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...These new performance metrics reflect how Citi, which has taken a more flexible approach to working from home than many rivals, is trying to squeeze more from its employees....
...My audit complete, I retreat from the garden’s icy gloom to our log fire, a glass of extra-dry vermouth in hand to talk garden ideas, and less demanding thoughts, with my garden-tolerant husband....
...People still want smart home tech, she says, but they are also looking for rustic comforts: their own well and olive grove, perhaps....
...Touches include a rustic stove, a sink carved from a conifer tree and two log-burning fireplaces with stone surrounds....
...Her parents at this point were supportive of her going on the retreats and meditating at home....
...An open fire pit is not only atmospheric – with the scent of juniper logs permeating the air – but is also functional for Alesch, who is a fan of open-flame cooking....
...Untold — In part four of our series on the damaging effect of meditation retreats, we hear about the toll a 10-day Goenka retreat had on 22-year-old Jaqui....
...Of course, we now know that nonstop messages make it harder to log off. But at least we get to send emojis to our bosses....
...As Global Wellness Ambassador for Aman, Maria Sharapova has co-created a series of wellness retreats....
...The Malibu Pier – once home to the storied hippie-Hollywood hangout Alice’s Restaurant – is now dominated by a fancy retail outpost of One Gun Ranch, co-owned by a different Alice, the English one called...
...Although for me it has always been a retreat from the heat, there is much talk these days of the region repositioning itself as a “climate refuge”....
...It’s also home of the first “spa safari” – Nihioka, a second property about a mile down the coast, dedicated entirely to wellness....
...Comfort is key in this rustic mountain home. Fires burn in almost every room, sofas are deep and the rooms are cocooning and wood-panelled....
...He was biking home at close to 2pm, when he got a ping via the app saying it had a delivery job for him that was a six-minute journey out of his way....
...“If we don’t control our key component procurement properly, we might have to log loss of inventory valuation. So we have to be extremely careful,” Chen said....
...The pub has low ceilings, flagged floors, a log fire, ample dogs, charming staff and food that can make you sit up and howl....
...The Homes section dives into Lauren’s signature five abodes that he has lived in since his mid-30s (he’s remarkably never sold one)....
...that Boris Johnson held lockdown-era gatherings at Chequers have hit the news in recent weeks, the most intriguing detail surrounding the former UK prime minister’s use of the grace-and-favour country retreat...
...It truly does feel like a home, from the rustic painted furniture mixed in with the odd baroque or 19th-century showpiece antique, to the eclectic mix of ceramics on the table in the morning....
...My recent conversations with Riswold were aimed at grappling with what it will mean for our culture when the maggots of the advertising profession retreat from the carcass and into the soil....
...Two rustic six-bedroom chalets, one in Saint-Gervais and the other in Arc 1600, have been renovated and will be sold by the night, by the room....
...The rural retreat was a hit and became the first of more than 90 hotels that now make up the state-owned Paradores group, most of which have breathed life into historic buildings....
...A genuine home-from-home that ticks all the Scandi fantasy boxes. thedarling.dk, from €950 a night In Tuscany, Vignamaggio’s big revamp If you saw Kenneth Branagh’s rollicking film production of Much Ado...
...Either way, the days spent chopping logs are long behind us....
...of its 19th-century bones and the cotto-brick floors typical of rustic farmhouses....
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