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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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A California-Inspired Wine Bar Embraces Uncertainty

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | At Coast and Valley in Greenpoint, the road to recovery drags on.

From Pop-Up to Permanent: a Zero-Waste Shop Plants Roots

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | In Queens, an eco-friendly lifestyle store is growing into a community gathering spot and small business incubator.

A Big Night Can Be No Big Deal

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | Discover Greenpoint’s one-stop shop for deceptively easy dinner parties.

Inspired by Paris, Made in Bushwick

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | Inside Cherry On Top, the new natural wine bar from a well-traveled illustrator turned bar owner.

In Queens, a Fitness Studio Struggles to Recover

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | Lagree NY, a boutique gym in Astoria, is still feeling the acute impacts of COVID-19.

A Homebrew Shop Hops Back

COVID-19 #SmallBizSpotlight | Bitter & Esters, a homebrew supply shop in Brooklyn, returns to community-focused operations.

One Year Later

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