Why Do So Many Men Avoid Doctor’s Visits?
Experts share tips for getting over the resistance.
Should You Use an AI to Write Your Vows?
Ben Hart, who lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, runs ToastWiz, an A.I. wedding speech-writing business that provides best men, maids of honor and couples’ parents with scripted remarks. He started the service in December, after a bout of nerves gripped him a few years ago at his own mother’s wedding, when he had headed to…
Black Soldiers Cycled 1,900 Miles Across the U.S. So He Did, Too.
In the summer of 1897, 20 Black U.S. Army infantrymen cycled 1,900 miles on fixed-gear, state-of-the-art bikes from Fort Missoula, Mont., to St. Louis. The Army ordered the grueling expedition to see whether soldiers could form a bicycle corps. Newspapers chronicled their progress as they pedaled 50 miles a day in mud and sand, through…
More Doctors Can Now Prescribe Buprenorphine to Opioid Users. Will It Help?
BALTIMORE — Buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid addiction, has quietly stabilized Randall Lambert’s drug use over the past 15 years, even as chaos surrounded him. He cycled in and out of rehab facilities and jail, but the buprenorphine he took eased his heroin cravings and kept him from withdrawal. He is now sober, living…
Nico Norena, Founder of ‘The Succulent Bite,’ Weds Ariana Rueda in Costa Rica
They waved hello, but didn’t talk that day. Over the next few weeks, they texted each other often and made several attempts to arrange a meeting, but their schedules never synced. Ms. Rueda said they weren’t trying very hard — they had both just ended long-term relationships and weren’t eager to jump into something new.…
I Gave Her My Only Olive
She had the most beautiful profile. I don’t mean her dating profile, which is how we connected. I mean the side of her actual face. Her features — from her long brown hair to her flat-tipped nose, voluptuous lips and strong rounded chin — were full of character. And she was smart, firing back funny…
Going the Distance on Their First Date
Beverly Bảo Ngọc Pham and Brett Andrew Lynch did not expect their engagement to go viral on social media. Alas, that’s what happened when they posted their traditional Vietnamese engagement ceremony, which included a procession of their families, an exchange of gifts, permission from their families and an ancestral prayer. Also following tradition, Ms. Pham’s…
From ‘Adventure Buddies’ to Her Phone Background
As a couple, their adventures continued, including after Thanksgiving in 2020 when they went on a two-month cross country road trip from Washington to California, and back to Washington. “I don’t think I could ever have imagined my introverted self being stuck in a car with anyone for eight hours a day,” she said. In…
Influencer Marissa Dawn LaRochelle Marries Julio Lopez on ‘GMA3’
Not every bride wants a marriage proposal sprung on her on national television. Fewer still might want the wedding staged for a live audience four days later. But Marissa Dawn LaRochelle, who married Julio Cesar Lopez on the ABC News show “GMA3: What You Need to Know” in front of 1.6 million viewers Feb. 24,…
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Props Fetch Thousands at Auction
The free market has assessed the value of the prosthetic hot dog hands that appeared in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” as $55,000 — or $5,500 per sausagey finger. That price was determined in a weeklong auction that ended Thursday, in which the independent film studio A24 sold 43 lots of props and costumes from…