Hating laundry is not rational, but I do. Laundry has never been easier; to give a serviceable performance requires minimal labor and even less skill. We have not only washers now but dryers, soaps that whiten whites and brighten brights, wardrobes of machine-washable clothes. According to the Census Bureau’s 2020 , more than of Americans can do it without leaving the house. Yet despite all of technology’s best efforts, the problem still exists. There is always more laundry.“Laundry defies the rules of lifestyle innovation and the promises of capitalism”This is not for lack of trying. We...…Hating laundry is not rational, but I do. Laundry has never been easier; to give a serviceable performance requires minimal labor and even less skill. We have not only washers now but dryers, soaps that whiten whites and brighten brights, wardrobes of machine-washable clothes. According to the Census Bureau’s 2020 , more than of Americans can do it without leaving the house. Yet despite all of technology’s best efforts, the problem still exists. There is always more laundry.“Laundry defies the rules of lifestyle innovation and the promises of capitalism”This is not for lack of trying. We...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.There was a time, not so long ago, when grocery shopping could be a pleasure. It could also be a joyless time suck, of course — a chore, a scourge — but in the right mood, and under the right circumstances, it was a delight. You could examine ten thousand different types of cereals. You could inspect the plums!Now it is not. You could blame the pandemic for this end, but the pandemic only accelerated what was happening already. COVID-19 did not ruin grocery shopping, although certainly being terrified that you might die or...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.There was a time, not so long ago, when grocery shopping could be a pleasure. It could also be a joyless time suck, of course — a chore, a scourge — but in the right mood, and under the right circumstances, it was a delight. You could examine ten thousand different types of cereals. You could inspect the plums!Now it is not. You could blame the pandemic for this end, but the pandemic only accelerated what was happening already. COVID-19 did not ruin grocery shopping, although certainly being terrified that you might die or...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.In June, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the in enforcing street-vending laws. Instead, the city would create a new civilian agency to oversee vendors, he promised, amid protests calling for police abolition and reform.This was supposed to be progress. Street vendors have about police harassment — interactions that have throughout the pandemic — and the notion that perhaps enforcement shouldn’t be under the purview of the NYPD is hardly a radical idea. (A bill to create a civilian oversight unit had been introduced to the...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.In June, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the in enforcing street-vending laws. Instead, the city would create a new civilian agency to oversee vendors, he promised, amid protests calling for police abolition and reform.This was supposed to be progress. Street vendors have about police harassment — interactions that have throughout the pandemic — and the notion that perhaps enforcement shouldn’t be under the purview of the NYPD is hardly a radical idea. (A bill to create a civilian oversight unit had been introduced to the...WW…