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What's Special about Mexico's Day of the Dead?Mexican culture is known for its boldness and magic. From color to flavor to music and literature, it is a rich tradition that combines aesthetic beauty with a connection to all the elements. But did you...

How to Pay Tribute to Justice  Ruth Bader GinsburgWith the passing of one known simply as RBG, we’ve lost a giant of tiny proportions, a fierce and brilliant legal mind, and a woman who fought her whole life to make our country better and more e...

It was Monday, June 15, 2020. The day my restaurant died. Well, it wasn’t technically my restaurant, but it was the elegant French dining room on Manhattan's Upper East Side where I was a Maitre D. It was the restaurant where I felt at home welcoming...

A few years after someone we love has passed, many of us find ourselves wondering which is better: to celebrate their birthday or mark the anniversary of their death?  Luckily with William Shakespeare, we don’t have to decide. With regard t...

If you want more proof that the conversation around end of life attitudes is changing, you need look no further than The New York Times this week. In two very cool profiles—one of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, the other of non-celebrity n...

Aretha Franklin March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018The word “funeral” just doesn’t do it justice! The Queen of Soul gets all our respect for her four-day royal farewelling. Reclining regally in a golden coffin surrounded by pale pink and lavender r...