It’s 90 degrees outside, and you’re too hot and exhausted from a long day of work to cobble together a proper meal. Luckily you’re home by yourself — no kids, no roommates, no partners — and therefore can eat whatever you want for dinner, without having to consider the food preferences or nutrition needs of…
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Lo diferente de mi historia es que mi matrimonio estalló en los albores de una pandemia. Fue al principio de la crisis cuando él se fue. Nos rociábamos las manos con Purell, limpiábamos los paquetes, usábamos guantes en el supermercado, pero aún no usábamos cubrebocas. Nos enfrentábamos a muchas incógnitas, como cuán mortal era el…
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Weddings are steeped in tradition, but where did those rituals come from? “Traditions,” a new column, explores the origins of various wedding customs from around the world. While Kelly Frye and Nick Campbell were having their photos taken before their intimate wedding ceremony at the Rothko Chapel in Houston on Jan. 26, 2022, the groom’s…
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Yadira Salcedo was born in Mexico to parents who did not know how to swim. As a child, she nearly drowned when she waded too deep in a backyard pool. Now a mother of two in Santa Ana, Calif., Ms. Salcedo is “breaking the cycle,” she said, making sure Ezra, 3, and Ian, 1, never…
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Leah Romero is the Senior Digital Designer at ELLE.com. She is a New York native with a passion for fine arts, good food, and exploring her Ecuadorian culture. Previously, she was Senior Designer at The Economist with an emphasis on advertising. Outside of work, you can find her vintage shopping, creating miniature sculptures, and exploring…
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Sue Johanson, the blunt, bawdy and beloved Canadian sex educator and host of the long-running television call-in program “Sunday Night Sex Show” and its American counterpart, “Talk Sex With Sue Johanson,” died on June 28 at a care facility in North Toronto. She was 92. Her death was confirmed by her daughter Jane Johanson. Sue…
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After being raped by two different men, Elizabeth Endicott struggled to maintain her sense of self. Only 23, she did not think she was deserving of — let alone capable of finding — a romantic relationship based on tenderness and respect. She decided to move to Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth,…
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Evva Hanes, a North Carolina farm woman who took a centuries-old Moravian cookie tradition that she had learned by watching her mother bake on a wood-fired stove and turned it into a family business, one that now ships out millions of fragile, crispy Moravian cookies every year, died on June 22 at her home in…
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