The Most Adaptable Pesto Pasta

Hello! I’m Krysten, filling in for Em this week. I’ve edited this newsletter since the very start, and it’s one of my greatest joys. I love knowing that the recipes in this space are making it onto your tables — and hopefully making dinner a little easier for you and your families. It’s almost like…

A Bond Built in Brooklyn

Justin Cooke and Erik Wallin couldn’t get married without showing their 194 guests around Brooklyn. It wasn’t a long trek, only about a mile along the Brooklyn Heights promenade from St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, the site of their wedding ceremony, to St. Ann’s Warehouse, the performing arts center in Dumbo. But it…

I Asked Amazon What to Wear to Work Right Now

StreetstyleshootersGetty Images Amazon has spent the last five years building their fashion platform exponentially. They’ve brought established and emerging brands on-board to Luxury Stores at Amazon and created in-house labels like Wild Meadow, Mae, Core 10, and more. But just like trying to search the massive platform for the best of what feels like three…

The Pain Wouldn’t Stop — Because Her Medication Had Been Stolen

LaVonne Borsheim’s family could not understand why she was suffering such intense pain. Ms. Borsheim, 86, had long contended with rheumatoid arthritis and other health problems, including hip and knee replacements and heart failure. Her husband, Roger, cared for her in their small house in suburban Minneapolis, meticulously administering the prescribed daily OxyContin and oxycodone…

Theater Majors Unite at the Altar

It all started with a headshot. Benjamin Bratcher saw Victoria Lee’s photo when he was a junior and she was an incoming freshman at Abilene Christian University, in Texas. Both theater majors, they met at a department party in August of 2013. “He struck up a conversation with me,” Ms. Lee said. “I was instantly…

All-Inclusive Resorts Make Staying Put More Appealing

“The people who liked piecing trips together and exploring the unknown are approaching travel a little less adventurously,” said Melissa Wu, the owner of Woodlyn Travel, a travel agency in Pasadena, Calif. “Covid numbers are unpredictable; countries keep changing their entry requirements. And people are just tired: They’re worried about their health, their kids, their…

TS Madison Steals the Spotlight

Nineteen minutes into the film “Zola,” the actress TS Madison delivers a devotion that becomes a kind of mantra for the rest of the film. “Dear heavenly father, we come to you thanking you today for all the bounties that you’ve bestowed upon us, Jesus,” her character, a stripper named Hollywood, recites with her head…

Where Did It All Go So Wrong for Juul?

‘Move Fast and Vape Things’ Producer/Director John PappasReporter/Producer Sheila KaplanReporter Julie Creswell Watch on Friday, Sept. 17, at 10 p.m. on FX, and stream it on Hulu. Adam Bowen and James Monsees, by their own telling, set out to improve the lives of a billion people by getting them off cigarettes. But somewhere on the…