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How to Avoid Burnout: Tips From a Touring Musician

Keep sickness and fatigue at bay with this kit.

How to Start an Art Journal

Everything you need to tap into your crafty side.

What to Pack for a Music Festival

A festival veteran recommends nine essentials and a few fun extras.

How to Pot an Indoor Succulent

An easy tutorial for planting your first succulent.

The One Plant That Should Be In Every Home

Summer Rayne Oakes, an environmental scientist and author, shares house plant shopping tips at Sprout Home in Williamsburg.

How to Start a Home Yoga Practice

Get the premium yoga studio experience—minus the hefty membership fee.

10 Things I Wish I Knew Before We Moved In Together

How to prepare for living with a significant other—emotionally, materially, and financially.

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Moving Forward, at a Slower Pace

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | A Gowanus gift shop reopens on its own terms.

A Floral Studio in Full Bloom

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | After halting business at the beginning of the pandemic, Karla Smith-Brown reimagined her Brooklyn floral studio for perennial growth.

As Restrictions Lift, An Indie Gym Owner Sticks To Private Sessions

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | In Rockaway Beach, Monice Small is building a dedicated fitness community — one personal training session at a time.

A Brooklyn Diner Looks Ahead

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | Thanks to a new federal grant, Rosalu Diner lives to see another day as a neighborhood mainstay.

A Burlesque Bastion Is Back

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | After 14 months of darkness, The Slipper Room in the LES turns the lights back on.

A One-Woman Bakery Rises

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | In her Clinton Hill apartment, Carla Finley hits her sourdough stride.

One Year Later

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | Checking in with the wine bar that helped launch this column.