Catriona Love, David Olstein

Dr. Catriona Stewart Love and David Warren Olstein were married Dec. 15 at the Green Building in Brooklyn. John P. Griffith, a friend of the bride who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Dr. Love, 33, is a veterinarian at Heart of Chelsea Veterinary Group in Manhattan. She graduated from the University…

Alyssa Principato, Daniel Bell

Alyssa Leigh Principato and Daniel Benjamin Bell were married Dec. 14 at the Historic Hotel Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pa. Marian Johnson who was ordained by the Universal Brotherhood Movement, officiated. The couple met at East Stroudsburg University, from which they graduated. Mrs. Bell, 29, is an academy program manager in Center Valley, Pa., for Aesculap,…

Jo Ann Zino, Christopher DiMaio

Jo Ann Zino and Dr. Christopher John DiMaio were married Dec. 15 at St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church in Plainview, N.Y. The Rev. Valentine Rebello, a Roman Catholic priest, officiated. Mrs. DiMaio, 40, is a senior business development manager focusing on global financial services and financial technology industries at the New York law firm…

Alexandra Haseotes, Richard Taussig

Alexandra Englis Haseotes and Richard Jennings Taussig were married Dec. 15 at the Boston Public Library. Elly Jackson, a justice of the peace for the Town of Brighton, Mass., officiated. Mrs. Taussig, 31, is a director of consumer innovation at Cumberland Farms, the family-owned convenient store chain throughout New England and Florida. She is based…

Lauren Moore, Jay Shifman

Lauren Renée Moore and Jay B. Shifman were married Dec. 15 at the Center, an events space in Cincinnati. Tamaya Dennard, a Universal Life minister, officiated. The bride, 32, is the program and policy manager for the Cincinnati Preschool Promise, a nonprofit organization that aims to expand access to quality preschools. She graduated from Queens…

The Octomom Has Proved Us All Wrong

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — The 9-year-olds have matching button noses; toothy grins; roaming, smiling eyes. Noah and Josiah are Nordic blond and fair, Nariyah and Maliyah olive and deeply brunette, and their four brothers — Jonah, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Makai — run the gamut. Octuplets. “Hand me the spoon,” said Maliyah, standing at the stove.…

Times Insider: Three Months in the Advice Mines

Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. I’m spending three months moonlighting as a work-life advice columnist for the Sunday Business section, writing a column called “Work Friend.” After me, someone else will dispense the advice — someone properly licensed and up-to-date on all…