Fighting With Your Partner? Use These 4 Phrases
Brevity is key, experts say.
Rebecca Woodfork and Jennifer Ziegler’s Ohio Wedding
“I was so surprised that someone was so prepared to love me so much during that process,” she said. In May 2021, Ms. Woodfork and Ms. Ziegler went on vacation for 10 days in St. Lucia. “We really just enjoyed listening to Ella Fitzgerald and being in the pool all day and cooking together,” Ms.…
Wanting More Than ‘Thank You, Next!’
Our first date started at a trendy wine bar drinking rosé. At our next bar, grinding to early 2000s throwbacks, he asked if I wanted to go home with him. Normally I would decline, making up some nice girl excuse. But the combination of wine, music and Los Angeles made me bolder. In New York,…
Marissa Bergmann and Retta Abraham Marry in Costa Rica
Marissa Katarina Bergmann was attending a rooftop party in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in May 2021 when she was approached by a man. She had recently arrived in New York from San Francisco to visit friends. “I was sitting there with my heart-shaped sunglasses on, minding my own business,” Ms. Bergmann said, when Retta Abraham sat down…
Hamza Choudery and Zabreen Khan Marry in Lahore, Pakistan
Hamza Shabbir Choudery was trying to play it cool. He had casually asked his colleague Zabreen Akhtar Khan to grab a bite to eat after work one Friday in the fall of 2017. Ms. Khan and Mr. Choudery, both 27, met in New York the year before as summer interns at Facebook, now known as…
An Awkward Elevator Ride Leads to Love
An awkward elevator ride was all Rosemary Kalonaros and Christena Pyle needed to kick-start their relationship. They recalled meeting in passing at Omnicom, an advertising firm on Madison Avenue in New York City, where they both worked in 2018. But when Ms. Kalonaros switched departments and began working as the global manager for content and…
Louise Levy, Who Was Studied for Her Very Long Life, Is Dead at 112
Louise Levy, who along with hundreds of others 95 and older was part of a study to understand how their genetic makeup led to their good physical and cognitive health during extremely long lives, died on July 17 in Greenwich, Conn. She was 112. Her daughter, Lynn Neidorf, confirmed the death, at a hospital. She…
On Ibiza, a Celebration of Summer Love
Prevailing wisdom holds that mixing business and romance is a bad idea. For Adam Shapiro and Gautam Rajani, the opposite has been true. The London-based couple — partners in life and in work — recently celebrated both their first wedding anniversary and the debut of their resort-inspired men’s wear label, SMR Days, at London Fashion…
A Half-Million Americans May Have Tick-Linked Meat Allergy, C.D.C. Says
In total, more than 90,000 people received positive tests over that time period, and the number of people with positive tests increased annually, from about 13,000 in 2017 to nearly 19,000 in 2021. Roughly 20,000 cases had been identified in an earlier study, yielding a total of 110,000 suspected cases from 2010 to 2022. The…
Dinner Party Recipes for Summer
The confusing spirit of August — the urge to relax while also making the most of lazy days — extends to cooking for friends. There’s a craving to casually have people over for a beautiful meal that takes nearly no effort. These special, unfussy dishes from the New York Times columnists — Melissa Clark, Yewande…