Eliza Smith was only 18 when she found herself back with her ex-boyfriend and, then, unintentionally pregnant. Having graduated high school early and with a full scholarship to a private college, Ms. Smith had to adjust her plans. She married her ex and remained in her hometown, Joplin, Mo., finding work as a sales associate…
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Twenty years ago, with my life at a serious crossroads, I applied to every single airline, and a few months later I was officially a flight attendant. I loved my new job, and it came with a completely new and exciting life. But I didn’t sign up for what travel is like this summer. The…
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Since 2021, the house of Jean Paul Gaultier has chosen a guest designer to put their spin on the provocateur’s signature style. This season, Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing took the reins after a much-lauded outing in January from Y/Project designer Glenn Martens. When the first model in Rousteing’s fall 2022 couture show walked out—a…
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Every July, I question my sour cherry priorities. Their season is so short, and the fruit so scarce that I rarely get around to making anything beyond one big, gushy pie and a year’s supply of homemade maraschino cherries (must-haves in my manhattan cocktail). But maybe, I always think, this is the summer I’ll try…
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Movies and TV shows about the inner workings of the culinary world have let us peek into restaurant kitchens before. But FX’s new “The Bear” is the first to force you to work in one. As the series (streaming on Hulu) opens, the young chef Carmen Berzatto has left behind a soaring career, replete with…
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“Look,” Emmy Rossum said, squeezing an excess of rose buttercream onto a waiting meringue. “We can’t all be perfect the first time.” Ms. Rossum, 35, a star and executive producer of “Angelyne,” the limited series about the mysterious blonde bombshell featured on Los Angeles billboards in the 1980s, had come to Ladurée, the restaurant and…
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WASHINGTON — Under pressure to do more to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, President Biden will issue an executive order on Friday aimed at ensuring access to contraception and other women’s health services, White House officials said. Details about what the president’s new order will do remain unclear. A…
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Looking for a fresh way to scout Brooklyn’s waterfront? Try a ferry. For $2.75, you can explore ports of call that cradle a bounty of cultural and culinary adventures. Island-hopping from Manhattan can begin at the Pier 11-Wall Street landing, where the salty air is invigorating and anticipation builds as vessels with names like Ferry…
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Take June Carter Cash’s ambivalence toward her own onstage engagement — the less goth predecessor of Mr. White and Ms. Jean’s nuptials. In 1968, Johnny Cash proposed to Ms. Carter in front of a crowd of 7,000 people in London, Ontario. When asked about the engagement 13 years later, in a joint 1981 interview on…
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As fall approaches, new students will arrive on college campuses toting all kinds of things: luggage and school supplies, mini fridges and sports equipment. But in the midst of the preparation for move-in day, many have not considered what tools they will need to support themselves emotionally. In other words, what can they do to…
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