Jirair Ratevosian and Micheal Osa Ighodaro orbited around one another for six years through their work in global health policy and H.I.V. advocacy before ever meeting. It wasn’t until December 2018 that they finally met at an annual winter solstice holiday party hosted by their mutual friends Kent Klindera and Damon Bolden in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.…
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The families of Kelly Dianne Newsome and Devin Darnell Rambo have known each other for years. Each family is a powerhouse in a community of domino players in Kansas City, Mo., passing down a love of the game over generations. Years ago, Ms. Newsome’s uncle, Travis Newsome, taught the game to Mr. Rambo’s father, Rickey…
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“It’s a lovely story and a lovely feeling to have them with me all of the time,” Ms. MacGill said. Ms. MacGill, 35, graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in studio arts and English. She opened her first brick-and-mortar store in Germantown, N.Y., in 2017, and her second one in Block Island, R.I.,…
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In 2005, when a mutual friend of Kathryn Anne Kenworth and Michael Arend Rozendal tried to set them up on a blind date, Ms. Kenworth demurred. “The stakes on a blind date are too high, and I didn’t want my friend to be bummed out when it didn’t work,” she said. Some months later, the…
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If you’re searching for a white sneaker refresh, look no further. Rothy’s is best known for its signature thread spun from recycled plastic bottles, and this pair used about 18, to be precise. This lace-up sneaker is washable and features a contoured footbed for maximal comfort, and sturdy, gum outsoles. Sizes: US 5-13 Colors: Blonde,…
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On a temperate fall afternoon, Vito Vacirca sported a black Borsalino fedora lined with dried turkey-tail mushrooms and violet-tinted sunglasses, a second pair of shades dangling from the neck of his “Fungus Among Us” sweatshirt. He surveyed the display table before him, where there were dozens of recently scavenged mushrooms, including beach-ball-size puffballs the shade…
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Ennismore, the hotelier whose portfolio includes boutique brands such as Delano and Mondrian, offers a membership program more akin to a WeWork than a hotel brand. The chain’s Dis-Loyalty program offers no elite status tiers and no points to earn. Instead, for $18 per month (or $216 annually), guests receive 50 percent off stays at…
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The last time I went to the Peking Duck House on Mott Street, I drank a lot of good wine. This has nothing to do with the restaurant’s own list and everything to do with its longstanding policy of letting diners bring in wine, free of corkage fees. One of my friends came with a…
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In the 1970s and ’80s, when Rainer Judd was growing up at 101 Spring Street in New York’s SoHo with her father, the artist Donald Judd, she’d sit in the building’s open windows, “because no one told me not to,” she said, and because back then, SoHo was a “creaky, dirty, lovely place.” In 1971,…
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“The likelihood of this sort of event occurring is extremely rare,” said Dawn Davies, the night sky program manager with the Hill Country Alliance. An amateur astronomer and a NASA eclipse ambassador, Ms. Davies is leading the alliance’s efforts to organize and support eclipse events in the area. Though Saturday provided a test run, she…
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