Even with a population of nearly 700,000, Washington can still seem like a small town, as Dr. Noemie Levy and Graham Gottlieb discovered. The two met in March 2012, outside a yogurt shop at 10 or 11 p.m., when a close friend of Dr. Levy, who was also a grade-school friend of Mr. Gottlieb, waved…
I didn’t see what the problem was. I’m a perfectly respectable woman who knows what she wants and has the ability to pay for it. At 83, I may be a little older than most, and legally blind, but generally speaking, people are pleased to welcome me into their shops and boutiques and promptly move…
Among the stunning assertions that the pop star Britney Spears made to a Los Angeles probate judge this week, as she sought to end her protracted conservatorship, was one that shook experts in guardianship law and reproductive rights deeply. She said a team led by her father, who is her conservator, prevented her from having…
Name: William White, a.k.a @Whiteyy18 Age: 21 Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Following: 1.5 million on TikTok Content: Mr. White is a TikTok creator and model who lip-syncs retro hits like “Mandy” by Barry Manilow and “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones. His videos are zoomed in, usually with close-up shots of his face and…
Now, going forward, I’m not willing to meet or see anyone — I’ve met with enough people against my will. I’m done. All I want is to own my money, for this to end, and my boyfriend to drive me in his [expletive] car. And I would honestly like to sue my family, to be…
Courtesy of Christopher Tomas Smith. Last summer during what can be described as a period of racial awakening, there was an influx of Black professionals shining light on the happenings at some of the industry’s biggest companies. The stories highlight that traditional office culture wasn’t made with Black employees in mind. In order to help…
An hour into our interview, the artist David Choe admits that he lied about something. He said he had turned down two offers to do a television show many years ago, one from the producer Scott Rudin, the other from the celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. He had said the same thing during his first burst…
[Sign up for Love Letter and always get the latest in Modern Love, weddings, and relationships in the news by email.] He recalls himself feeling anxious to meet face to face after not going on an in-person date for more than a year, but luckily his match was in the same situation. “The date went…
My partner and I live on the West Coast; our families live on the East Coast. When we go home, we make detailed plans for seeing our parents to keep our visits evenly divided and fair. Over the past few years, though, when we’re visiting my family, my partner’s mother has a habit of stopping…
Vines crept up the house. It looked like it was about to cave in. The Colonial in Roscoe, N.Y., a hamlet of the Catskills, was decrepit — which made it all the more appealing to Bryan Sansivero, 36, and a friend, who had arrived before dawn. They entered the musty, empty dwelling, which was not…