We’ve all been touched by COVID-19 in different ways. Since the start of the pandemic, simple tasks such as grocery shopping and pumping gas have become both stressful and potentially dangerous. Patrons who were once free to roam and work are now confined to the walls of their homes, working remotely and catching up on […]
Every day, it seems like there’s enough bad news to last us a month — at least. Between small businesses shuttering, exhausted healthcare providers on the frontlines, and hourly workers panicking over lost wages, the world feels pretty scary right about now. On top of that, everyone needs so much help it’s hard to know […]
In this age of stay-at-home life, receiving mail and packages is a highlight I look forward to. As I wave and shout my appreciation to our delivery drivers, I grab my gloves and designated “package scissors” to gleefully see what has arrived. Beyond the basics, I’ve been shopping small, with the goal of keeping it […]
What is something simple that you can do, on your block, to help others? That’s an ideal question for anyone to ask during these Covid-challenged times. Intriguingly, it’s also the question that led Jahmal Cole to launch the youth volunteer service nonprofit and movement, ‘My Block, My Hood, My City’. In turn, this led the […]
In the scramble to determine what constitutes an “essential” service in the midst of an unprecedented modern-day pandemic, the one area where everyone on the planet seems to agree is food. Despite universal acknowledgement that the public’s access to food must continue, keeping ourselves fed is presenting new challenges at a time when many restaurants, […]
On Palm Sunday, Christians commenced Holy Week, which culminates on Easter Sunday. Jews are currently celebrating Passover, which began at sundown on Wednesday evening. The reality of celebrating Holy Week from our homes instead of our respective congregations may seem glum, but our current crisis makes the true meaning of these holy days all the […]
Illinois has deemed cannabis an “essential service” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s how to (safely) take advantage. Virtually every industry has now been affected by the global spread of a coronavirus strain that began to dominate headlines in late February. Seemingly overnight, millions of Americans have traded the hustle and bustle of […]
If you’re fortunate enough to have been working from home since the shelter-in-place mandate was announced, the world of Zoom video conferences and other similar services is all too familiar. In a previous article, we mention a soap-operaesque filter that softens not-camera-ready faces, and suggest a handful of cozy yet professional outfits to wear on […]
On Friday, March 20, celeb designer Christian Siriano tweeted to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — and the world — that he was tasking his team of 10 seamstresses with making face masks. “If we need masks, my team can make them!” he declared to his some 1.4 million followers. “I have sewers and pattern […]
As we enter our second week of “quarantine” (kudos to those of you who isolated before the Governor’s order), we are sort of finding our groove. Daily life is much different now—days melt together, work-from-home life is seemingly endless and it’s still cold out. To help you beat the cabin fever, we have rounded up […]
