What You Need to Know for Traveling in 2021
As the pandemic continues, many people are still planning major trips for later this year here are the factors to consider before booking For ski towns in the U.S., it’s feast or famine this season, with record growth in some businesses and shutdowns in others. To understand the impact of the pandemic, WSJ visited California’s Lake Tahoe region, which has the country s largest concentration of resorts. Photo: Lloyd Garden for The Wall Street Journal By Jan. 13, 2021 8:57 am ET
Like children making lists for Santa, anxious travelers are plotting vacations for the second half of 2021, hoping it will be safe to go by then. Many have already booked. Some are wondering if they’re already too late.
Jan. 13, 2021 2:09 pm ET
The new Netflix adaptation of the racy âBridgertonâ books has put pop culture in a swoon, giving a mainstream stamp of approval to romance novels sometimes dismissed as trash and boosting a literary genre that has suffered setbacks in recent years.
âBridgerton,â which debuted last month, is based on bestselling author Julia Quinnâs romance series set in the Regency era. The love story about a wayward duke and a high-society bachelorette starring a multiracial cast is projected to stream to more than 63 million households over its first four weeks, according to Netflix. The lavish show, which hit number one on the Netflix charts in 76 countries, has vaulted Ms. Quinnâs roughly 20-year-old novels to the top of the general fiction bestseller lists.
Jan. 12, 2021 2:57 pm ET
To conquer the clutter in our homes we must also be ready to deal with the many emotions buried in it, says Jes Marcy, a professional organizer in Poestenkill, N.Y. Ms. Marcy leads online classes on how to get rid of unnecessary items and on social media runs a private support group for people trying to organize their homes, a process that can be fraught with stress, guilt, resentment and grief, she says.
Ms. Marcy tells clients that when they start to unclutter their homes of physical possessions they inevitably will find connections to emotional, financial and relationship issues in their lives, too. “It’s all clutter and it’s all connected,” she says.
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