Kristen Bayrakdarian
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On the Road to Healing, Finding Love After Loss
When Trevor Bates and Shahnaz Singh-Kandah met at church, both were overcoming personal challenges and neither was looking for love. But through divine intervention, they...
What’s on TV This Week: ‘Snowfall’ and the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards
The final season of the drama series “Snowfall” airs on FX, and the 54th annual N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards are live on BET.
Hitting a High Note on and Off the Opera Stage
Soon after Jordan Rutter and Vincent Covatto met at a Halloween drag gala, the two, both members of New York City’s opera scene, found their...
When a Dating App Didn’t Work, an Old-Fashioned Setup Did
Shafin Fattah first encountered Luvana Chowdhury on a Muslim dating app, but she never responded when he expressed interest. Months later, at the suggestion of...
The Wave Emoji That Started it All
Kimberly Harris and William Browns Jr. connected with ‘the greatest, most awkward and most introverted romantic meeting of all time.’
The First Date That Lasted a Week
Before even leaving Jean Paul Broc Gomez’s Los Angeles apartment for dinner, Charlie Kelly knew he had met the one.
Falling for Each Other, Then a First Date
Julie Hagenbuch and Eddy López Noguera enjoyed spending time together, but they shied away from anything romantic — until they couldn’t.
So Captivated by Each Other, They Closed Down the Bar
Ryan Smith and Scott Woods each knew they had found someone special when a planned quick drink turned into a four-and-a-half-hour first date.
Finding Love on a 14-Hour Layover
Between flights to and from Munich in September 2016, Andrea Mendoza visited a beer hall in the city, where she met and instantly bonded with...
Opening Up to Marriage, and Motherhood
When Deborah Shih-Chi Hsieh met Wei Lien Stephen Dang, he was a widower with two young daughters. She found a way to “step in and...