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With a change of environment comes change your day to day work preferences as well. To make the transition easier, the following gift guide is designed to make work life a little less complicated when at home. While this guide is aimed for a friend, these office gifts are also useful and suitable for a coworker, family member, or even your own at home office space. 1. Desk Calendar It’s often easy to get a little more sidetracked with your schedule while working from home. A personalized desk calendar with your favorite photos together will help keep a friend on...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. The days of picking up a latte or cold brew on your way to work are now on hold for many because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Americans haven’t given up their thirst for coffee; they’re just making it themselves. Coffee consumption, already up 5 percent in the past five years, has taken a bigger leap in the past month or so. Sales of whole bean and ground coffee in mid-March were 61 percent higher than at the same time last year, according to data analytics company IRI. If you...

What an odd time in our lives, but I have been shopping for reusable fabric face masks for my family as New Yorkers are now required to wear them in public when social distancing is not possible. (And honestly, it’s usually not possible to maintain a six foot berth because we live in such tight quarters.) A couple of sources for fabric face masks I’ve found: BUSY BEES KIDS — MAKES ADULT SIZES TOO ALICE & OLIVIA BUCK MASON (GREAT FOR MEN) LA MADE PARKER THATCH P.S. On a more frivolous front, shared some ways to make the everyday a...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. The days of picking up a latte or cold brew on your way to work are now on hold for many because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Americans haven’t given up their thirst for coffee; they’re just making it themselves. Coffee consumption, already up 5 percent in the past five years, has taken a bigger leap in the past month or so. Sales of whole bean and ground coffee in mid-March were 61 percent higher than at the same time last year, according to data analytics company IRI. If you...