Cobalt Blue Is Color Rushing Our Summer

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you: You are, in fact, seeing cobalt blue everywhere. It’s popping up in the design of Instagram-famous brands like Glossier and Great Jones; it’s featured prominently in new lines of cookware, glassware, loungewear and even cookbooks. When millennial pink dominated in 2016, it was believed to be a response to current…

A Romance Deepened by the Golden Rule

Of all the traits that have attracted Stephanie Nicole Insalaco and Thomas John Ciccotta to one another over the course of their relationship, perhaps none has drawn them closer than how each has treated other people along the way. The two first connected on the dating app Tinder in August 2017. A Queens native, Ms.…

When Age Is Nothing but a Favorite Number

Just 20 minutes into their first date in January 2020, Lauren Elizabeth Levin and Chelsea Veronica Cimilluca, who had previously connected on the dating app Hinge, realized that they had already met in person. In October 2019, both had attended the same party at Public Records, a bar in Brooklyn, organized by Ellis Presents, which…

Who Is the Ion Pack?

“Their struggle with making work is what’s so relatable to listeners,” said Betsey Brown, an actress and filmmaker who is a regular listener, and occasional guest, of the pod. Ms. Brown recently released a feature film, “Actors,” which she wrote, directed and stars in alongside her brother, Peter Vack, who is a close friend of…