How I Hold It Together: ‘Mix Tapes’ and More
Six ways I’m staying happy and healthy.
Taking Life One Adventure at a Time
Benjamin Richard Koller Lowell was hoping to impress Dr. William Douglas Winkelman on their second date, in October 2013. The couple had matched on a dating app about a month earlier, and Mr. Lowell, who grew up in San Francisco, wanted to show Dr. Winkelman, who had recently moved to the city, around the area.…
We Could All Use a Jodi in Our Lives
When the producers of the Netflix show “Love on the Spectrum” first asked Jodi Rodgers to join, she turned them down. A sexologist and counselor who specializes in autism spectrum disorder, she was reluctant to appear in the series, where her private work helping people navigate the challenges of dating would be made into entertainment.…
Chalk It Up to ‘Chill Yentas’
Yoelit Lipinsky was done with dating when Ariel Greene’s profile came across her computer screen in December 2019. At the time, Mr. Greene was living in Seattle and Dr. Lipinsky in Toronto, where she was remotely finishing her dissertation for a Ph.D. in medical ethics from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. “I was finished dating at…
Geography Brought Them Closer Together
The two men were engaged in 2019, planned a wedding for Oct. 10, 2020, and then postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In April 2021, they moved to Los Angeles, where Mr. Leclaire, an actor and comedian, had lived briefly before, when he accepted a TV writing job. “Being someone who is trying to work…
A Mermaid Finds Her Captain
Timothy Agra has a law degree, but it was his captain’s license that made him the perfect match for Kathleen Reardon. “Ever since I was little, I’ve had an affinity for all things mermaid. It doesn’t hurt that I have long red hair and used to pretend I was Ariel,” Ms. Reardon said. “The running…
Demi Singleton Plays a Young Serena Williams in ‘King Richard’
Name: Demi Singleton Age: 14 Hometown: New York City Currently Lives: In a Spanish-style house in Los Angeles with her parents and two siblings. Claim to Fame: Ms. Singleton is an actress, singer, dancer and cellist who plays a young Serena Williams in “King Richard,” alongside Will Smith, who plays her father, Richard Williams. She…
He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him
By the end of the week, I had spent $390 on the blanket. Silly for a jobless person who lived in a married couple’s spare room. I folded it carefully and tied it with a ribbon and emailed David: “Can we talk?” He agreed to meet me by Lake Merritt. We sat on a towel…
A Cherished New Orleans Restaurant, Upperline, Closes
NEW ORLEANS — JoAnn Clevenger was certain she would reopen Upperline, her New Orleans Creole restaurant, for most of the 18 months since the Covid-19 pandemic forced its closing. That confidence began cracking this past summer, as she began, with the help of a therapist, to confront her fear of losing a business she regarded…
Why Are More Black Children Dying by Suicide?
“This is a deterrent,” said Dr. Kali D. Cyrus, a psychiatrist at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University. Talking about your family’s business with a white person — much less an outsider — is often discouraged in the Black community, added Dr. Cyrus, who is Black. Most…