You know how, when you’re single and thriving, you swear you could never commit to just one person forever? Then, you find your perfect match, and suddenly no one else matters? Call me dramatic, but I feel similarly about handbags. I’ve always had a collection that afforded me the luxury of a wide range of…
Five years ago McDonald’s said it planned to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third in parts of its operations by 2030. A few years later, it pledged to be “net zero” — cutting emissions to as close to zero as possible — by 2050. But in its most recent report, McDonald’s disclosed…
Good morning. There are a few things I want to cook this weekend beyond the usual Saturday morning waffles and bacon. One is an awesome new recipe that my pal and colleague Alexa Weibel adapted from Carolina Doriti’s new cookbook, “Salt of the Earth: Secrets and Stories from a Greek Kitchen.” It’s for shrimp saganaki…
Ever dreamed of a do-over? Wished you could climb into a special mystery machine like Dr. Who and end up sometime in the late 20th century, before smartphones and social media, before alternate facts and the return of autocracy, when climate change was still a question mark, air conditioning could blast with impunity and hedonism…
He strides into the ring in a long, sequined cape. His shimmering bodysuit, platinum blond hair, exaggerated eye makeup and the pop of red on the lips easily set him apart from his snarling opponent, who wears his masculinity like armor. He is Cassandro, the Liberace of Lucha Libre. In a new biopic set in…
Last January, two months after Alessandro Michele shocked the fashion world by announcing he was leaving Gucci, a brand he had transformed into a trendsetter with $10 billion in revenue in 2022, the company named his successor, and that too shocked the fashion world. Who was this man, Sabato De Sarno, who would be stepping…
Nine years ago, a friend from my childhood in South Africa visited me in London. She reads Tarot cards and energies and offered to assess me, hovering her hands over my body, starting with my head. “Wow, you have a lot going on there,” she said. Her hands then hovered over my heart. “Here is…
When Domenico Montanaro finally met Courtney Katharina Norris in August 2018 after a lengthy online correspondence, he was immediately drawn to her positive energy. “You could drop her anywhere and you know she’s going to be the person who brings up the mood,” he said. “I thought, That’s someone I want to be around.” But…
Maria Teresita Angeles Asuncion Cruz celebrated her 80th birthday on Sept. 7, the same day she married Dr. Emilio Parpana Quines Jr. “To wait 80 years, I can’t believe it myself,” Dr. Cruz said. She had never been married before, while Dr. Quines, 83, was a widower. “At first I felt embarrassed — 80?” she…
On Nov. 20, 2021, Mr. Cronin proposed to Mr. Barlowski by inviting him to the venue of their first date under the guise of a Friendsgiving. En route, Mr. Barlowski — oblivious to the proposal — was greeted by friends, who gifted him with one white rose at a time (in the apartment building elevator,…