A booming wedding industry is seemingly not enough to prop up the fortunes of one of the nation’s largest bridal retailers. David’s Bridal boasts that it sells one of every three wedding dresses in the United States. Yet it continues to struggle to manage its costs after emerging from bankruptcy five years ago, and it…
Maryam Jillani remembers the fervor around Eid al-Fitr celebrations ushered in by the end of Ramzan, the month of fasting and spiritual contemplation for Muslims. Endless meals included biryanis and kofta, lamb in its various iterations, milky-syrupy desserts, all laid out on embroidered tablecloths, among the good china and silverware, in drawing rooms across the…
A wave of illness hit New York City, with little warning. Soon, it was sending the death rate rocketing upward. It was 1834. New York City was just expanding its first railroad line. The penny press was flourishing. Cholera had struck. And smallpox was resurgent. It would be nearly 200 years before another shock that seismic, when the…
On a brisk February morning, Anna Winger, the Berlin-based American creator and showrunner of the TV series “Deutschland 83” and “Unorthodox,” was drinking a coffee and waiting for her guests to arrive at Wolf, an art house cinema and cafe in the city’s Neukölln neighborhood where she was about to host a lunch and a…
Hi, everyone. I’m subbing in for Emily this week. Happy to be here! I’ve been in a bit of a cooking rut for the last several months: chili, meatballs, barbecue chicken, nachos and pizza on repeat ad infinitum. Spring feels like a good time to try something new. But not too new, because my family…
Summer is your time to shine, especially if you love jewelry. Sure, you might have your favorite year-round pieces, but the hotter months are the best time to mix things up, especially when it comes to what’s new and next in terms of summer 2023 jewelry trends. Whether you have subtler tastes or favor bold…
At Aigner Chocolates in Forest Hills, it’s mid-March and I’m eating a chocolate-covered cherry and thinking about my father. When I was a kid in the 1950s, chocolate cherries were a staple of New York’s corner candy stores, and my father and I both loved them — the crisp shell, the fruit inside swimming in…
Countless travelers have experienced the distinct anxiety-inducing sensation of turbulence on flights: Eyes squeezed shut, hands clamped to the armrests for dear life, bracing for the roller coaster to come. Recent incidents have left dozens of passengers with injuries. Last month, seven passengers on a Lufthansa flight from Texas to Frankfurt were hospitalized with minor…
Seven Photos The star of “Paint” shares seven photos from her phone — and contemplates work, canines, a coyote attack and mortality while bouncing between the coasts. April 7, 2023 Michaela Watkins describes herself as an actress who doesn’t know where she’s going to be next week. That’s only a small exaggeration. “Paint,” the comedy…
Four days before their wedding, Richie Romero and Tiffany Wong emailed family members a “save the date” invite. It was void of time, location and dress code — the couple were still deciding those details. “We wanted somewhere in New York with significance,” said Mr. Romero, an admitted adrenaline junkie. “We did a lot of…