Unfortunately, without regulation or an at-home testing lab, you won’t know for sure. The ingredients list could offer some clues, said Dr. Anne Chapas, a dermatologist in New York City and a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. Aloe vera should be listed as one of the first three items, she said, suggesting that…
The first time Robert Hammond broke up with Dan Barasch, it was because he heard an unsettling sound at the end of their second date. “Someone told me once that, if you hit it off with someone and you start hearing bells, those are not wedding bells but alarm bells and you should proceed with…
He was a research assistant at Stanford’s computer science department, which made him the resident programmer for many doctorate students, when he met Mr. Page, a Ph.D. candidate. He rewrote the code for a slow web crawler that Mr. Page had created to understand the relationship between links on different websites. He also worked with…
In January 2016, Chidiebere Nnaji moved across the world for a master’s program in electrical engineering at San Francisco State University. But economic instability and inflation in his native Nigeria caused his funds to dwindle sooner than he had planned. Mr. Nnaji, who goes by Chidi, sometimes sought refuge at a San Francisco Senegalese restaurant…
Just before Ashley Marie Thomas left the New York office of The Associated Press in February 2009 for a full-time job at its Philadelphia office, she thought she had seen the last of Dino Hazell, an editor and evening supervisor who had also been working for the news service at that time. “I didn’t like…
Dillon Jones and Matthew McDermott were both relatively new to New York when they found each other on a dating app, in 2016. Once they met, they never looked back. Both had moved to New York from Washington — Mr. McDermott for a job, Mr. Jones for a relationship, which didn’t work out — and…
Thirteen may be a number with a certain reputation, but it proved critical in connecting Jason Martuscello to Lindsay Simon, even if the connection invoked a family tragedy. She had the number scribed in Roman numerals on her wrist on a whim when she was a teenager, and he noticed it on their first date…
Charles Austin Murphy and his mother, Linda Murphy, met Mary Clare Manfred on the same day in August 2012, and both used the same word to describe her: adorable. “That’s exactly what she was — adorable,” said Mr. Murphy, who is 27. “She definitely made an impression on my mom, and needless to say, she…
In February 2018, Anne Catherine Bredin thought she’d had a great first date with John Francis Greey Brandon. After matching in the 98th percentile on OkCupid, the couple met at de Mole, a Mexican restaurant near Ms. Bredin’s apartment in Sunnyside, Queens (Mr. Brandon lived in Greenpoint, Brooklyn). Later, as they walked to the nearby…
“We’re a 24/7 hang couple,” she said. “We’re constantly collaborating and giving each other feedback.” They each regularly perform original music, often together and mainly at clubs and private events around New York City. They also teach privately. Ms. Stevens is the lead singer for Tredici Bacci, a soundtrack music band in New York. She…