Neither Peter Mueller nor Vanessa Miriam Zoltan were in the best state of mind for their first date in October 2016. His mother had just been admitted to the hospital, while Ms. Zoltan had experienced an unexpectedly miserable day at work. Over drinks at the Saloon at Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., they connected, talking…
Until the African penguin starts observing federal holidays, Sparks Perkins won’t either. Which is to say the morning of Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe for the 33-year-old San Franciscan, but beak trims and fish guts. A biologist at the California Academy of Sciences’s Steinhart Aquarium, Mr. Perkins belongs to that unfaltering set…
When I was pregnant with our first child, Sam wanted to know if the baby would be a boy or a girl. He was going to be happy either way; he just wanted to be prepared. As first-time parents, we harbored the fantasy that we could be prepared for such things as babies and parenting.…
Her brother and his girlfriend picked them up in Bogata, and at her family’s “finca,” or country home, outside Bucaramanga, instead of exchanging gifts, her family continued the tradition, started by her father, of handing out gifts — including dolls, soccer balls, colored pencils and shoes — to about 300 children from rural areas on…
While on vacation in Spain in August 2017, Jacquelyn Kate Drozdow finally decided to take her sister-in-law up on an offer to fix her up with her friend Matthew Philip Comite. “Hook it up, OK? As soon as we get back,” Ms. Drozdow, 29, said to Lelia Drozdow, having grown tired of the dating scene.…
As the curry house established itself as a British institution, more flourished around Shish Mahal. In 1979, when Mr. Aslam renovated the place, he reopened with a clever gimmick: all of the original 1964 prices, for a limited time. This led to long, frenzied lines down the block. In photos taken around this time, Mr.…
He uses seven skills for active listening in high-pressure situations, and they can help you communicate better, too.
Sure, feeding a family is no joke, but have you tried cooking for yourself lately? It can be just as challenging (and daunting) to cook up a fast, easy and, most important, delicious dinner for one or two. Cue the air fryer. Think of it as a more space-efficient convection oven that slashes the cooking…
At 1 o’clock every weekday, a cowbell rings inside the Extreme Cashmere headquarters in Amsterdam, calling the company’s 20 employees to lunch. A communal meal has been a ritual for Saskia Dijkstra since she founded the knitwear brand in 2016, after 20 years spent sourcing cashmere for luxury labels including Jil Sander and Joseph. Even…
Coming back from a break can feel like the Sunday scaries on steroids. Experts offer tools to keep your dread at bay.