A wedding in Hawaii usually conjures images of sandy white beaches and clear blue waters. But Alexa Wilhelm and Ikaika Sarme opted to marry at Kahua Ranch, a working cattle ranch on the Big Island, instead. “We wanted something that felt more like the Hawaii Ikaika knew growing up,” Ms. Wilhelm said. “We wanted a…
On what they considered their first official date — a Halloween party in 2012 at a pub in New Haven, Conn. — Matthew Sipe and Ryan Watzel were in costume. Mr. Sipe was dressed as Pikachu, the anime character from the Pokemon franchise. Mr. Watzel was an unspecified character from “Ghostbusters,” complete with what Mr.…
The following weekend, she and Mr. Wiley and other classmates went out for a night on the town, and while they were out, the two ended up talking alone. She invited him back to her place to catch up on the day’s sports highlights. They shared a first kiss that night, and, within a month,…
At the Brooklyn Bowl, she encircled herself with her liberated friends: artists, writers, organizers. They subbed out their footwear for bowling shoes and made their way to the lane where Ms. Tamblyn ordered for everybody: French fries, a platter of fried chicken, a bubbling cruet of macaroni and cheese. She switched to bourbon on the…
In September 2017, Joseph Ernest Glisson Deaux checked his phone during work and saw a text from a woman he had barely spoken to over the last few years, Marissa Beth Arnold. He and Ms. Arnold had met in April 2014 at a work event and dated for a few months, but before their relationship…
Government scientists have recommended a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine for a select group. Find out if you qualify.
Before the pandemic, I measured the distance between me and Matt in increments of travel. Fifteen hours by car from Ventura, Calif., to Santa Fe, N.M. If I flew, it was two hours in traffic to LAX, then a two-hour flight to Albuquerque and another hour on the shuttle bus to the adobe casita where…
An influential scientific panel on Thursday opened a new front in the campaign against the coronavirus, recommending booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for a wide range of Americans, including tens of millions of older people. But the experts declined to endorse additional doses for health care workers, teachers and others who might have…
A committee of scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Thursday to recommend booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to many Americans who were fully inoculated with the same vaccine. The panel advised that those booster shots go to older Americans and people with certain medical conditions, but excluded…
Jacopo RauleGetty Images The decadence of Italian style is on full display right now as fashion month continues in Milan. With premiere designers presenting their latest spring-summer 2022 collections, we’re seeing lush textiles, glamorous evening wear, and a new fan-favorite, Blumarine’s Nicola Brognano’s continued exploration of early-aughts fashion that would make Paris Hilton proud. Of…