When he feels the spirit, Isaiah Rothstein bursts into song. He felt it on his first date with Leah Gottfried in early 2018. They were in Bryant Park and bird droppings landed in his food, and so he then took her to the top of Rockefeller Center. Standing next to Ms. Gottfried there, he felt…
To celebrate my daughter’s college graduation in May, I wanted to treat her to a luxurious getaway with my sister. We initially eyed a spa weekend in Massachusetts or Pennsylvania, but got sticker shock from the prices, which averaged $2,000 per person for the weekend. My sister, a seasoned traveler, got an idea. If it…
In recent years, the alternatives to conventional cows’ milk have proliferated. The local grocery store is likely to offer any number of plant-based options: milks made from soy, almonds, oats, rice, hemp, coconuts, cashews, pea plants and more. But most nondairy milks pale in comparison to cows’ milk. Plant-based milks are made by breaking down…
Candace Bushnell is the author of nine books, but she is best known as the creative force behind “Sex and the City,” the hit HBO series that was based on her New York Observer column from the 1990s. The writer moved to New York City in 1978 at age 19, and didn’t leave until her…
When I married my husband in 2014 he came with children and birds — two boys and three African Grey parrots. There are pet people and bird people and on the Venn diagram of those groups I am nowhere. “What if I can’t stand living with the birds?” I asked him. “Will you choose them…