Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian ReaA Mother’s White LiesMy mother lied to a grieving lady. She baked a loaf of bread and drove straight to the mourner’s house. At the door, the widow promised to return the serving platter. Mom ...
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A wife feels disgusted and betrayed after discovering a lurid image of another woman on her husband’s computer screen, and worries that he may have permanently damaged their relationship.When I went down to our basement yesterday, my husband’s computer was on. I went to turn it off and ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio‘I was raised extremely evangelical, and the evangelical church is very clear in its stance on gossip, and it is that gossip is a sin.’Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Background: Brian Rea; ...
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The art director for Meow Mix and other memorable commercials, he began his career at the dawn of a creative revolution on Madison Avenue.In the early 1970s, the madcap advertising executives Ron Travisano and Jerry Della Femina were struggling to find a gimmick to sell an undistinguished brand ...
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When Alan Yang, known for “Parks and Recreation” and “Master of None,” directed his first film, Christine Ko’s audition tape stopped him in his tracks. Once the film wrapped, romance emerged.In March 2018, Christine Ko canceled an audition for the film “Tigertail” because her adoptive father, who had ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian ReaA Message Outside My WindowI was sitting at my kitchen table, mulling over the reality of my life after the death of my beloved husband, Joe. This was the second Valentine’s Day without him, and ...
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What’s a luxury vacation without digital detoxes, clashing personalities, sprawling hillside villas and lots of wine?On Monday night in Los Angeles, HBO celebrated the season premiere of “The White Lotus,” this time set at a lavish resort in Thailand famed for its wellness program — a place where ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio‘A lot of what I struggled with when I was dating was anxiety over whether the person I was interested in was interested in me. And it felt very much out of my control ...
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Black jewelers reflected on the racial justice movement, and on how a wave of support that pushed them forward since 2020 has shifted.The jewelry designer Lola Oladunjoye remembers that she was sketching in the studio of her Paris apartment one day in late May 2020. She looked up ...
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Brands still pile on the glitter, but skills such as enamel and miniature work have become the real distinguishing characteristics of high-end watches.Jeweled timepieces typically dazzle with sparkling gemstones set on glittering surfaces.But some brands now are prioritizing artisanal collaborations — so their jeweled watches showcase not just ...
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The Contrast Club brand uses the energy from a tiny nudge or touch to make earrings curl up or a bracelet wrap around the wrist.A moth fluttering its wings. A caterpillar curling up. They are among the gentlest movements in the natural world that the Contrast Club, a ...
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“We probably won’t fall through,” Tom Green said as he stepped out onto an expansive frozen lake that sits along his bucolic 150-acre farm in the hinterlands of Ontario, periodically stamping his foot to be sure. I followed his lead, bundled in a polar-rated Baffin snowsuit he’d wisely ...
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A bridesmaid celebrated her sister’s wedding with a lengthy parody of “Satisfied” from “Hamilton.” The rest, it seems, is sketch-show history.To tell this story, you first need to understand three cultural touchstones.First, the Broadway juggernaut “Hamilton,” which, at 10 years old, remains a force. Second, the inescapable song ...
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After meeting at Barstool Sports in New York, Kendyl Klein and Benjamin DiGiulio found themselves, years later, making sudden changes to their wedding celebration amid the California wildfires.On Jan. 7, three days before they were to celebrate their wedding in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Kendyl ...
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