Keri Gailloux’s tiny home — a converted school bus — is also retired now, thanks to the pandemic. Ms. Gailloux, 68, had lived and worked in San Francisco running a hepatitis C training program for primary care doctors, but after retirement she converted the school bus which she named “Skoolie,” into a mobile home so…
When a bad guy jumps out of the cake and the groom gets hit with a Champagne bucket in the ensuing melee, not everyone will consider the wedding a success. But fans in the arena for the Feb. 4 wedding of Penelope Ford and Kip Sabian on TNT’s “All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite” didn’t seem disturbed…
Americans naming their pets Princess is as reliable as death and taxes — at least according to a survey of pet names from the oldest continually operating pet cemetery in the United States. That resting place is Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, in Hartsdale, N.Y. It was founded in 1896, and is home to more than 80,000…
When Dominique D. Ethridge and Damon D. Wallace discovered that their baby was due March 5, 2021, their proposed wedding day, the couple knew they needed a new plan. What they didn’t know is that the person who would help them decide on their wedding rings would also help change those plans. Ms. Ethridge, 29,…
But in a way, I did leave; I left my life as I knew it. I drank too much and ate too little. I slept too little and thought too much. I cropped more photos, swiped left and right, bantered online with different men. I eliminated smokers, motorcyclists and those who confused “your” for “you’re.”…
“Black is the renaissance of culture,” says Marcus Paul, one of the five Black creatives tapped by Sam Lobban, Nordstrom SVP Designer and New Concepts. Nordstrom honors Black culture and Black History Month through their newest pop-up shop, Concept 012: Black_Space. New Concepts is a platform that demonstrates Nordstrom’s commitment to bringing upcoming designers to…
The parallel between fast cars and high fashion is self-evident. Both modes operate in a luxury world that is sometimes unattainable, always aspirational, and downright sexy. LaQuan Smith lives in this world. But it wasn’t always like that. “Nothing was given to me on a silver platter,” Smith, 31, told ELLE. “I had hustle to…
My son and his fiancée are getting married in September. We’re all excited! The problem: We created two guest lists, one of close friends and relatives who will definitely be invited and another of those we would like to include, but who won’t receive invitations until we have a better sense of acceptance numbers. Unfortunately,…
The last time anyone celebrated Valentine’s Day, most of the world was carrying on as in any other year: Couples met at movie theaters, bars were full of dates and restaurants were brimming with lovers sharing candlelit dinners. Twelve months later, the year’s most celebrated date night looks drastically different in the shadow of a…
The venues had been booked, the flowers selected, outfits tailored, menus tasted and playlists curated. But as the coronavirus ravaged the world last year and travel shut down, many couples who had planned destination weddings were forced to postpone their nuptials. Now, almost a year later, with new variants emerging and with travel restrictions still…