The colorful ads on Facebook and Instagram promise a fantastic bargain: “Stop overpaying for contact lenses. Get 30 contacts delivered to your door for ONLY $1.” Captions like “wow” and “what a steal” splash across images of teal containers and lenses perched on fingertips, urging consumers to act fast. This social media marketing has been…
Good morning. I’ve been spending a lot of time on the water lately, in a spot east of Long Island where the tide brings in cold ocean water twice a day, vodka-clear, to wash away our sins. It’s been quiet under the hot sun as red-tailed hawks patrol an empty shoreline, scaring away the terns,…
New insights into a specific gene variant may help to explain why some Alzheimer’s drugs work in certain people but may fail in others. The findings call for a more personalized approach to drug testing. An individual’s genotype may explain why some Alzheimer’s drugs work and others fail, new research shows. Earlier this year, a…
People often assume that procrastination is a choice and that the personality trait — which sees people delay necessary tasks — is a sign of laziness. However, new research suggests that genes may play a role. A new study explores the genetic roots of procrastination. Previous research has associated both biological and psychological factors with…
Alexandra Wolf Stevenson and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen II were married July 20 in Southampton, N.Y. The Rev. W. Patrick Edwards, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony at St. Andrew’s Dune Church. Mrs. Frelinghuysen, 33, is a middle-school language arts teacher at the Windward School, a private school in White Plains for children with language-learning…
Victoria Anne Frost and Benjamin James Boyd are to be married July 21 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Brooklyn. The Rev. Keith Douglas Boyd, the father of the groom who was ordained by the Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary, is to perform the ceremony. The bride, 23, works in sales at Rendia, a health care start-up…
Laura Beatrice Jaffee and Charles Harris Weisman were married July 20 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. Rabbi Michael Friedman officiated. Mrs. Weisman, 29, is a director of business development at Status Labs, a digital marketing firm in New York. She graduated from Barnard College. She is the daughter of Nancy E. Siegel of…
Amanda Claire Gutterman and Samuel Lee Cassatt were married July 20 at the Beringer Vineyards in St. Helena, Calif. Josh Quittner, a Universal Life minister, officiated. Until this month, Mrs. Cassatt, 28, worked as the chief marketing officer in the Brooklyn office of ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company. She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia.…
Miki Paul and James Easley Edmunds were married July 15 at the Brazilian Room at Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, Calif. Robert E. Paul, the brother of the bride, officiated, having become a Universal Life minister for the occasion. Dr. Paul, 71, is a psychologist in private practice in Benicia, Calif. She graduated from Indiana…
Rebecca Hope Fischer and Aaron Dov Kula were married July 20 at Knoll Farms in Fayston, Vt. Rabbi Irwin Kula, a brother of the groom, officiated. The bride, 62, is a partner in the Hollywood, Fla., law firm Fischer & Feldman, where she practices collaborative family law, family mediation, estate planning, probate and guardianship. She…