I Gave Her My Only Olive

She had the most beautiful profile. I don’t mean her dating profile, which is how we connected. I mean the side of her actual face. Her features — from her long brown hair to her flat-tipped nose, voluptuous lips and strong rounded chin — were full of character. And she was smart, firing back funny…

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Going the Distance on Their First Date

Beverly Bảo Ngọc Pham and Brett Andrew Lynch did not expect their engagement to go viral on social media. Alas, that’s what happened when they posted their traditional Vietnamese engagement ceremony, which included a procession of their families, an exchange of gifts, permission from their families and an ancestral prayer. Also following tradition, Ms. Pham’s…

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I Can’t Believe It’s Nut Butter

Having a little secret can be exhilarating. A low-stakes one, of the “no one in this room knows I ate cake for breakfast” variety, is fun expressly because it’s inconsequential. Feel mysterious! Hurt no one! In cooking, a secret ingredient provides me with that sense of mystique. Nothing puts a Cheshire cat grin on my…

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How to Dress Like a French New Wave Style Icon

Opposite, left: Dress, handbag, pumps, Bottega Veneta. Watch, Cartier. Opposite, right: Bodysuit, $1,750, cuffs, from $490, sandals, $1,290, Ferragamo. Right: Dress, Loro Piana, $5,975. Sunglasses, Tom Ford, $455. Earrings, Goossens, $403. Necklaces, Dary’s Paris. Necklace, Gabrielle Geppert Paris. Elsa Perretti bangles, from $825, cuff, bracelet, Tiffany & Co.Ezra Petronio