A Pilates Routine You Can Do Anywhere in Under 10 Minutes
Studies suggest the workout method can improve strength and posture, but it’s not cheap to join a studio. Here’s how to test the waters at home.
Exploring the 3-Year Cruise That Never Set Sail
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Last February, I was scrolling through Instagram when a peculiar ad appeared on my feed. The ad boasted of a three-year cruise called Life at Sea — said to be the longest cruise ever, with…
Embracing Love While Becoming Their Authentic Selves
On Oct. 1, 2013, the two went to the Melting Pot restaurant to celebrate their one-year anniversary. On the way, they happened to stop at a red light about a block away. “I looked up and took a picture and made a joke about Jared’s, the jewelry store,” Ms. Carmichael said. “I posted it on…
After Six Years of Friendship, Came Love —Fast and Furious
Kelsey Masako Fumiko Kiyota and Elliott Lin met through a mutual friend in 2012, but it wasn’t until six years into their friendship that they realized they had something important in common — a love for the “Fast & Furious” movie franchise. The discovery happened in January 2018 while at a party at their friend’s…
An Off-the-Cuff Remark That Proved True
Andrew Warren Tolman relaxed into a lounge chair next to Jenna Lynn Santoro on July 20, 2019 as the weekly Saturday beach club party was winding down at Gurney’s Montauk Resort in Montauk, N.Y. “Eating, drinking, running into the ocean, it was a perfect day,” said Mr. Tolman, who had met her briefly earlier that…
A Relationship Fast-Tracked by an Impending Move
In June 2019, Leslie Marshall locked eyes with Tamar Malloy at a bus stop in Pittsburgh. As Dr. Malloy walked down the sidewalk, “I really wanted to know this person, but didn’t even know if they remembered my name,” Dr. Marshall recalled. “We took this half-step toward each other, where you’re like, ‘Will they reciprocate?’”…
Sharing an Airbnb With My Parents for Seven Weeks
I was sitting in between my parents on a 15-hour direct flight from Toronto to Seoul. I was going to Seoul to work on a book project. My Airbnb had enough room for us all. So when my parents brought it up as a half-joke that they would come, too, I didn’t think it was…
Alice Mason, Real Estate Fixer and Hostess to the Elite, Dies at 100
She was born Alice Christmas on Oct. 26, 1923, in Philadelphia “to a bourgeois family of color,” as she wrote in an unpublished memoir. Her father, Lawrence Duke Christmas, was a dentist; her mother, Alice (Meyers) Christmas, managed the household. In Alice’s telling, the family was so light-skinned they were known as the White Christmases.…
‘Cooking With Lynja’ TikTok Star Dies at 67
Lynn Yamada Davis, a TikTok creator who brought joy to millions of people with her zany style and cooking tips on her account, Cooking With Lynja, died on Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey. She was 67 and lived in Holmdel, N.J. The cause was esophageal cancer, said her daughter Hannah Mariko…
‘Sopranos’ Cast Reunites in Little Italy for 25th Anniversary
Out & About covers the events where notable, powerful and influential figures gather. Plus the outfits. This week: a reunion for “The Sopranos” cast and a gathering for the podcast “Nota Bene.” A Family Dinner on Mulberry Street On Wednesday night, in Little Italy, cast and crew members of “The Sopranos,” which premiered 25 years…