Calendulas look like daisies, smell like marigolds and possess powerful phytochemicals that can mend skin. At a garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Astrid Sprenger’s blond bob and turquoise pendant swung in the sun as she picked the fiery orange flowers by hand. “It’s one of the only plants you can put on open wounds,” she…
Cuyana sent out its price-change email in February, and sales have remained steady since then, Ms. Gallardo said. But that was months before inflation hit its latest peak in June, when prices surged 9.1 percent. Will the company need to repeat this process? “Hyperinflation is one of those things that you can never plan for,”…
This week’s staggering Modern Love essay, “A Last Act of Intimate Kindness,” reminded me of a powerful Tiny Love Story we published years ago, “What We Do in the End”: What We Do in the End “Your sister is in the hospital,” my mother said over the phone. “You need to come home.” I had…
Courtesy of retailers Ah, I love love. Even more so, I love celebrating those milestones, whether my own or someone else’s (I mean, your girl loves a solid reason to wear a cute wedding guest dress, but I digress). Perhaps traditional vows have been exchanged in front of loved ones, or maybe not. Regardless, a…
Courtesy of Everlane Sound the alarm, people! Everlane just restocked its sale section. In case you’ve been living under a rock—one without affordable cashmere or clean silk—the direct-to-consumer darling is all about creating ethically-conscious essentials for a fair, transparent rate. And, though Everlane’s pieces are reasonably priced on their own, the brand’s sale section offers…
In the summer of 2016, Andrew John Zbihley was scrolling through the Northwestern Class of 2020 Facebook page looking for a roommate when a photo of his future classmate, Olivia Natalia Pura, caught his eye. “I noticed her profile picture was of her walking across the Miss Teen USA stage,” said Mr. Zbihley, 24. “It…
The message I had dreaded for years appeared on my phone: “Looking to find the sister of my patient, Jay Friedman.” My ensuing phone conversation with the doctor brought ominous news. My 65-year-old brother, Jay, had advanced pancreatic cancer. He and I grew up together in Divine Corners, N.Y., a hamlet in the Catskills, raised…
Before they even met, Adam Gene Rouse had begun to master Sara Nicole Bunting’s love language. The pair matched on a dating app in September 2020, and on a phone call before their first date, Dr. Rouse, who holds a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, mentioned that he had a…
Naomi Ariela Mishkin arrived with plaster falling from her hair when she met Graham Henry Lazar for a drink in May 2014 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It didn’t bother him one bit. “I love creative people,” Mr. Lazar said. He first met Ms. Mishkin — an artist-turned-fashion designer nicknamed Nomi — the previous fall when…
It wasn’t long after Denise Nicole Pyfrom gave an inch, so to speak, that she came across Daniel Evan White on Hinge in January 2019. The two, then living in Manhattan, matched on the dating app once Ms. Pyfrom changed her preferences from a minimum height of 6 feet to 5 feet 11 inches. “Really,…