When Jackie Terrell left her life behind during the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, she migrated to the East Coast from the West — unlike most Americans, who moved in the opposite direction. And she took her nest with her. Raised in Laguna Beach, Calif., Ms. Terrell, a 75-year-old interior designer and…
Follow live as Serena Williams plays Ajla Tomljanovic at the U.S. Open. The crowd roared. People sprang from their seats in an explosion of cheers and applause. Serena Williams had taken the lead against No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit during their second-round match at this year’s U.S. Open tournament. It was yet another feat of…
MONTAUK, N.Y. — Ditch Plains Beach is the heart of the surf scene in Montauk, a two-mile stretch of dunes and sea at the tip of Long Island’s East End with views of sand cliffs to the east and west. It is also where, on summer weekends, a group of longtime Montauk residents and vacationers…
Let’s say you slip and shatter your kneecap; you have a trying year, rehabilitating your knee while working and raising two children; your husband gets a job offer in New Zealand; he wants you to go with him; you decide to take the leap and move your life and children overseas; as you’re packing the…
When it comes to fashion campaigns, few are more iconic than Calvin Klein. For decades, being handpicked to rock jeans and underwear has stood for much more than simply showing a little skin: it’s a sign of transcending a moment and becoming a bonafide cultural icon. For its fall campaign, the brand whittled its tried-and-true…
MEMPHIS — Moneybagg Yo — Bagg to his friends — doesn’t get back to his Memphis hometown as much as he’d like anymore, so when he returned one Friday in July, he was primed for the occasion. His top, shorts and sneakers: Louis Vuitton. His chains and earrings: weighty and bright. His nails: freshly buffed…
It’s still yacht season in the Mediterranean, a favorite time of year for paparazzi and close readers of David Geffen’s Instagram. On any given sun-and-Champagne-drenched day, one might see Elon Musk frolicking shirtless on Ari Emanuel’s yacht, or Drake spotted aboard a $660-thousand-per-week superyacht in Saint-Tropez. But this year, things are a little different. Fewer…
Now for August’s biggest closed sales. The apartment that sold for $53.4 million at Aman New York Residences in the Crown Building takes up the entire 21st floor and was marketed as the Vana Penthouse. The unit, measuring 6,253 square feet, has four bedrooms, five full bathrooms and a powder room. The anonymous buyer used…
When Papa Johns debuts a menu item that evokes the top of one of its pizzas, scraped into a tray and presented as a meal, is it time to rethink our embrace of bowl culture? Have bowl meals — the food fad we’ve come to know and love (or know and hate) — finally reached…
Mike Taylor Jr., knew he wanted to get to know Celeste Northern better when they first met at a Detroit Pistons home game in December 2017 while both visited family for the holidays. He wasn’t necessarily looking for a girlfriend, though. He mostly wanted to find new friends. Mr. Taylor had relocated to New York…