My son, 29, got married in May. His wife, 25, was pregnant with their first child. Her parents insisted on the marriage and micromanaged the proposal, the baby reveal, the bridal shower and the wedding. The couple now has a beautiful baby. But my daughter-in-law chooses to stay at her parents’ house with my son…
Courtesy of SHEIN You know it when you spot it—an utterly captivating print that boosts your mood and sparks conversations from nearly everyone who sees it. That’s exactly the kind of reaction artist Donna Adi’s electrifying, multimedia works get. A mix of illustration and photography, her vibrant creations—which pack a technicolor punch—have caught the eyes…
Q: I am a young professional who needs a wardrobe upgrade. But I don’t have a huge budget, and I keep hearing about fashion’s role in climate change. I have been renting most of my work suits and dresses, but I have heard that this approach is not better for the environment than more traditional…
SOCI, Italy — For centuries, this remote and verdant valley in the heart of Tuscany has been known for its iconic “panno Casentino,” or “Casentino cloth,” the famously durable and waterproof wool made here. The fabric has been equally popular among 14th-century merchants and Florentine lords, 19th-century composers — Verdi and Puccini among them —…
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — While driving to hike in Goosepond Mountain State Park in Chester, N.Y., one Saturday, Grace Briggs and Marie La Tourette passed a building that caught their eyes. It was on Route 17K, and it had a black-and-white striped exterior and a massive green sign above the entrance that read: Newburgh Vintage Emporium…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Tamika Swisher, a 49-year-old nursing home administrator in Kankakee, Ill., was one of 16 people who qualified for the Illinois State Fair Karaoke Contest. But on the day before the event, she wasn’t sure she wanted to go. A few weeks earlier, her off-again on-again boyfriend of 11 years, Michael Faber, had…
In Oswaldo Cabrera’s first week in the majors, the Yankees made the most of the multiple gloves that occupy his locker. On any given day, he found he could be sent out at one of four different positions and be expected to hold his own. That kind of versatility is bound to make a player…
Nicolas Mejía, a 22-year-old D.J. from the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn, had been spinning records in small clubs around New York for just under a year when a call came in from a much larger venue. Elsewhere, a huge club in Bushwick, was hosting the latest installment of Sksksks, its traveling hyperpop dance party…
In the first episode of her new Spotify podcast, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, explored feminism and the double standards faced by women, and she recounted her young son’s brush with danger while on an official tour in South Africa. Her first guest on the podcast, which debuted on Tuesday and is called “Archetypes,” was…
Send the Old Stuffie I moved about 1,600 miles with four suitcases filled to the brim. No room for the old: my childhood stuffed animals, Arizona memorabilia or generalized anxiety disorder. As the plane departed for Tennessee, I rewrote my identity; an ideal list of traits, starting with “super chill,” ending with “very extroverted.” But…