I wiped out on a surfboard. I was nowhere near the ocean.
By Margaret Eby

I folded origami at a virtual conference. It was way more fun than it sounds.
By Ezra Haber Glenn

My lockdown smelled like lavender
By Alix Strauss

I crashed into a South American mountain and lived — without ever leaving my couch
By Stav Dimitropoulos

I slayed dragons with an AI-powered dungeon master
By Glenn McDonald

I got hypnotized to quit vaping
By Megan Johnson

In Paris, an amateur baker meets her match — macarons
By Lian Parsons-Thomason

My (many) conversations with a talk therapy app
By Ceci Menchetti

At this fast food restaurant, machines do the cooking
By Heather Kapplow

Visiting the ghosts of Hollywood’s past — and maybe hearing them talk
By Alison Stevenson

An adult learning piano? Put on your headphones.
By Evan Judd

No light, no sound, no worries: An hour in a ‘float suite’
By Allen Strickland Williams

I Tried It: Self-defense class
By Erin Kennedy

I Tried It: Swimming with whale sharks
By Amy Sutherland

I Tried It: ‘Tinder for friendship’
By Margaret Eby

I Tried It: Ax throwing
By Megan Johnson

The social-distancing retreat that gave me peace (and lots of quiet)
By Glenn McDonald

I Tried It: Climbing Kilimanjaro
By Duduetsang Chappelle-Molloy

I Tried It: Aura photo
By Schuyler Velasco
