What to “Do”

Plus, the essential skincare items worth considering

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jean godfrey june
Dec 10, 2025
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I lunched in frothy, buttery, salad-days Balthazar* with two favorite former co-workers, both of them 40-something. They pulled at their cheekbones and furrowed their brows, anxious to know what they “should do, now that I’m like this.”

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