Feb 15, 2021
Drag Is Exploding. What Does It Cost to Look Like Royalty?
An illustrated look at what two iconic New York performers spend on their acts.
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What Does It Cost to Open a Coffee Shop?
Get ready to buy eight cases of $12=per-gallon oat milk per week.
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What Does It Take to Stand out at a New Orleans Seafood Market? (Hint: Worms)
An illustrated look at how fishmongers diversify. It’s a tough business — especially when the competition includes your own sisters.
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We Spent the Night at a Bodega and Wrote It All Down
Eight hours, 322 sales, two cops, one America’s Next Top Model, and one very persistent drug dealer.
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How to Tip at the Holidays, According to Doormen, and Nannies, and Weed Guys, and…
Sixteen professions weigh in on holiday generosity.
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Afternoon of a Pawnbroker
A visit to the flagship location of a company with 26 New York shops and 70,000 loans on the street.
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What They Paid to Make a Baby (or 2)
Not everyone who uses I.V.F. winds up with a baby. Five families who did reveal their out-of-pocket costs.
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Wait, You Paid How Much for a Gallon of Mountain Lion Urine?
The price of 46 random liquids, from camel milk to horseshoe crab blood. Just because.
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