Weddings and Engagements

July 21, 2016

Vows: Two Men Gone Country and Their Dreamgirls

Vows By LINDA MARX Cooper Boone is a study in contrasts. He has square-danced for nuns and saw fit to croon the theme song for Powdermilk […]
July 15, 2016

Vows: For Obama’s Speechwriting Team, the Message Finally Got Through

Vows By SARAH WILDMAN When Kristen Bartoloni came on board as a researcher on the White House communications team in 2011, there was one rule she […]
July 15, 2016

Social Q’s: When Is It My Turn to Talk?!

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My sister-in-law lives far away. She calls to check in every week or so and runs through a laundry list of […]
July 8, 2016

Vows: Ethan Nichtern and Marissa Dutton: Meditations on the Cool Boredom of Love

Vows By ERIC V. COPAGE The problem with Hollywood’s romantic comedies, Ethan Nichtern explained during a talk in Manhattan on meditation and desire, is that they […]
July 7, 2016

Field Notes: Sand Sculptures Making a Splash at Beach Weddings

Field Notes By ALIX STRAUSS When Anthony Rossomando told his mother about the sand sculpture he and his fiancé, Stephanie Angelone, were having made for their […]
July 1, 2016

Vows: He Said No. Then She Did. But Proposal No. 3 Was the Charm

Vows By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI When Adrianne Mathiowetz proposed to Janaka Stucky in September 2011, he balked, so she bolted. “I worshiped him and he rejected […]
June 25, 2016

Fear of Zika Virus Is Putting a Damper on Destination Weddings

Fear, if not the reality of the Zika virus and the mosquitoes that carry it, has not only cast its shadow on the Olympic Games in […]
June 24, 2016

Vows: A Healing Couple, Leading With Their Hearts

Vows By SARAH WILDMAN Dr. Stephen Keith had dined with Dr. Helene Gayle many times during the more than three decades that they had known each […]
June 17, 2016

Vows: The Sound of Music Is in His Blood and Now His Heart

Vows By LOIS SMITH BRADY When Nathaniel Peters goes for a walk, he often sings aloud, which may be a genetic trait. His great-grandparents were Maria […]
June 10, 2016

Vows: Writers for ‘30 Rock’ and ‘The Mindy Project’ Have Lots of Plot Twists

June 10, 2016 By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM When a witty young woman named Tracey Wigfield joined the writing staff of “The Mindy Project” in early 2013, […]