Kristen Bandoo fell in love with Anthony Denning because of an early promise he made her that he has not been able to keep. “One of the first things he said to me was, ‘I could never be mad at you because you’re always smiling,’” Ms. Bandoo said. “Boy was I wrong,” Mr. Denning said.…
When Amit Seth began to propose to Sue Jin Lee in 2019 on a balcony overlooking the ocean in Ischia, an Italian island off the coast of Naples, she walked away, back inside their hotel room. She wasn’t overcome with emotion or opposed to getting engaged. She was hungry, cranky, and she had already moved…
Chelsea Crowder stood several feet from a dart board hanging on the wall of a Sacramento bar in December 2017. She was on a first date with Emerson Luke, who held a drink in one hand and a dart in the other. “If I get a bull’s-eye,” Mr. Luke, 33, said to Ms. Crowder, 28,…
A Brooklyn company that was sued by Nike over the unauthorized sale of Satan Shoes — an aftermarket sneaker that contains a drop of blood and was promoted by the rapper Lil Nas X — agreed on Thursday to accept returns of the footwear as part of a settlement. The company, MSCHF, will offer refunds…
Last year, in the middle of the pandemic, I appeared as a guest on a (now-defunct) dating show. With cameras rolling, I sat on a teal couch next to the show’s host, who had prepped for an interview with a man who is neurotic about dating — a man who composes spreadsheets of relationship stages…
As Covid-19 vaccinations have picked up and more businesses reopen across the country, Easter weekend saw a resurgence of tourist activity in some cities, perhaps indicating a turning point for the struggling tourism industry. Chip Rogers, the president and chief operating officer for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the trade organization for the hospitality…
A personal pronoun is a form of speech that stands in for a person or group of people. She is having opinions online; they are fighting in the comments; and, of course, as in the Prince song made famous by Sinead O’Connor, “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Nonbinary pronouns, as well — often the singular “they”…
While waiting in a long line to get my Covid-19 vaccination, I noticed two boisterous white men ahead of me. At first I chalked up their noise to excitement. But as I waited, I realized they were harassing an older Black woman who was in line in front of them. They were crowding her and…
For Joe, it’s the Air Jordan hoodie that belonged to his son, Jeremy, cut down by a lethal heroin overdose. For the writer and stylist Simon Doonan, it’s a pair of Lycra Stephen Sprouse leggings, worn through sweaty aerobics classes to cope as one friend after another died of AIDS. For Michael, it’s the patchwork…
2020 was awful. Full stop. To help us cope through the good, the bad, and the pandemic, a few turned to retail. Aside from the sweatpants and food delivery, a few standout products stood out as the one thing that got us through quarantine in a weird way. Money can’t buy happiness but certain items,…