When Neah Alexandra Morton and Geoffrey Bain Hutchinson connected on the dating app Tinder in April 2017, they didn’t wait long — just five days — to meet for their first date at a tapas restaurant in Bethesda, Md. It took even less time for a chemistry to develop between them. “I knew I liked…
Days after Louis P. Di Cerbo swiped Dr. Robin G. Stafford into his world on the dating app Bumble in July 2020, they had a wide-ranging phone conversation that evolved into a chat about their career accomplishments. “She was featured in Crain’s Chicago Business,” Mr. Di Cerbo, 62, said of Dr. Stafford, who is the…
Dr. R Everett Frerichs knew he was gay since he was a teenager. But it took decades for him to publicly share that. “I was 60-years-old and finding my way in the gay community,” said Dr. Frerichs, 61, who started dating again after getting an amicable divorce from his wife of 32 years in November…
The next day, while driving to the airport, Mr. Wicks said he felt a pang of regret. “I didn’t want to leave,” he said. “I felt this urge of wanting to stay and wanting to get to know her better.” The pair kept in touch sporadically and, in May 2018, a work conference brought Mr.…
A year ago, Sandra Sidi’s goal was to join the Marines. She had worked in Bagdad in 2007 and 2008, as an analyst for the U.S. government writing battlefield reports during the Iraq War, and she sought to get closer to the action. A mother of two boys, Ms. Sidi, 36, divorced in 2016 and…
PARIS — Karl Lagerfeld, the charismatic designer who died in 2019 and was as much a pop culture figure as a fashion superstar, would have been amused by what has been going on at Sotheby’s in Monaco and Paris this month. “Karl felt that objects are there to serve, and people shouldn’t be enslaved by…
Is it just me, or does any desire to dress up go out the window once winter arrives? Sure, I love to wear a sweater dress and boots as much as the next trendsetter—but when it’s so cold that I feel like I’m living in the tundra, ditching pants seems like a bad idea. More…
Five years ago, a new acquaintance told me her father died when she was a child. I remember the episode distinctly because I was very careful in my response. Now we’re dear friends, and I’m fairly certain her dad is still alive. I met him! When my friend introduced me to her father, I assumed…
There was a time when even the most fashion-literate couldn’t bear to look at a pair of stiff, dull, everyday jeans. The pandemic pushed the once tight and rigid staple out of the way in favor of Gen Z’s baggy, slouchy styles. And many people stopped wearing jeans completely, swapping them for sweats or fun,…
Need a last-minute gift that’s both laziness- and supply chain-friendly? Look no further than your own things. Yet another outgrowth of the pandemic reset, regifting is the perfect way to funnel your next purge in a way that benefits your friends and family. Have a clown sweater that may not be right for you? Chances…