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| New York Today: Filling a Cavity, Without Leaving Home | New York Today: Filling a Cavity, Without Leaving Home |
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| Updated, 7:29 a.m. | |
| Good morning on this wet Wednesday. | Good morning on this wet Wednesday. |
| During bleak winter days like today, it’s hard enough to muster the energy to step outside and get to work, let alone tackle your to-do list. | During bleak winter days like today, it’s hard enough to muster the energy to step outside and get to work, let alone tackle your to-do list. |
| Fortunately, these days, you can quickly hire someone to come to your home and take care of your most pressing needs. Like cooking you some duck confit, or mac and cheese. Cheering you up with a clever joke. Or teaching you how to make a chickpea-flour pancake while serenading you with show tunes. | Fortunately, these days, you can quickly hire someone to come to your home and take care of your most pressing needs. Like cooking you some duck confit, or mac and cheese. Cheering you up with a clever joke. Or teaching you how to make a chickpea-flour pancake while serenading you with show tunes. |
| So many of life’s challenges, it seems, can be handled without leaving your fourth-floor walk-up. (For a price, of course.) | So many of life’s challenges, it seems, can be handled without leaving your fourth-floor walk-up. (For a price, of course.) |
| Toothache? Easy. House Call Dentists, using what it says is a kit the size of a large briefcase, offers to create a sterile environment in your home, take X-rays with a portable machine, drill and fill cavities or perform a simple cleaning. | Toothache? Easy. House Call Dentists, using what it says is a kit the size of a large briefcase, offers to create a sterile environment in your home, take X-rays with a portable machine, drill and fill cavities or perform a simple cleaning. |
| Big date? Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman offer closet styling, in which a personal shopper will come to your home and dress you for an event, help you clean out your closet and find new clothes to fill it. | Big date? Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman offer closet styling, in which a personal shopper will come to your home and dress you for an event, help you clean out your closet and find new clothes to fill it. |
| Interview? Bring the barber to you. With the Shortcut app, you can quickly book a haircut or a beard trim. Or really treat yourself with an in-home massage, manicure, facial or spa party for as many friends as you can fit in your studio. | Interview? Bring the barber to you. With the Shortcut app, you can quickly book a haircut or a beard trim. Or really treat yourself with an in-home massage, manicure, facial or spa party for as many friends as you can fit in your studio. |
| Hung over? When a cheeseburger and a Gatorade won’t do, a number of companies offer on-demand IV drips. For a few hundred dollars, a registered nurse will come over and deliver 1,000 milliliters of saline and electrolytes into your bloodstream. | Hung over? When a cheeseburger and a Gatorade won’t do, a number of companies offer on-demand IV drips. For a few hundred dollars, a registered nurse will come over and deliver 1,000 milliliters of saline and electrolytes into your bloodstream. |
| And don’t sweat the small stuff. Apps like TaskRabbit will get others to hang those pesky shelves or put together your Ikea furniture. | And don’t sweat the small stuff. Apps like TaskRabbit will get others to hang those pesky shelves or put together your Ikea furniture. |
| New Yorkers, always quick to innovate, have even resorted to the app for one of life’s grosser tasks: the swatting of vermin. | New Yorkers, always quick to innovate, have even resorted to the app for one of life’s grosser tasks: the swatting of vermin. |
| Last year, according to the company, 23 calls to dispose of cockroaches came in from around the city. | Last year, according to the company, 23 calls to dispose of cockroaches came in from around the city. |
| Here’s what else is happening: | Here’s what else is happening: |
| Umbrellas up. | Umbrellas up. |
| While the rain is petering out, it won’t say goodbye for good until the afternoon. | While the rain is petering out, it won’t say goodbye for good until the afternoon. |
| In the meantime, you might see patches of fog and damp streets. | In the meantime, you might see patches of fog and damp streets. |
| You are not, however, likely to see the sun. | You are not, however, likely to see the sun. |
| An entirely overcast day will keep the temperature steady, around 42. | An entirely overcast day will keep the temperature steady, around 42. |
| • After a series of closed-door meetings with legislators, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled his $152 billion budget plan. [New York Times] | • After a series of closed-door meetings with legislators, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled his $152 billion budget plan. [New York Times] |
| • The governor and President-elect Donald J. Trump will meet at Trump Tower about “issues of importance to New York.” [New York Times] | • The governor and President-elect Donald J. Trump will meet at Trump Tower about “issues of importance to New York.” [New York Times] |
| • The Republican-controlled State Senate passed a bill that would kill the 5-cent fee for a plastic or paper bag in the city. [New York Times] | • The Republican-controlled State Senate passed a bill that would kill the 5-cent fee for a plastic or paper bag in the city. [New York Times] |
| • More homeless New Yorkers died in the last fiscal year than in any other since 2006, according to the Department of Homeless Services. [Gothamist] | • More homeless New Yorkers died in the last fiscal year than in any other since 2006, according to the Department of Homeless Services. [Gothamist] |
| • Governors Island will open about a month earlier than usual, on May 1. [CBS] | • Governors Island will open about a month earlier than usual, on May 1. [CBS] |
| • A record number of the city’s public high school students are taking and passing Advanced Placement exams. [Chalkbeat New York] | • A record number of the city’s public high school students are taking and passing Advanced Placement exams. [Chalkbeat New York] |
