Andrea Masenda sat across from Kevin Lo at a Chili’s restaurant in Bristol, Conn., wondering all the while if she was on a first date. When Mr. Lo picked up the check, she stopped wondering. “I thought, ‘oh yeah, girl, you’re on a first date,’” said Ms. Masenda, 30, an associate producer at ESPN in…
MILAN — James Bond has an unexpected weapon in the forthcoming espionage flick, “No Time to Die.” Corduroy. What? The famously slick Tom Ford tuxedo-clad super spy invented by Ian Fleming now wearing the fuddy-duddy fabric most often associated with 1970s literature professors? Yes, if the trailer for the April release, directed by Cary Joji…
The numbers that usually glow with exchange rates on Travelex boards in airports worldwide have gone dark, after the London-based currency exchange company was forced to go offline after it discovered a ransomware attack on Dec. 31. The disruption has also affected banks like Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, which have been unable…
Most people in the Northern Hemisphere call the three-month period between January and March “winter.” But in the cruise world, it’s “wave season,” a time of year when sales sweep the cruise lines as they try to encourage early bookings on sailings throughout the year and beyond. “Wave season is the Black Friday or Cyber…
Wrapped in furs, dripping with diamonds and with her blond hair perfectly coifed, Faith Hope Consolo cut a glamorous figure in the flashy, late 20th-century world of New York City real estate. Ms. Consolo was born into the business, benefiting from her father’s legacy as a real estate executive. Emboldened professionally by her mother, a…
Once in the late 1970s, somebody insulted David McDermott’s mother at a party, so he went to Tiffany & Company and had a note engraved: “Mr. David Walter McDermott is pleased to announce the elimination of _______ from his guest list.” The note, which was mailed out to the offender’s friends, now hangs on the…
Once in the late 1970s, somebody insulted David McDermott’s mother at a party, so he went to Tiffany & Company and had a note engraved: “Mr. David Walter McDermott is pleased to announce the elimination of _______ from his guest list.” The note, which was mailed out to the offender’s friends, now hangs on the…
Name: Chance Perdomo Age: 23 Hometown: Born in Los Angeles and raised in Southampton, England. Now lives: When he is not shooting (he is currently filming in Vancouver, British Columbia), he lives with his family in a “small and quaint” home in Southampton. Claim to fame: Mr. Perdomo is an actor who describes himself as…
Sophia sprinted out of left field and slammed into the running back before he could make it across the 40-yard line. She threw her all into it. He went down. She went with him. It was a spectacular tackle for middle school football. I cheered. Then in the melee following the tackle, another player fell…
“I want to see the body,” said my 12-year-old son, Miles. He and I were sitting in our minivan outside of the hospital. I texted my wife again: “We’re waiting in the parking lot. Will you come down? Your burrito is getting cold.” “Dad!” We weren’t supposed to go inside. This was intended as a…