April 8, 2017

At Cafe Milano, Politicians Are Served Dinner and Peace of Mind

WASHINGTON — As the sun was setting one recent evening, two black Chevrolet Suburbans pulled up next to Cafe Milano, the Georgetown restaurant where some of […]
April 8, 2017

Sleep Is the New Status Symbol

At M.I.T.’s Media Lab, the digital futurist playground, David Rose is investigating swaddling, bedtime stories and hammocks, as well as lavender oil and cocoons. Mr. Rose, […]
April 8, 2017

Scene Stealers: A Business With Legs (and Abs): Boom Times for Male Striptease Revues

Scene Stealers By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES — It all started with Uncle Tony. In summer 1989, Tony Hassan opened a Detroit agency to book strippers […]
April 7, 2017

Last of New York’s Master Wigmakers

Nicholas Piazza keeps 600 pounds of hair in his Staten Island garage. He stores it in plastic bins and cardboard boxes, opposite the fishing supplies. “Got […]
April 7, 2017

Vows: After 25 Years Together, Why Marry? Why Not?

Vows By TAMMY La GORCE Odds are far better than even that the relationship of Dianne Cox and Michael Cammer of New Rochelle, N.Y., is not […]
April 7, 2017

Modern Love: From Best Man to Puzzled Woman

Modern Love By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN We took a break after the first set. My friend Laura, the lead singer, and I approached the bar. I […]
April 6, 2017

Collector: David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist

David Letterman is one of the greatest entertainers in the history of television, but his legacy is more fragile than you may think. That’s because the […]
April 6, 2017

Social Q’s: Feeling the Pull of Mom’s Judgment

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My mom and I were chatting on FaceTime. I mentioned that I was going to a concert. She asked what I […]
April 5, 2017

Refugee Designer Shines a Light on Global Issues

In summer 2014, a German astronaut on the International Space Station posted an image to his Twitter account with the caption, “My saddest photo yet.” It […]
April 5, 2017

Add Festival Season to the Fashion Calendar

Barbie Ferreira is 20 — not too young, it would seem, to feel nostalgia for a time when Coachella, the California music festival that for many […]