Erics Kun was fighting yawns the first few times he and Sahra Nguyen got together in the fall of 2016. This was no reflection on her. After staying up all night in his bartending job, he couldn’t pass up the chance to see her for early morning coffee. “I would get off my shift at…
I had a home, money, an isolated location to quarantine — I was safe by every measure. But my partner, who promised to protect me and our children, had disappeared overnight. The people who would have propped me up, fed me, helped with the children — my family and closest friends — could not get…
The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped across a basketball hoop with a net that has been stained lilac. A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints. The liquid splashed across these tableaus is not blood. It…
Good wine offers history in every glass. Through the vintage and vineyard, it tells a story of a time and a place. But it can speak of far more, of distant practices and traditions reclaimed. In the best of examples, it can look to the future as well. In sherry country, a flat, dusty swath…
It took Rahul Mishra six years to sell his first bridal lehenga, a three-piece skirt, blouse and scarf ensemble from the Indian subcontinent. That was in 2017. Now, there’s an almost five-month wait to buy one. In April, the 43-year-old fashion designer, who is based in Delhi, India, made headlines for dressing Zendaya in a…
Summer has become the season of declarations. We declare a drink of the summer. (My bet’s on the spaghett, or perhaps the Hugo spritz.) We declare a song of the summer. (Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and Aqua on “Barbie World” will power me through Labor Day.) We declare a vibe of the summer. (“Tomato Girl…
If you’re convinced that red wine should be reserved for the colder, more sweater-worthy months, consider the tinto de verano. A fizzy, ruby-hued combination of red wine and citrusy soda served over ice, it’s to summer in Spain what a chilled bottle of rosé is to l’été in Provence. “It’s a fun, easy beach or…
Tucked away in the wooded suburbs south of Atlanta is a small family-owned amusement park that used to bring in customers thanks to humble attractions like its Ferris wheel, bumper boats, Tilt-a-Whirl, go-kart tracks, Scooby Swing and batting cages. But as of this year, Fun Spot America Atlanta has transformed itself into something of a…
When the ultrafast-fashion retailer Shein invited Kenya Freeman on a free two-week trip to China, she was thrilled. It has become a status symbol for Instagram and TikTok creators to be taken on paid excursions by brands, and Ms. Freeman, who had also been designing clothes for Shein for two and a half years, saw…
A dayslong disruption of flights into and out of the Greater New York area is raising concerns about how prepared airlines are for the Fourth of July holiday, a weekend that is forecast to have record numbers of air travelers. More than four million Americans are expected to fly this holiday period, according to the…