Lily Watkins was born on Dec. 20, 1934, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Her father, Wolf Watkins, was a British engineer who had moved to Latin America in search of business opportunities and found them while servicing the region’s booming rail industry. Her mother, Annita (Noudelman) Watkins, a homemaker, had fled her native Ukraine in the…
Christian VierigGetty Images Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale went public today, which means the retail behemoth’s biggest sale of the year is upon us. We’re enthused to report that the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale fashion deals are teeming with oh-so-good discounts, including some major price drops on designer pieces. That said, we’re just as excited to share that…
Edwyna Estime was wearing a heavy, shapeless graduation gown. It was the color of charcoal and it reached all the way down to her ankles. And yet she had never felt hotter. As she crossed the stage to accept her diploma, she heard the cheers from friends and family members. She was graduating from law…
On a recent Friday night at the Brooklyn Monarch, a music venue in East Williamsburg, the 1999 Smash Mouth hit “All Star” rang through the speakers to kick the party off around 10 p.m., causing the crowd to erupt into dancing and a singalong. One attendee, who gave his name only as Nick, rolled on…
Edwyna Estime was wearing a heavy, shapeless graduation gown. It was the color of charcoal and it reached all the way down to her ankles. And yet she had never felt hotter. As she crossed the stage to accept her diploma, she heard the cheers from friends and family members. She was graduating from law…
She felt sympathy for ground-staff workers, she said, but the experience had only confirmed to her that she and her husband had made the right choice to avoid traveling this summer. “Maybe next year,” she said. “Definitely not this year.” Past the security lines, which took about an hour at midday on Wednesday, the crowds…
In May, Paula Knight, 33, was gearing up for a family trip to Mallorca when she realized she, her husband and her 11-year-old daughter would all need to renew their passports before traveling in early July. And her son, who is 8 months old, didn’t have one at all. She first reached out to a…
La nueva línea nacional de atención al suicida en EE. UU., que ha ampliado su enfoque para ayudar a quienes llaman distintas emergencias de salud mental, se lanza el 16 de julio.