This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Javoris Hollingsworth and Arlene Hollingsworth, founders of Gracie’s Corner. It has been edited for length and clarity. My wife and I started Gracie’s Corner out of necessity. We were both working as professors during the pandemic, and we were using every resource we had to keep
Two long slides, accessible by foot or wheel, connect the upper tree-themed play structures to the lower lagoon-themed play areas. The slides are shaded by a canopy, which is nice since they are metal and would probably get fairly hot when the sun is out. While we were visiting, an attendant was monitoring slide usage,
My daughter is heading off to college in Southern California in late September, and I’m doing what I suspect many parents do when a child reaches this milestone: trying to be genuinely excited while quietly wondering how I’m supposed to get used to an emptier house. So last month, I took her on a “collegemoon”
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ruth Olinger, 70, who is raising her grandson on her own in Lakeland, Florida. Olinger had earlier fostered dozens of children and did mission work. Now, Olinger said she can’t retire and paid over $10,000 for her son’s day care. This interview has been edited for
I usually tell my kids they can travel to places I’ve already been when they are older. I started traveling as a teenager in high school and never stopped and my travels have taken me all over the world. In my quest to see and experience as much of the globe as possible, I am
Miami’s billionaire boom has pushed up housing prices — and intensified competition for the city’s elite schools. State-of-the-art facilities, strong athletics, and impressive college matriculation lists are just some of the features that define Miami’s most expensive schools. Michael Light, Miami-based luxury real estate broker and founder of The Light Group at Douglas Elliman, told