Talibah Safiya and Bertram Williams Jr. felt a spark while watching a play together in high school, 11 years before their first proper date.When Opera Memphis staged a production of “Porgy and Bess” at the city’s Orpheum Theater in the fall of 2006, there were at least two ...
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A husband and wife find a way to talk to their young sons about an unspeakable event.It could have been any January day — the air crisp, the sky clear. But that morning in Tokyo, where we lived then, I awoke with the same heaviness I have felt ...
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A reader asks for permission to make vaccination against Covid-19 a condition of an agreement.My husband and I, both 80-ish, are cautious about Covid. Six months ago, we fired the man who helped us with chores around the house on weekends because he refused to be vaccinated. We ...
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Big feelings, big playlist.Welcome. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the release that songs like Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” provide. I asked for your catharsis songs, the tracks that help you process big emotions, and you delivered. We’ve compiled the songs you sent into ...
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Fast-food chains are hungry for celebrity partners to drive sales and appeal to younger consumers. The method is working.On a Friday afternoon in the spring of 2020, Hope Bagozzi, the chief marketing officer at the Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons, was on a Zoom call with representatives for ...
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One couple’s recent nuptials in the virtual world known as the metaverse showcase the possibilities of having a wedding unfettered by the bounds of reality.Traci and Dave Gagnon met in the cloud, so it only made sense that their wedding took place in it. On Labor Day weekend, ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.What I Now SeeAn aging expatriate in France, I recently started sending family memorabilia to American relatives. I easily dispatched silver, jewelry and war medals, but I struggled with those fake-leather photo albums that showed my ...
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With new music, movies and memes, the country singer has kept busy during the pandemic.The way Reba McEntire tells it, she really hasn’t done all that much during the past two years, so your guess as to why we were talking one November afternoon is as good as ...
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There will be only 170 of the special Ref. 5711 models so, the company’s president said, deciding who gets them may be “a big problem.”Most watch lovers would agree that owning a timepiece by Patek Philippe means you have arrived in the horological big leagues.But, for extra cachet, ...
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Feather concoctions and elaborate embroideries are among the marvels now being made at 19M, a seven-level complex in Paris.PARIS — Chanel is shining a fresh spotlight on its constellation of craft maisons, in more ways than one.On Tuesday, the house was scheduled to present the annual Métiers d’Art ...
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Sylvia Weinstock, who died Nov. 22, created thousands of wedding cakes over the years. Four couples share what her confections meant to them.Sylvia Weinstock, the wedding cake visionary who died Nov. 22 at the age of 91, was known by fans as the “queen of cake” for her ...
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Sylvia Weinstock, who died Nov. 22, created thousands of wedding cakes over the years. Four couples share what her confections meant to them.Sylvia Weinstock, the wedding cake visionary who died Nov. 22 at the age of 91, was known by fans as the “queen of cake” for her ...
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When Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand began rehearsing to play the Macbeths, he asked her how she thought the couple had met.Oh, she replied blithely, the Macbeths met when they were 15. They were Romeo and Juliet, but they didn’t commit suicide. They just stayed married for 50 ...
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The fluid artist moves seamlessly among poetry, comedy, fashion and writing.Name: Alok Vaid-MenonAge: 30Hometown: College Station, TexasNow Lives: In a sunny, two-bedroom apartment with ample closet space in uptown Manhattan with a roommate.Claim to Fame: Mx. Vaid-Menon is a gender nonconforming artist, writer and comedian who uses their ...
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