Driving Iceland’s Overlooked North

The water circuit Leaving the lake the next day, we set out to explore the northern roads of the Diamond Circle, heading first for Dettifoss falls. As Gullfoss waterfall is to the Golden Circle, Dettifoss is to the Diamond. With a 330-foot-wide pounding curtain of water, Europe’s most powerful falls sprayed the extensive gorge-side viewing…

Cobalt Blue Is Color Rushing Our Summer

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you: You are, in fact, seeing cobalt blue everywhere. It’s popping up in the design of Instagram-famous brands like Glossier and Great Jones; it’s featured prominently in new lines of cookware, glassware, loungewear and even cookbooks. When millennial pink dominated in 2016, it was believed to be a response to current…

A Romance Deepened by the Golden Rule

Of all the traits that have attracted Stephanie Nicole Insalaco and Thomas John Ciccotta to one another over the course of their relationship, perhaps none has drawn them closer than how each has treated other people along the way. The two first connected on the dating app Tinder in August 2017. A Queens native, Ms.…

When Age Is Nothing but a Favorite Number

Just 20 minutes into their first date in January 2020, Lauren Elizabeth Levin and Chelsea Veronica Cimilluca, who had previously connected on the dating app Hinge, realized that they had already met in person. In October 2019, both had attended the same party at Public Records, a bar in Brooklyn, organized by Ellis Presents, which…