Weddings: Two Pranksters Fall in Love

Caroline Gholson had often told Andrew Fallon that she wanted him to propose over coffee — in bed. “Coffee in bed is our Sunday morning ritual,” said Ms. Gholson, 37, the senior recruiting and development manager in Houston for the law firm Kirkland & Ellis. “The concept of a public proposal,” she said, “mortifies me.”…

Weddings: They Met During Ramadan

Eventually Saman Akhtar had to know what Mohammed Islam was thinking. “I actually directly asked him: Do you like me? What is going on?” she said. By that point, they had spent time together in New York, Washington and San Francisco and were texting on a daily basis. But beyond flowing conversation and a hug…

Seashell Art and Rock Gardens

With the New York charity circuit on hiatus, here is how some philanthropists and society figures are spending their time and resources during the pandemic. Alina Cho Age: 50 Occupation: journalist Favorite charities: Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Literacy Partners, the Battery Conservancy, the Scarlett Fund, Appeal of Conscience Foundation Where have you been hunkering down?…