Paige Martin Reynolds’s son loved bags: purses, diaper bags, suitcases, reusable grocery bags, backpacks. He also loved packing bags, filling them with anything that interested him: paperwork, produce, jewelry, juice boxes, coasters, coins. This penchant for packing — and unpacking — bags caused household objects to appear in unpredictable places (a spatula in the bathroom,…
Martha Rocha, whose second-place finish representing Brazil in the 1954 Miss Universe pageant made her a hero in her home country, in part because of a widely held belief there that she had unfairly lost the crown by a matter of inches — bodily inches — died on July 4 in Niterói, Brazil, across the…
A friend asked me what I was planning for my July column. “Black bean burgers,” said I. “Really, why?” was the clearly unenthusiastic response. Well, for one thing, I like beans. I love beans, in fact. And lately I have had vegetarian burgers on the brain. Perhaps it has something to do with sitting outdoors…
At the end of April, Denise J. Jamieson, M.D., a member of the Covid-19 task force at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and chairwoman of gynecology and obstetrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, noted in an email that it was “remarkable” how much we still do not know about Covid-19 in…
James Branaman In recent months, the Black Lives Matter movement has exposed how prevalent racism is across industries and how standing up to injustice is necessary in all fields, from media to law enforcement, from athletics to art, and beyond. The environmentalist movement is no exception. Environmental activist Leah Thomas, known on Instagram as @greengirlleah,…
Before they had a first date or even a first kiss, and just a handful of months after their introduction, in 2016, Maya Ariel (left) toasted Cecilia Grugan and vowed to “put a ring on her finger” in front of a group of friends. The two had first met earlier that year at the wedding…
The Zoom wedding of Victor Gabriel Santiago Hernandez and Dr. Erika Alejandro Crespo Martínez, held on June 27 in their West Harlem studio apartment, was beamed to more than 75 households across Puerto Rico and planned in less than a month. It was the result of a question each had asked the other when New…
While evocations of sun, sand and rosé don’t hurt — hey, wear a mask out there — not all icy beverages require heat waves or pink wine. Drink good, well-made frozen drinks because they’re good, and well made. And sure, drink them barefoot in the summer grass, but also boot-clad in winter, or any other…
By bridge and parkway, to country spreads and childhood bedrooms, and for short stays and permanent moves, tens of thousands of residents have streamed out of New York City over the past few months to escape the pandemic. But some buyers and renters have zigged while others zagged. They spent the spring snapping up apartments…
Jim Curtis was a man in conflict this past spring as he watched the pandemic-panicked flee New York City for their country homes. “You start to see everyone leaving, and you think you need to leave too,” said Mr. Curtis, 44, brand head at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, a health coaching business, who divides…