FRANSCHHOEK, South Africa — He grew up resenting the scenic winelands near Cape Town, watching his mother toil in the vineyards so that white people could sip their merlots and chardonnays in luxurious cellars. Yet here was Paul Siguqa on a recent Saturday, swirling a chenin blanc in the airy tasting room he now owned.…
A popular vacation spot for U.S. travelers, Costa Rica signed its new digital nomad visa into law this August and has already received 27 applications. “We estimate that each remote worker who stays in Costa Rica to work will generate $46,400 per annum for the country, which will contribute to tourism industry revenues, and mean…
When Levi Duchman and Lea Hadad, members of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, were married in front of more than 1,500 guests at the Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island hotel on Sept. 14, there was one moment so notable that it went viral on Instagram: a video of the Hasidic groom dancing joyously with his friend, Abdalla…
Jeffrey Allen White had always sworn that he wouldn’t date someone he went to school with. Then he met Chu En Wu. Both he and Ms. Wu, who is known as Joanne, were in other relationships in the fall of 2016 when she walked through a central gathering spot at the University of North Carolina’s…
The unstable vertebrae in my back slipped regularly, half crippling me. This triggered my latent depression. Rather than hobnobbing with the other teaching assistants, I hid in my room. I missed my cat and my parents. I missed the man who loved me, his kind eyes and raspy laugh. Perhaps, I thought, God could still…
When Dana Elise McKinney’s father introduced her to David Emanuel White Jr. at an event in October 2016, Ms. McKinney said she thought Mr. White was “slightly full of himself.” Mr. White had a different first impression of her. “I definitely noticed how beautiful she was, and it was clear that she was brilliant as…
When Courtney Elizabeth Dec attended her younger brother’s high school graduation party in the summer of 2016, she wasn’t the only one who noticed her older brother’s friend, Brett Alexander Lanham. Her mom did, too. “She politely told me to start dating her daughter,” said Mr. Lanham, 31, who had been friends with Ms. Dec’s…
When is a time capsule a treasure chest? When does a scrapbook read like a utopian syllabus? When is an art archive its own form of art? Answer: when the exhilarating exhibition “Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces” opens at the Museum of Modern Art this Sunday. The Manhattan gallery named Just Above Midtown debuted in…
Michelin’s three-star rankings remained the same, but a number of New York restaurants moved off the one- and two-star lists when the Michelin Guide’s 2022 star rankings for New York were announced Thursday evening at a gala celebration at Peak in Hudson Yards in Manhattan. The top restaurants remain the same as last year: Chef’s…
Consuming alcohol can mess with your emotions the next day by causing stress hormones to spike and sleep to be disrupted overnight.