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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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Bitters, Botanicals, and Balance

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | In Brooklyn, a small batch Italian spirits brand pops off.

The Salon Model Is Broken. Meet the Woman Who’s Fixing It.

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | In Soho, a fashion industry vet turned esthetician is putting artists first.

A New Kind of Cafe Built by “Three Broke Kids”

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | In Crown Heights, these Partners Coffee alums are building a business where community always comes first.

You Had Me at Fish and Chips

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | In the West Village, a buzzy English restaurant brings the community together with the “perfect food” — and plenty of purpose.

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.

One Year Later

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