Some Tips for Hiring a Bridal Stylist

When it came to dressing for her May 6 wedding, Ashley Oliver Thomas had trouble narrowing down the many options available, while at the same time navigating a new job. “Initially, the whole wedding-planning process, including the pressure of finding the perfect dress, intimidated me,” said Ms. Oliver Thomas, 35, a diversity director for a…

This Summer, Pause for the Vermouth Hour

BCN Ambre Vermut “Mut” Terra Alta, 18 percent, $39 BCN “Mut,” from Catalonia in northeastern Spain, is made with garnacha blanca, or white grenache, macerated with a wide variety of herbs and spices. Some you can detect in this lovely, slightly sweet yet bitter and savory vermouth: clove, cinnamon, fennel, some sort of citrus. This…

The Vanishing Family

Today, C. is protective of her father. “He tried to get her help,” she said. “He had reached out to my grandfather, my mom’s dad, and said: ‘Something’s wrong with Christy. Something’s changing.’ And he just brushed it off.” She is equally protective of her own privacy. (She mentioned — and several others in the…