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22 Notable Deaths of 2020: A Tribute
2020: A Year of Great LossThis has been a year of such widespread grief and so many difficulties for all of us. Hundreds of thousands have died from COVID-19, and others have died from the wide variety of causes that take away our loved ones each yea...
Celebrity & Culture
The Beauty of Mexico's Day of the Dead Celebrations
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...
Celebrity & Culture
7 Ways to Honor the Glorious, Notorious RBG
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...
Celebrity & Culture
Grieving Our Culture: A New York City Maitre D Mourns the Loss of Her Restaurant During COVID-19
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...
Celebrity & Culture
The Filmmaker and The Mom: Two Interesting Views on Dying from The New York Times
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...
