Five years ago, Bibek and Malati Rai found themselves at the same Sakela Festival in Jackson Heights, Queens. Ms Rai performed a traditional dance at the event, a biennial celebration of nature and heritage for the Kirat Rai community in Nepal and northeast India. The two spoke only briefly and crossed paths again the following […]
Paul and Amy Silverman lived in Houston for twelve years, where he worked as an oncology radiologist. The couple later discovered Asheville, NC, when they were visiting for a medical conference, and eagerly moved there after Dr. Silverman retired in 2012. “We thought we were going to spend the rest of our lives in Asheville,” […]
When Crissy Spivey bought a large one-bedroom, one-bathroom co-op in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park neighborhood in 2018, she had all the space she needed. Shortly before closing, she met John Richie, who had just moved to New York from New Orleans. It wasn’t long before he joined her in the apartment. The following year, the couple’s […]