The demand can be high, according to Sonal J. Shah, a New York wedding planner who has overseen nearly 2,000 high-end South Asian nuptials in her two-decade career. “Post-Covid, I would say...
Read moreDr. Oluwafemi Akinwale Kuti Jr. was only visiting California for a few months — but what he found was a long-term love.It was February 2017, and Dr. Kuti, a general practitioner and...
Read moreThe first time Erik William Ostberg saw Grey Alexandra O’Reilly she was sitting on a couch in her pajamas, feet curled under her, hair still wet from a recent shower. And, as...
Read moreElizabeth Gregory and Charles Aoki bonded while waiting on the platform for almost an hour for the wrong train.
Read moreKate Berlant, the Angeleno actress and comedian, attended New York University. But she discovered a different East Village after returning in the fall for her current one-woman show, “Kate.” “There’s this matcha...
Read morePet names are part of a shared, private language among lovers, family and friends. They can create intimate bonds and often have funny origin stories. When they’re not used, it may seem...
Read moreOn a Saturday night in December, just after sunset, Megan Horton sat at the bar of Nubeluz, a 50th-floor lounge on top of New York City’s newest Ritz Carlton hotel, savoring a...
Read moreHow can anyone feel less than optimistic about a year that starts with a veritable explosion of polka dots?Ten years after its initial collaboration with the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, Louis Vuitton...
Read moreThe Edith Piaf impersonator was belting out “La Vie En Rose” as an ice sculpture of the divine Greek stallion Pegasus slowly melted between two seafood towers. Potted orchids dotted the draped...
Read moreOver the summer, a Bengal cat appeared on our back porch. (Bengals are an expensive breed of domestic cat that resemble tiny leopards.) It was meowing urgently and was much too thin....
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