Isaiah Bryant said he wasn’t much for traveling before he met Emily Maretsky. He’d gone abroad with USA Ultimate, which is the governing body of Ultimate Frisbee in the United States (he is now a member of its board of directors). But just booking a ticket and going somewhere? Not really his thing. Then, in…
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In the before-before times, or maybe the before-before-before times, not only prepandemic but also pre-Sept. 11, New York Fashion Week was held in Bryant Park, around the historic anchor of the old garment district and the schmatta land of Seventh Avenue. After awhile the neighbors got annoyed by the flood of fashion people taking over…
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Dr. Kaitlin Flannery and John Mancini were 29 and 28 when they met on Bumble in April 2018. They were both living in Palo Alto, Calif. — she was a resident in anesthesiology at Stanford University, and he was a lead data scientist at a cybersecurity start-up in San Jose. At the time, they couldn’t…
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Self-expression has always been important to Larsen Thompson. Spending her childhood in and out of dance classes — she first rose to prominence when a video of her teenage self dancing to a pop anthem went viral — the actress and Global Pandora Muse found herself drawn to anything creative from a young age. “My…
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On the first night of the U.S. Open, about 150 philanthropists, tennis royalty and boldfaced fans crowded into the President’s Box at Arthur Ashe Stadium, not only to watch Naomi Osaka play, but also to support the USTA Foundation and its mission to bring tennis to underprivileged youths. “We’re tennis parents,” said Mike Tyson, the…
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As for how to stock up: Surgical masks are readily available at online retailers like Amazon or Target. And although it was difficult, if not impossible, to find respirator masks like N95s at the beginning of the pandemic, they are more readily available now. On its website, Wirecutter has a comprehensive breakdown of the different…
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Transplants are not cheap, averaging around $7,000 but often rising to $20,000 or more, depending on geography, the type of procedure and the amount of work that needs to be done, said Dr. Akash Chandawarkar, a former plastic surgery chief resident at Johns Hopkins University who is now in Manhattan. To some guys, that can…
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American Independence? What does that mean? Your guess is as good as mine! Odds are very high, however, that it means American designers — and not just the big brands we are used to seeing on the red carpet, like Tom Ford, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch and company. Look out for newer, more…
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Having been introduced by someone they both trusted, Dr. Gilbert and Ms. Wong knew a second date was in order, and minutes after it ended, it was Ms. Wong who picked up her phone to call Ms. Hemmer. She asked in a joking tone if she would give a toast at their wedding, to which…
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This summer, when cameras at the Tokyo Olympics zeroed in on the British diver Tom Daley, he was nearly always knitting: by the pool, in the stands, on the bus. The needles and yarn became Mr. Daley’s signatures, second only to his newly minted gold medal. BuzzFeed deemed his crafting worthy of its own Olympic…
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