Tommy Dorfman was holding a kitchen knife that could make Norman Bates wince, wondering what to do with the kale. “How should I cut this?” Mr. Dorfman said. The 26-year-old actor was preparing lunch at the Ali Forney Center, a nonprofit in New York City that supports homeless L.G.B.T.Q. youth. The menu consisted of jambalaya…
Image Alex Trebek, photographed at home in Los Angeles in 1988.CreditAlan Greth/Associated Press When Alex Trebek announced this week that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the outpouring of shock and support started immediately. Katie Couric, a longtime fan of the show who has turned down multiple invitations to participate in Celebrity Jeopardy for…
I was tossed back into the online dating pool by a Facebook message that arrived on the first day of a family vacation with my partner, David, and our young son. After a frantic morning of preparation, we were filling the car with gas, headed to the beach, when I settled in to check messages.…
Mary Wiseman never worried that the parents of her boyfriend, Noah Averbach-Katz, wouldn’t like her. When the couple started dating in 2013, she already knew them pretty well — she and Mr. Averbach-Katz were acting students at Juilliard, the Manhattan performing arts college. His parents, Rachelle Averbach and Steve Katz, frequently flew to New York…
Courtesy of Brand Third times’s the charm! Uniqlo and JW Anderson have linked up again for another great and well-priced collaboration. The collection is a mix of classic pieces and fun graphic prints which Anderson describes as a “summer wardrobe that could be relaxed and chic at the same time.” Here are my top picks,…
Leading a sedentary lifestyle can be bad for our health. However, how much TV do we have to watch to negatively impact our cardiovascular health? Does eating a high-energy breakfast every morning affect our heart health? New research explores. Eating a breakfast rich in calories may keep heart disease at bay. Previous studies have linked…
Image CreditAlva Skog It’s International Women’s Day! You’re reading In Her Words, where women rule the headlines. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Let me know what you think at dearmaya@nytimes.com. “A feminist foreign policy is an analysis of the world.” — Margot Wallstrom, Sweden’s foreign minister, who introduced a feminist…
Miami-raised and Fordham-educated, Ally Love is the in-arena host of the Brooklyn Nets, an Adidas global ambassador, a Peloton instructor, an Alvin Ailey-trained dancer, a certified health coach and the founder of Love Squad, a company that empowers young women through panel discussions and group workouts. “Sunday is my favorite day of the week,” said…
Image Morin Oluwole, the head of luxury at Facebook and Instagram, on the rooftop of the Facebook offices in Paris’s Second Arrondissement.CreditMaxime La for The New York Times PARIS — Facebook has been mired in mud for the past year, with its data-sharing and disinformation scandals and the subsequent fallout. But there is a woman…
The 90-minute drive from Tucsonto Rancho de la Osa, a recently reopened dude ranch on the border with Mexico, is a lonely one. Turning onto Highway 286, your car may be the only southbound vehicle for 44 miles while the occasional U.S. Border Patrol van trolls north. The road runs directly to the border fence,…