| • It’s O.K. to breathe the air around the Gowanus Canal and even to go boating on it. But swimming in it is still not safe, according to the New York State Department of Health. [Village Voice] | • It’s O.K. to breathe the air around the Gowanus Canal and even to go boating on it. But swimming in it is still not safe, according to the New York State Department of Health. [Village Voice] |
| • President Obama commuted the sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a member of the F.A.L.N., which waged a violent campaign for the independence of Puerto Rico. [New York Times] | • President Obama commuted the sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a member of the F.A.L.N., which waged a violent campaign for the independence of Puerto Rico. [New York Times] |
| • After her retirement, Anne Davis found a “second career” as a volunteer. [New York Times] | • After her retirement, Anne Davis found a “second career” as a volunteer. [New York Times] |
| • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “Doing a Favor, With Some Regret” | • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “Doing a Favor, With Some Regret” |
| • Scoreboard: Stars outshine Rangers, 7-6. Raptors rake Nets, 119-109. Devils plague Wild, 4-3. | • Scoreboard: Stars outshine Rangers, 7-6. Raptors rake Nets, 119-109. Devils plague Wild, 4-3. |
| • For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Wednesday Briefing. | • For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Wednesday Briefing. |
| • Screenings of “Singin’ in the Rain,” in celebration of the movie’s 65th anniversary, at theaters around the city. [Prices and times vary] | • Screenings of “Singin’ in the Rain,” in celebration of the movie’s 65th anniversary, at theaters around the city. [Prices and times vary] |
| • Learn about the Lenape Indians at an exhibit in Conference House Park on Staten Island, a site that was once a large burial ground for the tribe. 10 a.m. [Free] | • Learn about the Lenape Indians at an exhibit in Conference House Park on Staten Island, a site that was once a large burial ground for the tribe. 10 a.m. [Free] |
| • Shape up in a salsa fitness class at Poe Park Visitor Center in the Bronx. 3 p.m. [Free] | • Shape up in a salsa fitness class at Poe Park Visitor Center in the Bronx. 3 p.m. [Free] |
| • Veronica Roth, the author of the “Divergent” novels, talks about her new book, “Carve the Mark,” at Barnes & Noble in Union Square. 6 p.m. [Book purchase required] | • Veronica Roth, the author of the “Divergent” novels, talks about her new book, “Carve the Mark,” at Barnes & Noble in Union Square. 6 p.m. [Book purchase required] |
| • Looking ahead: Dig out your best dancing gear for Disco Get Down, an indoor roller-skating party on Friday at the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center in the West Village. [R.S.V.P.] | • Looking ahead: Dig out your best dancing gear for Disco Get Down, an indoor roller-skating party on Friday at the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center in the West Village. [R.S.V.P.] |
| • Knicks at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (MSG). | • Knicks at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (MSG). |
| • For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide. | • For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide. |
| • Subway and PATH | • Subway and PATH |
| • Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak | • Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak |
| • Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s. | • Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s. |
| • Alternate-side parking: in effect until Jan. 28. | • Alternate-side parking: in effect until Jan. 28. |
| • Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry | • Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry |
| • Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark | • Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds more than two million works, spread throughout more than 400 galleries. | The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds more than two million works, spread throughout more than 400 galleries. |
| The museum has five of the 36 Johannes Vermeer paintings known to exist, and an army of Greek and Roman statues. | The museum has five of the 36 Johannes Vermeer paintings known to exist, and an army of Greek and Roman statues. |
| And, of course, the Temple of Dendur, the only complete Egyptian temple in the Western Hemisphere, gifted to the United States by Egypt in 1965. | And, of course, the Temple of Dendur, the only complete Egyptian temple in the Western Hemisphere, gifted to the United States by Egypt in 1965. |
| So much treasure can be daunting. Here are a few tips from The Times on how to make the most of a visit to the Met: | So much treasure can be daunting. Here are a few tips from The Times on how to make the most of a visit to the Met: |
| • Avoid the crowds and go first thing in the morning (10 a.m.) or during the weekday afternoon lull (3 p.m.), or late on Friday and Saturday. | • Avoid the crowds and go first thing in the morning (10 a.m.) or during the weekday afternoon lull (3 p.m.), or late on Friday and Saturday. |
| • Pay what you wish; the admission prices are merely suggestions. | • Pay what you wish; the admission prices are merely suggestions. |
| • No need to spend all day; a morning or afternoon will suffice. Allow yourself at least two hours, though. | • No need to spend all day; a morning or afternoon will suffice. Allow yourself at least two hours, though. |
| • Phone running low on juice? Try the Carson Family Hall on the ground floor. Outlets are hard to come by elsewhere in the museum. | • Phone running low on juice? Try the Carson Family Hall on the ground floor. Outlets are hard to come by elsewhere in the museum. |
| • And eat somewhere else. Perhaps at one of the restaurants favored by our dining critics in the neighborhood. | |
| For more tips, a guide to the museum’s must-sees and great galleries for kids, check out our guide: “Making the Most of the Met.” | For more tips, a guide to the museum’s must-sees and great galleries for kids, check out our guide: “Making the Most of the Met.” |
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