The COVID-19 outbreak has been a nightmare for small businesses. Many have shut their doors under orders from state and local governments, while others struggle to provide essentials such as food and medicine while protecting workers and customers from the novel coronavirus. Without help, and fast, many of the 60 million Americans employed by small […]
The COVID-19 outbreak has been a nightmare for small businesses. Many have shut their doors under orders from state and local governments, while others struggle to provide essentials such as food and medicine while protecting workers and customers from the novel coronavirus. Without help, and fast, many of the 60 million Americans employed by small […]
As cities and states across the country announce shelter-in-place orders to flatten the curve of COVID-19, everyone is reminded that in crisis, individual responsibility is not trivial. This collective crisis ushers in hidden invitations with the potential to illuminate ways our lives could be more congruent with our values and to accelerate social change. A […]
By now, most of us are aware of the coronavirus symptoms and how it spreads from person-to-person, but there is little information out there on what it actually feels like to have the virus. For the (many) lucky ones who survive it, some report feeling like they had a bad cold, allergies or no symptoms at all, […]
With the many questions we have swimming around in our heads during this pandemic, one question keeps lingering: how safe is the food we are grabbing to-go or having delivered? It’s more important than ever to support local restaurants and businesses, but with information still coming in about how the virus spreads, we wanted to […]
On Sunday, residents of the West Marin coastal town of Bolinas, armed with signs bearing messages like “If you are not from here, don’t come here,” blocked the only road to town in an effort to keep away the swarm of visitors. That same weekend, even more visitors jammed other West Marin coastal towns creating […]
As long as you are sitting at home, you might as well learn something. Brush up on your art, science, math or computer skills, or learn a new language: it’s all available through free and low-cost online courses you can take right now. Many of the free classes are through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), […]
Ways to connect with family and friends while sheltering-in-place.
Many of your favorite fashion and beauty brands have already stepped up and are donating profits, time and even product to charities and healthcare workers on the front line. And most are offering discounts to shoppers as well. It’s the perfect time to show your support for the brands who are giving back during coronavirus. […]
This has been a difficult time for everyone involved in the hospitality industry, but perhaps none more so than Evanston’s Heather Bublick and D’Andre Carter of Feast & Imbibe and Soul & Smoke, who lost their infant son Avery to illness in mid-January. For them, it’s already been an unimaginably horrible year, and it was […]
