FAO Schwarz may have closed, but I’ll never say goodbye
Last time I visited FAO Schwarz, I was on a scavenger hunt. At 18 years…
Why everyone’s talking about the artist Tania Bruguera
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera knows how to create a stir. As a performance and installation…
A typewriter in a public park turns hundreds of people into poets
On a sun-drenched afternoon on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, friends meet to play…
The question that made me totally rethink how I was dating
Recently, while in the process of evicting some undesired hairs in preparation for swimsuit and shorts…
Gorgeous illustrations that show what love actually looks like
Love comes in many shapes and forms, colors and spaces, words and gestures. It’s multifaceted,…
ICYMI: This couple made a dance video on a subway platform, and it’s breathtaking
Meet dancers Phillip Chbeeb and Renee Kester: We can’t stop staring at the choreographed dance…
The last dance of a legendary ballerina
“When I was very young, back in Hungary in the ballet school, my teacher showed…
Etsy banned magic and spells, and not everyone’s happy about it
When I think of “witchcraft,” my mind automatically ventures to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, or to the Salem Witch Trials,…
These ‘Lion King’ and ‘Aladdin’ stars just made being stranded at the airport actually amazing
As a child, I dreaded going to the airport. For me, it was always about…
Life lessons I learned from ‘Les Misérables’
Today marks the anniversary of the 1832 June Rebellion, an unsuccessful insurrection of Parisian republicans against…
On turning 20, and saying goodbye to being a teenager
Last month, I was traipsing around the Upper West Side of Manhattan when an idea…
What ‘Center Stage’ taught me about judgement, acceptance, and overcoming fear
As Jody Sawyer swayed with panache, rotating from one pointe shoe to another like a…
An open letter to grads heading to college
To the class of 2019: Two years ago, a mustard taxi pulled through iron gates…
How I became best friends with my opposite
We’re kicking off the release of our first HelloGiggles book, A Tale of Two Besties,…
This 20-year-old is introducing jazz to a whole new generation
Rachel Altounian was in my French class, and she always smiled. She had this magnetic…
Why this young photographer lives a double life as an elderly woman
It must be strange to look into a mirror and see only wisps of your younger self….
A love letter to Miguel de Cervantes
Dear Miguel de Cervantes, As the brain behind Don Quixote, you and your man of…
What happens when you find out a loved one is dying
“I will call shortly” The time stamp was for 4:24 p.m. on a Thursday. There…