20 Years at 30,000 Feet: A Flight Attendant Answers Readers’ Questions
Does the cabin crew ever get scared in the air? Is there a secret flight attendant code? How do I survive a flight with my toddler? An industry insider answers.
Raja Kumari Brings West Coast Rap to India
Name: Raja Kumari Age: 36 Hometown: Claremont, Calif. Now Lives: In a three-bedroom apartment in the Juhu section of Mumbai, India. Claim to Fame: Ms. Kumari is a songwriter, singer and rapper whose work straddles both Western and Indian music, in a reflection of her dual identities as a South-Asian American. She blends English and…
Near Castle Ruins, a Wedding with a Dash of ‘Game of Thrones’
Kristen Sanders thought her chances of a relationship with April Hill were pretty slim when she spotted Ms. Hill’s profile on the dating app Bumble in January 2020. “April’s 5-foot-10 and covered in tattoos; I’m 5-foot-2 and I look like a super goody two-shoes — clean cut, no visible tattoos, preppy dresser,” Ms. Sanders said…
Please, God, Help Me Stop Missing Her
I was scrolling through psychotherapy memes on Instagram a few years ago when Hannah popped up in my friend requests. We each had new last names and new looks. I had decided that since I had to wear wigs anyway (as an ultra-Orthodox Jew), they may as well be blonde instead of my natural dull…
Fourteen Years Later, They Finally, Fortunately, Wed
In April 2015, Ms. Broxson arrived in New York and soon began working as an associate editor at Real Simple Magazine. That June, Mr. Garcia joined her. Ms. Broxson, 32, now works remotely as a principal writer at the financial services company Fidelity Investments. Mr. Garcia, 37, is a middle-school history teacher with the New…
Joining a Theater Club Set the Stage for Romance
As freshman at the University of Alabama, Allison Lyn Mollenkamp and William James McCrary were among a group of seven students that staged a production of “Foreplay Or: The Art of the Fugue,” a short play from the anthology “All in the Timing,” written by David Ives. A few weeks ago, Ms. Mollenkamp and Mr.…
After a First Date at Popeyes, Marriage Was on the Menu
The parking lot of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in Roslindale, Mass., is not a particularly romantic spot for a first date. Nevertheless, when Stevenson Ricardo Boyce asked Sharhea Octavia Wade if she would meet him there one afternoon in May 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, she didn’t say no. The two had initially…