Weddings are steeped in tradition, but where did those rituals come from? “Traditions,” a new column, explores the origins of various wedding customs from around the world. While Kelly Frye and Nick Campbell were having their photos taken before their intimate wedding ceremony at the Rothko Chapel in Houston on Jan. 26, 2022, the groom’s…
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After being raped by two different men, Elizabeth Endicott struggled to maintain her sense of self. Only 23, she did not think she was deserving of — let alone capable of finding — a romantic relationship based on tenderness and respect. She decided to move to Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth,…
There’s a hot new squiggle on the tech logo scene. On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Threads, a rival to Twitter that appears to be the most rapidly downloaded app ever. Each new user is greeted by the app’s logo, a springy, counterclockwise coil usually rendered in white against a black background. The logo most closely…
Hi, everyone. Madison is out this week, so I’ve hacked the mainframe and seized control. I come to you with a breaking news vibes report from Threads, the new Twitter clone that Mark Zuckerberg unveiled on Wednesday. It has already signed up 30 million users, according to Zuckerberg, and appears to be the most rapidly…
On a beautiful summer day, you don’t need much of an excuse to dine outdoors — especially if you’ve got a garden, patio or deck surrounded by greenery. “It’s more relaxed when you’re outside, so the way you entertain tends to be more casual,” said Young Huh, an interior designer based in New York. “It’s…
Mr. Sinnott patiently answered her questions — no and six months ago — but people were gathering. “He said, ‘You know everyone’s looking at us, and you haven’t said yes’,” Ms. Rinehart said. “I was like, ‘Of course the answer is yes, I thought that was a given,’” she said. To celebrate, they went to…
But “two weeks later, she came around,” Ms. Gaebe said. “She told me she loved me.” In late November, Ms. Gaebe asked Ms. Bozorg to meet her after physical therapy for a surprise. “Oh you’re taller than me,” Ms. Bozorg said when she saw Ms. Gaebe without her crutches. And then for the first time,…
Ms. Evans is a registered radiologic technologist. She works for Urgent Doc, an urgent care center, in Livingston, Texas, and occasionally covers shifts at Dedicated Medical Center & Urgent Care in Woodville, Texas. She holds an associate degree in science from John A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill.; another associate degree in radiology from Southern…
Their backgrounds, however, were vastly different. “We grew up incredibly poor,” Ms. Matteson, a social worker in the Argyle, Texas, school district, said. She and her three siblings moved around the West Coast frequently with their mother, until she was placed in foster care as an adolescent. After aging out of foster care, she won…