After a long day at school, dealing with the usual drama and anxieties of college, I sit down at my desk, wondering what game I can play to cool down and relieve some stress. I open “Kind Words 2,” a ...

In a 1901 seven-story townhouse on New York’s Upper East Side, Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller paid homage to the house’s Beaux Arts beginnings by installing a carved French limestone fountain to anchor ...