The word for a TV remote is marote; for chicken, it’s chimpken, and for the Aperol Spritz cocktail it’s app-a-ball spitz-ee. Shrimp is swimps, hair ties are hair gigglies and Starbucks is Starbonks. All of these are examples of so-called marriage language, the weird and oftentimes embarrassing dialects people in long-term relationships develop to communicate…
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In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorites restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and as we find new gems to recommend. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items. Anajak Thai Thai This…
Kathy Denton, 64, said she felt “bolder” now, in part because she no longer experiences the pressure she once did to settle down. She has been able to find fun with some of the men she has met through dating sites, even if none have been a long-term match. One “delightful man” cooked her “the…
Q: I routinely drink three or four cups of coffee per day, but often wonder if this is too much. Should I consider cutting back? Coffee can be many things: a morning ritual, a cultural tradition, a productivity hack and even a health drink. Studies suggest, for instance, that coffee drinkers live longer and have…
The Numbers The research examined the age-verification policies and other practices of 80 online dispensaries, based in 32 states, that sell marijuana to American customers. The study found that 18.8 percent of dispensaries, or nearly one in five, “required no formal age verification at any stage of the purchasing process.” And that more than 80…
A merciful evening breeze kicked up, swatting away the Arkansas heat and giving wing to the melodies coming from two of the gazebos in the grassy park. In the larger one, a dozen people were playing the last strains of “Barbry Allen” on fiddles, mandolins, guitars, a stand-up bass, dulcimers, banjos and even a dulci-banjo.…
Mehran’s Steak House has a near-perfect Google rating, with 91 glowing reviews: “Best steak I have ever had in NY,” “Words cannot explain how phenomenal the steak was” and “Chef Mehran is a genius-god among men.” Yet few diners have been lucky enough to land a reservation. Mehran’s website and voice mail state that the…
On a nearly 90-degree September morning, Verena Adelsberger held her first pumpkin spice latte in a downtown Manhattan Starbucks. It wasn’t just her first of the season. It was her first ever. Ms. Adelsberger, 25, who was visiting the United States from Zell am See, Austria, was moved to try the pumpkin spice latte, often…
After weeks of speculation, Taylor Swift was finally spotted in the same general vicinity as Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce yesterday. That place was a home Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears where the sports star scored a touchdown. Swift looked fantastic for the game. The music icon kept it simple and chic…