In April, I published an essay in Madison Magazine about a meet-up where I asked my date, who was my age, 62, how online dating was going for him. Right to my face, with an open smile, he said that for someone so successful and fit (as he apparently saw himself), he was surprised he…
Kathryn Marie Brownlie wasn’t thrilled when, in November 2018, one of her two younger sisters, Meghan, grabbed her phone and told Brian Stephen Nagy via text that yes, she would go on a date with him. Though Mr. Nagy seemed like a nice enough guy, she wasn’t sure she was ready to date the man…
Within 10 minutes of his first date with Dr. Jamila Scarlett Wynter in 2018, Phillip Damon Jones announced his intention to move back to Newport News, Va., to run for mayor in four years. “Where’s Newport News?” she asked as they sipped mojitos on the rooftop of Felipe’s Taqueria in Cambridge, Mass, on a late…
Alexandra Paige Moreo and Matthew Alexander Gutierrez went on their first date in April 2017, when they were sophomores at Syracuse University. But they had already been on many “unofficial dates,” as they now refer to them, while working together for the student newspaper. They both covered sports for The Daily Orange, where Mr. Gutierrez…
Hunter Biden, the president’s son, is being tried in federal court for falsely claiming on a gun purchase application that he did not use illicit drugs. Testimony from his ex-wife and former girlfriends describe his drug-fueled temper; his search for his dealer on the streets; his large cash withdrawals from the bank. Hallie Biden, the…
Diane von Furstenberg’s friends like to tease that, had she been on the cinematic Titanic, she would have found a way to hoist up Jack from the freezing water and onto that wooden door. Three days later, Jack in tow, she would have sashayed into a soignée New York dinner party wearing that 56-carat blue…
Among vinophiles, homemade wine has always had an unsavory reputation. For law-abiding drinkers, however, D.I.Y. was almost the only option during Prohibition, when a loophole in the Volstead Act allowed Americans to consume about two-and-a-half bottles of the stuff per household per day. The preferred grape for amateur vintners was one that wasn’t particularly popular…
In the early months of writing this newsletter, I used to receive many a reader email asking where to eat a proper meal after 9 or 10 p.m. The pandemic had destroyed what I would call later-night dining, and what others like to call post-theater dining. “Post-pandemic New York, a late-dining city by American standards,”…
Male-pattern baldness hits half of men by age 50. Here’s what to know about treatment and prevention.
Salomon’s gender-neutral XT-6 Expanse sneakers have a great tread to handle outdoor activity, from the city streets to the trails. They have also become a fashion girl sneaker, frequently seen paired with feminine frocks and dresses. (Don’t you love when that happens?) It’s a technical shoe with full-foot stabilizing technology called EndoFit, which is an…