At the southwest corner of Ishikawa, a verdant prefecture hugging the Sea of Japan, traditional craftsmanship thrives alongside contemporary art and architecture in the small towns that make up Kaga City. Three of these towns — Katayamazu Onsen, Yamashiro Onsen and Yamanaka Onsen — are famous for their onsen, or hot springs. In centuries past,…
I lifted the sheets to look at my right ankle. Bruised, maybe broken. My back hurt, too. I called my friend Danny to take me to the emergency room. We laughed about our big night out while limping down the stairs, driving south on I-91 and sitting in the waiting room — until the doctor…
Bryan Emil Braswell knew his favorite crab curry dish could get a little messy. So he came prepared on his first date with Caroline Octavia White in October 2020 at Sigiri, a Sri Lankan restaurant in the East Village of Manhattan. He pulled out two toothbrush kits after he ordered the dish for them. “She…
When Alexandra Vasilia Voyatzakis first saw Pontus Mikael Henriksson on the dating app Bumble in the summer of 2018, she did not swipe right, but not because he wasn’t her type. (He definitely was.) “I distinctly remember seeing his face,” said Ms. Voyatzakis, noting that she had found him attractive. But she was also worried.…
Matthew Ryan Burroughs doesn’t know if it was the red dress that he first noticed — red is his favorite color — but he clearly remembers seeing Diana Lindsay McDermott walking into the birthday party of a mutual friend in September 2015. Both were undergraduates at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at the time.…