In the early days of the pandemic, Andy and Luana Longworth hatched a plan with 18 of their closest friends: Faced with the prospect of social isolation, they would all move in together and live as one big, happy pod. And because they could all work from home, there was no reason to stay in…
In September, a 10-second TikTok kicked off weeks of debate. A wobbly camera stared down the center aisle of an airplane. A short story appeared, overlaid in white text: “I was seated next to a mom who had a baby in her lap and a toddler beside her. It was a lot. I offered to…
The bride walked down a 10-foot runner. Oscar, a 7-year-old French bulldog dressed in a bow tie, was the best man and tagged alongside the groom. Twenty guests cheered the couple as they took their vows in the picturesque venue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The wedding wasn’t at a hidden hipster hall or a chic,…
Yan Fu deserves some of the credit for the marathon sea swimmer Leslie Abigail Hamilton’s groundbreaking lap around Staten Island this summer. Mr. Fu did not jump in for the 14-and-a-half hour, 37-mile swim in July that earned Ms. Hamilton the distinction of being the first woman to officially complete the route. His role, instead,…
Before Felix Rameshad Allen III had even heard of Brandon Aaron Marshall, Mr. Allen’s grandmother, Bertha Mae Allen, was already a fan of Mr. Marshall. She had watched him on KWTX-TV News 10, an affiliate of CBS in Waco, Texas, where he was a reporter. Mr. Allen and Mr. Marshall first connected in November 2015…
Ray Anthony Biggs II and Rakim Hassan Daquan Brooks both describe themselves as “genteel” — leave it to a nightclub to loosen them up. One night in November 2017, Mr. Biggs was invited to go dancing by Aaron Rodgers, a mutual friend. Mr. Biggs went over to Mr. Rodgers’s townhouse in Anacostia, a neighborhood in…
After only a few weeks of dating, Mr. Roberts said “I love you” — in Mandarin. He had studied Mandarin in college and was desperate to express his feelings, but in a manner that wouldn’t alarm Ms. Green. She deciphered what he meant almost immediately and was not scared off. In fact, she said, she…
This time, though, I was old enough to understand the root of her despair, to know that she would slip into a pale shadow of herself for months. Besides me, only one pregnancy had been successful — my little brother, whose wide liquid eyes reflected my own anxiety every time the shroud fell over our…
The Latin American Fashion Awards has named its icon of the year ahead of its biennial ceremony, which recognizes and champions leading and emerging Latinx talent in the fashion industry. J Balvin will received the ceremony’s prestigious Latin Fashion Icon of the Year award at the event, taking place on November 4. “I’m excited to…
Some of my favorite Japanese restaurants are bars. Of course, there are the izakayas scattered around the city, where eating and drinking are as inseparable as sushi and rice. But there are also bars that happen to have excellent food even though they are best known for their beverages (cocktails and highballs, most often, but…