Kristen Sanders thought her chances of a relationship with April Hill were pretty slim when she spotted Ms. Hill’s profile on the dating app Bumble in January 2020. “April’s 5-foot-10 and covered in tattoos; I’m 5-foot-2 and I look like a super goody two-shoes — clean cut, no visible tattoos, preppy dresser,” Ms. Sanders said…
I was scrolling through psychotherapy memes on Instagram a few years ago when Hannah popped up in my friend requests. We each had new last names and new looks. I had decided that since I had to wear wigs anyway (as an ultra-Orthodox Jew), they may as well be blonde instead of my natural dull…
The parking lot of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in Roslindale, Mass., is not a particularly romantic spot for a first date. Nevertheless, when Stevenson Ricardo Boyce asked Sharhea Octavia Wade if she would meet him there one afternoon in May 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, she didn’t say no. The two had initially…
As freshman at the University of Alabama, Allison Lyn Mollenkamp and William James McCrary were among a group of seven students that staged a production of “Foreplay Or: The Art of the Fugue,” a short play from the anthology “All in the Timing,” written by David Ives. A few weeks ago, Ms. Mollenkamp and Mr.…
In April 2015, Ms. Broxson arrived in New York and soon began working as an associate editor at Real Simple Magazine. That June, Mr. Garcia joined her. Ms. Broxson, 32, now works remotely as a principal writer at the financial services company Fidelity Investments. Mr. Garcia, 37, is a middle-school history teacher with the New…
Under Mr. Briguet, Le Périgord became a family affair. His wife worked with him there, as did their son Christopher, who was a manager for 30 years. Ms. Le Gall, too, worked at the restaurant, for 10 years, along with Eric, Jean-Luc, who is an architect, and a grandson. “You have to love what you…
Terry Castro, a New York-based jewelry designer whose knack for blending the fantastical with the elegant propelled him from selling on the sidewalks of New York to adorning celebrities like Rihanna and Steven Tyler, died on July 18 at his home in Istanbul. He was 50. The cause was a heart attack, his son, Sir…
Courtesy It’s a universal plight: the struggle of walking in shoes that are, to put it simply, not made to be walked in for long periods of time. Sometimes the duration isn’t even that long; the shoes are just that uncomfortable. This fact of life is unfair to you, sure, but it’s duly unfair to…
Lilly Simon, a 33-year-old in Brooklyn, does not have monkeypox. She does have neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow at her nerve endings. Those tumors were filmed surreptitiously by a TikTok user while Ms. Simon was riding the subway on a Thursday in late July during her commute. In the…
Rosie Assoulin never intended to do bridal wear. But as the fashion designer tells it, after debuting her namesake ready-to-wear label in 2013, clients gravitated to its white pieces for wedding attire. Soon fans began asking about a bridal collection; by Ms. Assoulin’s estimate, her company received hundreds of such inquiries over the years. By…