The app’s data showed that, in 2021, users held more than 3,600 bachelorette parties in Scottsdale, compared with around 13,000 in Nashville, said Mike Petrakis, 31, the founder and chief executive of Bach. This year, its data shows more than 11,600 parties are being planned in Scottsdale, compared with 30,000 in Nashville. If that growth…
New York’s hottest club is Guggenheim. It has everything: trans performers named after cocktails, live puppets, business executives and fashion plates who wear dresses made from human hair and act surprised when asked about their outfit. On Wednesday, the Guggenheim held a party for its young collectors, and turned its iconic rotunda into a fictionalized…
I have a small graveyard of no-show socks in a drawer. Regardless of price, they all seem to slip under my heels. Can you recommend a good brand for this essential wardrobe item? — Lisa, Cambridge, Mass. Socks are one of those often-overlooked wardrobe items that deserve more attention than they get. Given the amount…
June 1 marks the beginning of Pride month, when parades pop up in cities around the world and rainbows start appearing in ads for liquor, banks, makeup and big-box department stores. These events and campaigns are visible shows of support for the L.G.B.T.Q. community. They’re also good for business. Sometimes lumped under the label of…
Also make sure your references are willing to talk about your experience, highlighting your contributions over the years. Of course, your real challenge is putting yourself in a position to be able to make the case for your employability. You can highlight your experience in a cover letter and certainly also do so in an…
Abby Comey, a finalist in Modern Love’s college essay contest, was near death from anorexia when she met Sarah. It took Sarah’s steady love, professional help, Ms. Comey’s efforts and her role as Sir Lancelot in the play “Camelot” to restore her health. Yet, as Ms. Comey explains in her essay, “Not Every Breakup is…
Mr. Ristic had him practice a typical forehand swing and Mr. McLaughlin obliged, before politely revealing that he is in fact left-handed. Switching grips, he practiced again — drop and swing, drop and swing. Then Mr. Ristic moved to the backhand. The Upside-Down World of ‘Stranger Things’ After a three-year wait, Netflix’s sci-fi series returns…
Name: Lydia Ourahmane Age: 30 Hometown: Saïda, Algeria Currently Lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in Barcelona, above Sala Parés, a venerable art gallery Claim to Fame: Ms. Ourahmane is an Algerian-British artist known for sprawling installations that defy geopolitical boundaries. A recent work, “Barzakh,” (it means “separation” or “a barrier between two things” in Arabic)…
Even if you’ve spent no time on TikTok, you probably have some idea of what’s happening there. Headlines about dance challenges, aesthetics (WitchTok! Cottagecore! Coastal grandmother!) and viral audio clips have proliferated over the last few years, each trend treated as a way to decipher the habits of Gen Z. That tendency — to extrapolate…
PHOTOGRAPHED BY CAMILA FALQUEZ They were walking, breathing Slim Aarons photos come to life—literally. The photographer who defined midcentury style by taking photos of “attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places” frequently captured them at home and at play, and often both. Some 60 years later, much like “walkers” and long lunches at La…