For Them, It Was Love and Baseball

Erik Braverman and Jonathan Cottrell’s wedding at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, where Mr. Braverman works as a senior vice president for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was a celebration of love. Also of progress. “We knew it would mean a lot to a lot of people,” Mr. Cottrell said, including the 75 vaccinated guests who…

In a Blink, Her Eye Caught His

“After that it was just date, date, date, date,” he said. A few weeks later Ms. Stern accompanied him to a Persian-style Shabbat dinner at his parents’ house in Calabasas, Calif. She then began studying Farsi online, and did not shy away from difficult pronunciations such as “khayli khoob” (very good). Ms. Stern also grew…