Being married can be tough. Layer on the incredible stress of a global pandemic, coupled with mandated shelter in place rules so you see your partner more than ever before, and add subpar online home schooling just for fun, and you have a recipe for turbulence in your relationship. Yet Nina Westbrook, 31, a licensed…
While social distancing and restrictions on travel and large gatherings have forced many couples to postpone their wedding celebrations, some are still choosing to marry and are inviting guests to witness their union from the comfort of their own homes via live video streams. “Livestreaming a wedding is becoming mainstream,” said Vishal Joshi, the founder…
The drone heard on the rooftop of the Philadelphia apartment building where Dr. Ashley Johnson and Dr. Eddie Zhang live was not the kind created by the couple bemoaning their circumstances in the presence of the coronavirus. Dr. Johnson, 33, a traumatic brain injury medicine fellow at MossRehab in Elkins Park, Pa., and Dr. Zhang,…
Ellyna Larson, a Federal agent with Homeland Security, walked through the front door of Eli’s Roots Hair Studio in Manassas, Va., in search of its owner, Kristi Bogart, a person of interest. “She was busy with another client, so I texted my boss and said, ‘She’s beautiful,’” Ms. Larson said, “but then I began thinking…
While social distancing and restrictions on travel and large gatherings have forced many couples to postpone their wedding celebrations, some are still choosing to marry and are inviting guests to witness their union from the comfort of their own homes via live video streams. “Live streaming a wedding is becoming mainstream,” said Vishal Joshi, the…
Victoria de Lambilly remembers the exact day in September 2017 when she and Oscar de Poncins met at her London home — it was also the same day that her family’s new puppy, a three-month-old Border terrier named Brexit, had arrived. Mr. Poncins was there to begin tutoring Gabrielle de Lambilly, one of Ms. de…
This was supposed to be the start of the busy season for wedding vendors — a time to freshen floral bouquets, ask guests to take their seats and wrangle wayward bridesmaids into picture-perfect arrangements. Instead these florists, event planners, photographers and officiants are staying home. So are the DJs, caterers and, most critically, the brides…
Tara Mancini was separated and living in suburban New Jersey when Tinder matched her in 2015 with Peter Goldring. They chatted a bit through the app and then agreed to meet for dinner in New York that same evening. Ms. Mancini, 48, is a senior sales account executive in the customer experience division of SAP,…
Anna Davila and Bryce Cole had planned to elope in late March, while in New Orleans to attend the wedding of friends. Their plan was to leave their two children with Ms. Davila’s mother while they took what they told her would be a quick break. “It was just me and him, nobody knew —…
Erica Hubbard waited a long time to get married to Nevin King. Had she waited any longer, she’s not sure they would be married today. “I think it might have been impossible, because the lockdown occurred just a few weeks after,” said Ms. Hubbard, 44, a registered nurse in Lynchburg, Va., who walked down the…