A business trying to make money off mansions full of TikTok influencers has gone public on the stock market through an unusual deal. It involves a former Chinese health care company, and if that sounds confusing, well, we can explain. Social media entrepreneurs have rushed to find ways to make money from stars on popular…
Welcome. If your regular Thanksgiving plans have been put on hold this year, might I suggest watching Melissa Clark make an entire holiday meal for three using just one pot, one pan and one oven set to 400 degrees (in under three hours)? Her make-ahead gravy alone makes the prospect of cooking a small, low-key…
By Charanna Alexander Many grandparents play an important role in the lives of their grandchildren and that is true for Rachael Cusick, the writer of this week’s Modern Love essay. Ms. Cusick was 6 when her mother died of cancer. Her 65-year-old grandmother quickly became a surrogate parent to her and her four siblings. Years…
During the most painful and difficult days of Daniel Tomanelli’s life, he continued to take care of Audrey Pence. “He’s lying there in his hospital bed, asking me if I’m getting enough sleep,” said Ms. Pence, 26. “He’s asking me to go down to the gift shop and pick something out for myself. He was,…
When I first see Karlie Kloss on my screen, she’s a pixelated, slightly delayed version of the model/Kode With Klossy founder/Project Runway host the world knows. “I’ve been having some WiFi troubles today…” she tells me, springing into action just as I offer to switch my own connection. It’s one of the all-too-common scenes filling…
Nearly two million people watched live on Thursday night as two Southern rap heavyweights, Gucci Mane and Jeezy, leaned into, and then seemingly set aside, 15 years of bad blood during the latest edition of the pandemic streaming hit battle Verzuz. From matching thrones set up on opposite legs of the H-shaped stage at the…
Lela Rose’s dining table can accommodate dozens of guests and is a marvel of social engineering. One part rises from the floor to create a low seating area Japanese-style. Another part drops from the ceiling on cables to accommodate more people. Those two sections meet a third table which can be extended with leaves, and…
Kelly Ellen Mulrow and Kevin Matthew Quinn like clockwork recited the opening lines of the Latin textbook “Ecce Romani I” during their first date in May 2017 at Ampersand, a cocktail bar in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan. “She walked in the door with a huge smile,” said Mr. Quinn, who had connected with her…
Christopher McGuire was back in his native New York in October 2017, and, much like his hometown Yankees, bracing for a Game 7 showdown with the visiting Houston Astros. “I was living and working in Washington at that time,” said Mr. McGuire, 31, a foreign affairs officer at the State Department. “For years, I was…
On one of the first days they spent together, Kristen Larson and Allan Breed practiced social distancing — though that term was not yet in the popular lexicon. The year was 2015. Ms. Larson and Mr. Breed were at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., preparing to set off on a river tubing trip with a group…