It was 2015 when I first began to grapple with tipping when ordering at a counter-service restaurant. I had ordered a fried chicken sandwich at Pine State Biscuits in Portland, Ore., and a friend chided me for not tacking on a gratuity to my credit card payment. I hadn’t even considered it. “They’re working hard…
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Good morning. “That old September feeling,” Wallace Stegner wrote in “Angle of Repose,” his 1971 novel about the myth of the American West, “…another fall, another turned page: There was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” Which is to say, it’s time…
DetailsThe largest and most detailed study of its type concludes that there are links between physical fitness and improved cognitive performance. The researchers also show that this boost in mental powers is associated with white matter integrity. A new study tests the theory that a fit body goes with a fit mind. Over recent years,…
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LONDON — In Greek myth, when Pandora opened her box, she let all the evils out into the world. Just one thing was left inside: hope. The Danish jewelry group of the same name, which first became a global success story 15 years ago with its distinctive customizable sterling silver charm bracelets, has been increasingly…
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The next time you pass a Tiffany & Co. store, peer through the window. You may be surprised to see that about half of the shoppers are men. For decades, the company has sold a men’s collection, although most of the items have reflected the more old-fashioned rigors of male accessorizing: Think tie bars and…
DetailsA new study finds that hearing devices benefit older adults in multiple ways, from physical safety to brain health. A recent study investigates the wide ranging impacts of wearing hearing aids. Almost 1 in 4 people in the United States aged 65–74 have disabling hearing loss. In people over 75, the figure is 1 in…
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BKERKE, Lebanon — Classical music swelled as the bride stepped from a white sedan onto a red carpet, took the arm of her tuxedoed groom and walked down the aisle, both grinning as their relatives cheered nearby. The next bride did the same. And the next. And the next. And the next. Once the couples…
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Abigail Eckardt Ledes and Per Martin Johan Akesson were married Sept. 14 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Bedford, N.Y. The Rev. John A. Zahl, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Akesson, 28, is a manager at Christie’s International Real Estate in London, the real estate division of Christie’s auction house. She graduated from…
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Preetha Chakrabarti and David Lee Stroupe were married Sept. 14 at the Four Seasons in Baltimore. The Rev. Nancy Sehested, a Baptist minister, officiated at a ceremony combining Hindu and Christian traditions. Ms. Chakrabarti, 38, is a term law clerk for the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Providence, R.I. She graduated from Brown, received…
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Jennifer Elizabeth Sawyer and Jacob Patrick Bogardus were married Sept. 13 at John Paul II Church in Southbridge, Mass. The Rev. David Dwyer, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony. Ms. Sawyer, 32, is the editor in chief of Busted Halo, a Roman Catholic media resource in Manhattan. She graduated from Fordham. She is the…
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