for NY City Lens  I hadn’t been on the subway since early March. Back then, the city was still running, sirens were quieter and the air wasn’t steeped in fear. On Tuesday, I descended into the subway once again to head to Grand Central, where I was going to donate blood.  I felt awkward being out after almost four weeks of social distancing. When the train door opened, something landed at my feet. A little pool of spit. The man in the doorway spat again. I smiled and walked away towards another car. My appointment,...

Lady Gaga graced the cover of InStyle magazine’s May issue, wearing a bright pink gown from Giambattista Valli’s Haute Couture collection. The getup, paired with a studded leather collar by Gasoline Glamour and elbow-length silver cuffs by Manuel Albarran, made it impossible for the pop star to move, let alone walk. To photograph her, an assistant had to carry the singer to the venue of the shoot. A new behind-the-scenes clip shared by the magazine shows Lady Gaga laying down rigidly with her arms crossed over her chest like a mummy. The video also shows Lady Gaga singing, “Fashiooooon,” as...

A: The OG: the recipe on the back of the Nestle Tollhouse chocolate bag. However, I use the best ingredients I can find, like good butter (Plugra and Kerrygold are widely available and excellent) and Nielsen-Massey vanilla. They make a huge difference. Q: Looking for a baby girl bonnet that isn’t $75. Suggestions? A: Etsy to the rescue! These are a dead ringer for the Beaufort Bonnet Company ones I assume you’re referencing, and you can add a monogram. If you want something a little less frou-frou, these are precious and this floral is sweet (mini owned this exact style...

Saul Sanchez, a 78-year old “green hat” supervisor at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO, died from COVID-19 on April 7. He worked at the Greeley beef plant for more than 30 years. After Sanchez was diagnosed and hospitalized in March, his family was frustrated by JBS officials being unresponsive to their attempts to report that their loved one might have unknowingly exposed others in the beef plant to the virus — and that maybe JBS might want to do something about it. In his death, the Sanchez family was credited by the Greeley Tribune with breaking open “the...

New Yorkers didn't let anything stand in the way of serving some Easter lewks. Each year, hundreds of people take to Fifth Avenue in their springy attire and outrageous bonnets on Easter Sunday, and with things a little different this year, two groups took the tradition online. Organizers with the Stonewall Community Development Corporation hosted a "promenade-in-place" community Zoom event with approximately 300 attendees, while The Fifth Avenue Association asked people to dress up in their most creative, home-crafted Easter outfits, for a virtual parade on Instagram. The Promenade-in-Place event recreated Fifth Avenue with "strolling music" and Fifth Avenue and St. Patrick's Cathedral zoom backgrounds and had a Bunny Hop...