Neither Peter Mueller nor Vanessa Miriam Zoltan were in the best state of mind for their first date in October 2016. His mother had just been admitted to the hospital, while Ms. Zoltan had experienced an unexpectedly miserable day at work. Over drinks at the Saloon at Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., they connected, talking…
Her brother and his girlfriend picked them up in Bogata, and at her family’s “finca,” or country home, outside Bucaramanga, instead of exchanging gifts, her family continued the tradition, started by her father, of handing out gifts — including dolls, soccer balls, colored pencils and shoes — to about 300 children from rural areas on…
While on vacation in Spain in August 2017, Jacquelyn Kate Drozdow finally decided to take her sister-in-law up on an offer to fix her up with her friend Matthew Philip Comite. “Hook it up, OK? As soon as we get back,” Ms. Drozdow, 29, said to Lelia Drozdow, having grown tired of the dating scene.…
Courtesy + Design Leah Romero In terms of holiday gifts, food is always a good choice, right? Right. The best parts of the holidays take place around the table, anyway. That’s why we tapped Sophia Roe, a James Beard award-winning chef and Emmy-nominated host, to share some of her gifting tips. You might’ve seen some…
Almost everything was as usual at the Sbarro in Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan on Saturday night — the rumble of the 1 train could be heard and the aroma of greasy pizza was thick in the air. But something out of the ordinary was taking place at the pizzeria, part of a chain typically disdained…
In Mr. Grede’s words: “It comes down to the intersection of commerce and entertainment. They have converged.” The Language of Influence Mr. Villaseñor said his deal with the Coyotes will allow him to get his hands on everything from, potentially, “the campaigns to the color palette of the arena, the drinks, the lighting, the logo…
Whether we’d like to admit it or not, consumerist culture has us all in quite a chokehold—especially during the holidays. From the Black Friday rush to never-ending holiday sales for Christmas and Hanukkah, and all the way through Valentine’s Day, it seems like a vicious chase to find the latest, greatest, and best gifts for…
Since 1976, Denise Marsa, a singer-songwriter, has lived in her tidy studio around the corner, in the building Ms. Martin once owned at 18 Christopher Street. (She can still remember the original rent: $174.24.). She tried to help Ms. Martin in her final years, urging her to make a will, but her landlord “lived in…
He never donned the political camouflage of a suit. The olive green sweatshirt, with its little Ukrainian trident embroidered at the neck, cargo pants and boots that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine wore on his trip to Washington may seem the least important part of the highly choreographed and powerful piece of political theater that…
In 1961, the Argentine Italian artist Lucio Fontana, famous in Europe for slashing and puncturing his canvases, made his North American debut at the Martha Jackson and David Anderson galleries. It did not go well. American critics thought the canvases, festooned with pieces of colored glass, were too decorative — basically kitsch. Now Fontana returns…