Caroline Gholson had often told Andrew Fallon that she wanted him to propose over coffee — in bed. “Coffee in bed is our Sunday morning ritual,” said Ms. Gholson, 37, the senior recruiting and development manager in Houston for the law firm Kirkland & Ellis. “The concept of a public proposal,” she said, “mortifies me.”…
With the New York charity circuit on hiatus, here is how some philanthropists and society figures are spending their time and resources during the pandemic. Alina Cho Age: 50 Occupation: journalist Favorite charities: Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Literacy Partners, the Battery Conservancy, the Scarlett Fund, Appeal of Conscience Foundation Where have you been hunkering down?…
He didn’t. By the spring of 2016 they were an exclusive couple. In 2017, they sold most of their belongings and started living in Airbnb rentals throughout the country, in cities including Chicago and Los Angeles, for 30-day bursts. “We wanted to have an adventure, and an adventure in getting to know each other in…
Adina Kamkhatchi and Isaac Mizrahi should have met years ago. Their lives were entwined; they just didn’t know it. Both grew up in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, in a tightly knit community of about 40,000 orthodox Sephardic Jews, mostly from Syria. Both spent summers in Deal, N.J., and vacationed in Aruba. Two years ago,…
Long distance has been a way of life for Heather Hwalek and Taylor Washburn, who have spent more days apart than together, since meeting a decade ago at Yale. “I don’t think I’ve ever connected with anyone like Taylor,” said Ms. Hwalek, 34, a program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle.…
Daniel West, a history buff, was asked what era he would have preferred living in with his wife, Isabel Eberstadt, if given the opportunity. “The American Founding,” said Mr. West, 33, a venture investor, who is originally from Houston and the founding chairman of Brillante Academy, a Texas public charter school. “The founders were conscious…
The men I dated always timed out at about two months — usually in concert with a statement of having met someone new. But with this man, two months passed, then six, then nine, and we were still talking almost every day. Never in a way that pointed to a serious relationship, but certainly as…
Look out, Zoom shirt. Here comes the vaccine top. As millions of more Americans become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, fashion-minded folks are giving extra consideration to what they will wear for their coveted appointments. And as with Zoom, it’s an above-the-waist style story, especially if there’s a vaccine selfie — call it a “vaxxie”…
Nina Ferraro, the songwriter who records as Bonzie, had been working since 2018 on her third album, “Reincarnation.” It would be the continuation of a fully independent career that has consistently yielded richly melodic and mysterious songs. Then Covid-19 hit, and, like everyone else, she had to change her plans. She moved from Los Angeles…
Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have been shocked by the amount of racist political language aimed at Asian-Americans and the spike in hate crimes against the community. As a white person, I feel ashamed that I didn’t focus on this problem sooner. During this period, I have often thought about a Korean-American woman…