JENNINGS, Mo. — Brittnee Marsaw was born to a 15-year-old mother in St. Louis and raised by a grandmother who had given birth even younger. Half grown by the time her mother could support her, Ms. Marsaw joined her three states away but never found the bond she sought and calls the teen births of…
Martin Muñiz Jr., a Bronx native who performs as Marty Rock, locked in a gig 200 miles north of New York City in Saratoga Springs four months ago, the earliest he had ever been booked for New Year’s Eve. But then this fall, more requests poured in, Mr. Muñiz said. In the end, he was…
Theresa Fernand works with tarot cards, charms and crystals, or what she calls “tools for intuitive information, confirmation and extra validation.” “I channel and download information,” Ms. Fernand, 51, said. “I also give intuitive coaching and guidance, along with predictions.” If all this sounds more therapeutic than psychic, that’s not far from the truth. Ms.…
The idea behind exchanging a kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve is rooted in a simple superstition: The way you ring in the new year will determine how the rest of your year will go. For J.C. Carter, a single 24-year-old who lives in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, it’s something he had often…
Cuando estaba embarazada de nuestro primer hijo, Sam quería saber si sería niño o niña. Iba a ser feliz de cualquier manera; solo quería estar preparado. Como padres primerizos, albergábamos la ilusión de que podíamos estar preparados para cosas como los bebés y la paternidad. Dos años más tarde, cuando esperaba a nuestro segundo hijo,…
As our shared pint of goat cheese and cherry ice cream was turning into a puddle, Shannon and I attempted to analyze our bizarre encounter: Why had the woman taken a bus and not a taxi? Why didn’t she have a cellphone? Why did I let her use my phone? We laughed, writing it off…
I have a confession to make. It took me an embarrassing number of years working at The New York Times, in Times Square, before someone finally helped me realize that the neighborhood’s name wasn’t a coincidence. Not only is the city’s neon epicenter named for the paper, which for decades was headquartered right in the…