Recapture The Thrill of Being on Wheels
After a year spent largely indoors, adults are regaining a sense of balance on roller skates, bikes and skateboards.
De’Lorean Hall attends a recent Skaterobics class in Queens Village, New York.Credit.Victor Llorente for The New York Times
By Roxanne Fequiere
First came the walks and then, seemingly all at once, the wheels.
Back at the beginning of the pandemic with interminable lockdowns on the horizon, people broke up the monotony of their homestays with short jaunts on foot around the neighborhood just to get some sunlight and fresh air; or, as the writer Ruby Keane put it, “a stupid little daily walk just to feel something.”
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The Internet can be a stressful place. But for every every Twitter fight and Zoom fail, there s an aspirational meme or TikTok video to make you smile. These slivers of light some big, some small, some silly, some serious bring us hope and comfort when we need it most. Below, the best places to find joy online.
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There are millions of talented musicians on TikTok (and it s proven to be
the place to get discovered), but Stuart Crout, aka “PocketsUke,” isn t your average content creator. The artistic genius has mastered 13 instruments including the glockenspiel, otamatone, melodica, and cajon and invented the “kazookeylele” a cross between a kazoo and a ukulele. Crout covers only happy hits on their page (think: “All Star” by Smash Mouth and “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys) and can play several instruments at the same time.
“My music and my videos are in essence an attempt to try to pick myself up from the day to day, especially during the current world situation,” Crout tells ELLE.com. “If I can make myself laugh or smile while creating something odd or weird, I know I am doing okay. I try to share happiness with as many people as I can through social media.”