People who search genealogy websites often find birth and marriage records, newspaper clippings, faded photographs or maybe a long-lost relative. Hopwood DePree found a 60-room English manor. As a child growing up in Holland, Mich., in the 1970s, Mr. DePree was transfixed when his beloved maternal grandfather, Pap, a history buff, told him about a…
A group that supports ethical non-monogamy sent an open letter to Meta on Thursday calling for Facebook to allow users to list more than one relationship status in their profiles. The letter, which was initiated by the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy, or OPEN, said that Facebook’s current policy is “arbitrary” and “exclusionary.” Signees…
Four or five times a week these days, some old friend will contact Louis Theroux and tell him, “My daughter keeps going around the house singing your rap,” or, “My wife was exercising to your rap in her Pilates class.” Passing by a primary school, Mr. Theroux has the feeling he is being watched, a…
I am in search of a perfect summer dress that can handle the heat waves I hear we should all start to expect. I want something that will be cool without being naked, adult without being stiff, and won’t overwhelm a normal-size frame. Any suggestions? — Charlene, Pacifico, Calif. Ever since Irwin Shaw crafted his…
In this week’s Modern Love essay, “A Texting Lifeline During a Difficult Time,” Tatiana Jackson-Saitz writes about the complexities of falling in love while losing her father to cancer. Ms. Jackson-Saitz just finished her second year at the University of Chicago. She is a finalist in our most recent Modern Love college essay contest.
Brandy Goodner first learned about Juneteenth when she was 14. Although she didn’t begin celebrating the holiday — a commemoration of the day in 1865 that enslaved people in Texas were told that they had been freed two years earlier — until she was an adult, Ms. Goodner now parties like she’s making up for…
Cara Condon was a dark horse heading into the 2022 Cheesemonger Invitational in Brooklyn last Sunday. Although she has been working in the field for more than a decade, she felt that her wrapping skills weren’t in the top tier, and worried that her cheese-and-beverage pairing wouldn’t be a hit. “I know it sounds absolutely…
Last weekend, droves of people descended on a 15-acre park in northeast Los Angeles for an afternoon of picnicking, mingling, cheering on drag performances and a puppy costume competition, and more. Known as Dyke Day LA, this annual Pride gathering takes a homespun approach to a month typically packed with corporate-sponsored parties, parades and concerts;…
Name: Rahanna Bisseret Martinez Age: 18 Hometown: Oakland, Calif. Now Lives: In a three-bedroom house in East Oakland with her mother and younger brother. Claim to Fame: Ms. Bisseret Martinez is a teenage chef and cookbook author known for spicy dishes that combine her Black, Mexican and Haitian heritage, as well as her Northern California…
Minnie Driver clambered into a pink-and-green kayak, adjusted her legs against the foot pegs, grabbed her paddle and pushed off the wobbling dock into a choppy Hudson River. “See you in Weehawken,” she said, yelling over her shoulder. A Canada goose looked on, mildly impressed. This was on a recent Monday morning, just west of…