Sentinel Lifestyle
Yacht owners and public housing residents once shared Venezuela’s coast. Now they share its ruin
CARABALLEDA, Venezuela | The rich and poor shared paradise in Caraballeda on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast. Their apartments, a few with direct marina access and hundreds in public housing towers, stood on the same curving street and offered idyllic views of the white sandy beaches and crystal waters. The yacht owners and public transit riders who […]
Jonathan Anderson shifts Dior buzz from Taylor Swift’s hidden wedding gown to sculptural couture
PARIS | Jonathan Anderson arrived at Paris couture week with the fashion world still waiting to see the Dior wedding dress he made for Taylor Swift. On Monday, on the first day, he tried to give it something else to look at. Three days after Swift married NFL star Travis Kelce at New York’s Madison […]
Even 250 years in, the battle over the American story — and who gets to tell it — endures
DETROIT | From the beginning, many decades before it became the United States, American society was founded not on hundreds of years of common culture but on something less tangible: a series of stories that it told itself over and over — full of truth, tall tales and outright lies — until it willed itself […]
Hemingway’s masterpiece on Spain’s bull runs turns 100 years old with its allure intact
PAMPLONA, Spain | Bill Hillmann has been gored three times while running with the bulls in Spain, but he wouldn’t miss this year’s San Fermin festival for anything. It marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway ‘s book “The Sun Also Rises” that launched the future Nobel Laureate to literary fame and […]
Anissa Helou’s new book of recipes from Lebanon spotlights villages scarred by war
BALLOUNEH, Lebanon | Before becoming one of the Middle East’s most acclaimed cooks and food writers, Anissa Helou had no intention of either path. She entered the world of cooking and writing almost by accident when she was in her late 30s. Now 74, Helou has a wide following in the region and elsewhere and […]
Will Red Grooms’ whimsical, wonderful Tennessee Fox Trot Carousel ride again?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | For a few years at the turn of this century, Nashville was home to a remarkable carousel. Described by its artist-creator Red Grooms as a sculpto-pictorama, the “horses” were 36 whimsical figures related to Tennessee. Legendary country musician Chet Atkins rode the neck of a guitar. Davy Crockett wrestled a bear. You […]
How the White House Rose Garden and its plantings have changed over the past century
President Donald Trump’s two makeovers of the White House Rose Garden, including converting its lawn into a patio, have drawn recent attention to one of the nation’s most iconic gardens. The garden has seen many changes over the years; presidents and first ladies have planted, removed, redesigned and even fully revamped it. Here’s a look […]
Trump Accounts launch July 4, giving newborns $1,000. Here’s what to know
WASHINGTON | On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s administration plans to launch Trump Accounts, tying the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to an effort to boost financial independence for American kids. Under the program, parents can open investment accounts for any child born during Trump’s second term and automatically receive $1,000 […]
What’s the perfect American hot dog? Depends where you grew up
Few foods feel more American than the hot dog, a mainstay at ballparks, street carts and Fourth of July barbecues. But to simply call hot dogs “American” is to miss a whole lot of nuance, and potentially offend local connoisseurs across the country. How to prepare and eat a hot dog is a matter of […]
After helping the US win the Cold War, the all-you-can-eat buffet is fading. Thanks, COVID
LAS VEGAS | On a cool fall evening after the end of World War II, Las Vegas watched “officialdom and ‘cafe society’ turn out for the opening of America’s first all-you-can-eat buffet,” a local paper wrote. It was a big night in a small town that dreamed of hungry visitors. The glazed ham and prime […]