“One of the first things that I did when I went to Chicago was to go to Cabrini-Green and put on that community planner hat,” he said. “And for a place that has a history of being as Black as that neighborhood was, that was not what I found. One has to wonder what happened…
I have shied away from shorts most of my life for anything except running or sports, yet have recently discovered high-waisted wide leg shorts, which are both comfortable and flattering, especially in the heat. However, I feel matronly if I pair a basic T-shirt or tank top with this style. How can I elevate my…
By Miya Lee Many people vow to avoid their parents’ mistakes when raising their own children. For Stephanie Grant, a professor and the author of this week’s Modern Love essay, that meant permitting her 13-year-old daughter to enter into a temporary marriage. [Like this newsletter? Sign up to receive it in your inbox.] We want…
“I’m assuming you’re vaccinated,” said Star Jones, the television personality. It was Friday night and Ms. Jones, who came prepared with a plastic face shield, was at the Angel Ball, a music-themed gala that usually takes place in Manhattan during the fall, but moved to Southhampton this summer because of the pandemic. The event benefits…
And so, I assented. I assented without calling home to consult my partner of 20-something years, a lapse in judgment that would become a sore point between us. In the crowded cafe, I was, perhaps not surprisingly, overcome with thoughts of my own mother, who was preoccupied until her death with the state of my…
Eliciting comedy from Steve Martin and Martin Short is usually a simple proposition: You just put the two of them together. Even as they looked back on their years of friendship and collaboration in a video interview earlier this summer, they couldn’t help falling into a familiar rhythm of affectionately zinging and zetzing each other.…
On a Friday morning in October 2018, Angela Braren and Gauri Manglik were riding San Francisco’s Muni to work together when Ms. Braren said she was struck with an urgency to propose to Ms. Manglik — her girlfriend of over four years — on that very day. Ms. Braren found herself writing out the proposal…
Ian Cheng was feeling adrift. It was the start of 2013; he was nearly 30, with an art degree from Berkeley and another from Columbia, but he needed an idea, something to build a career on. Pondering the question one wintry afternoon in the balcony cafe at the Whole Foods Market on Houston Street, a…
About an hour into her first date with Edward Andrews Larkin in August 2019, at a wine bar in San Francisco, Rachelle Louise Soderstrom was ready to call it a night. The couple had matched on Bumble, and although Ms. Soderstrom thought Mr. Larkin was nice, she didn’t see a second date in their future.…
The fashion stylist Mel Ottenberg, 45, has dressed some of the world’s most influential celebrities (Rihanna and Justin Bieber) and worked with the biggest brands (Dior, Nike and Calvin Klein). For the past three years, he has also been the creative director of Interview magazine, the jumbo newsprint tome founded in 1969 by Andy Warhol.…