Before the pandemic, the chef and artist Laila Gohar would throw a dinner party at her Manhattan apartment at least once a week — inviting artists, designers, writers, actors and others to gather at her table over food and drink. “My house has an open-door policy,” says Gohar. “I always think, ‘If you can have…
This month, she’s introducing her first major project under her own name. Gohar World is a line of home décor pieces created with her sister, the painter Nadia Gohar, 32. It’s something they’d discussed for years, but that didn’t quite start materializing until the pandemic, when Laila’s events-based work largely came to a standstill. Available…
Maya Ergas Shwayder left her first outing with Nicholas Anthony Quaranto in November 2017 thinking they would just be friends. Both Americans living in Berlin, Mr. Quaranto, 34, had arrived six months earlier with his wife, who had taken a full-time job there, and their two young sons, then ages 2 and 4. Though not…
In a tumultuous time, many adults under 35 have stopped playing it safe. Instead of banking as much of their pay as they used to, they’re saving less, spending more and pursuing passion projects or risky careers. Nimarta Narang, 27, said she was prudent about almost everything until the end of last year, when she…
More than 34,000 people in the United States have tested positive for alpha-gal syndrome, according to a 2021 paper. A map publicly generated by individuals who say they suffer from the condition indicates that the syndrome may have spread as far as Washington and Hawaii, though this does not mean the sufferers were bitten by…
But after their first date, they “talked on the phone every single night, with few exceptions,” Mr. Woods said. “We also met nearly every single weekend,” alternating between Richmond and Washington, he added. In April 2019, while they were on a trip to New York, Mr. Smith told Mr. Woods he loved him and asked…
In May of last year, video footage emerged from a spinal clinic, Incheon 21st Century Hospital, that showed nursing assistants performing incisions and putting in sutures. Choi Jeong-kyu, a lawyer who has represented medical malpractice victims, said he received the footage from someone who had worked at the clinic and recorded it secretly. Mr. Choi…
“I still don’t know anything about F1” said Diplo, the D.J. and producer, who was in Miami last weekend for the city’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix, drawing celebrities, athletes and car enthusiasts for what became a dayslong, citywide party. It was Sunday, just after midnight, and Diplo was in the back seat of an…
Timothy Godbold, an interior designer based in Southampton, used to just be an enthusiastic fan of the angular modernist homes perched atop dunes near his house. And, sometimes, when he discovered an early architectural gem that really excited him, he’d share a photo with his followers on Instagram. But in March 2020, after he posted…
Then came their joint tattoo session, but not before their first kiss. “We were excited and giddy,” Ms. Thompson said. After that, Wednesdays became their regular date night at the Mean Eyed Cat. They also began to take the children on regular outings — to the splash pad in the park, on picnics or to…