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For the past twenty years Alix has been working for magazines and newspapers,
she has written over 1500 articles. This page features selected highlights.
NYT Trending First-Person Piece: Always the Reporter, Never the Bride
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Sunday Routines and Interviews:
How an ‘Open Streets’ Operative Spends His Sundays
How a Javits Center Vaccine Nurse Spends Her Sundays
How Essential Workers Who Shared Their Sundays With Us Are Doing, One Year In
How a Former News Anchor and Current Painter Spends His Sundays
How a Neurosurgeon (and Netflix Star) Spends His Sundays
‘I Know I’m Not Alone’: The Importance of Mentors Right Now
How the Head of a Vaccine Research Clinic Spends Her Sundays
‘Vodka in Your Coffee Cup’: When Pandemic Drinking Goes Too Far
How a Home Health Aide Spends Her Sundays
How Santa Plans to Keep Everyone Safe This Year
How an Urban Beekeeper Spends His Sundays
From Krispy Kreme to Weed: Inside 5 Businesses That Opened in Pandemic N.Y.
How a Veterinarian Spends Her Sundays
How Kate Pierson, of the B-52’s, and Monica Coleman, Spend Their Sundays
How a Waiter, With Over 30 Years at the Same Restaurant, Spends His Sundays
5 New Yorkers Escaped the City for Fresh Air and Space. Was It Worth It?
Hunger Is Worsening. Here Are 7 Ways New Yorkers Are Addressing It.
How the Creator of Domino Park’s Social Distancing Circles Spends His Sundays
How a Suicide Prevention Team Leader Spends His Sundays
Bringing the Outside Inside Your Home
How a Nurse Who Gives Last Rites Spends His Sundays
How an Edible Arrangements Worker Spends Her Sundays
How a Triage Nurse Spends Her Sundays
New Yorkers Want Cheap Wine, and Lots of It
How a Pharmacist on the Front Lines Spends Her Sundays
Advice From a Crisis Expert on Surviving a Lockdown
How to Renovate Your Kitchen and Not End Up in Tears
How the Big Apple Circus Ringmaster Spends Her Sundays
How Peter Greenberg, Travel Expert, Spends His Sundays
How Candace Bushnell, Writer, Spends Her Sundays
How the Founder of Clark’s Botanicals Spends His Sundays
How Susanne Bartsch, Night Life Queen, Spends Her Sundays
How Nancy Fire, Interior Designer, Spends Her Sundays
How a Self-Taught Art Curator Became a Gay Rights Champion
Personal Chefs for Everyone: Bespoke House Calls in the Digital Age
The Secrets Inside the C.O. Bigelow Apothecary (Est. 1838)
How Deepak Chopra, Wellness Expert, Spends His Sundays
How Randy Rainbow, Singing Political Satirist, Spends His Sundays
How George Motz, ‘America’s Hamburger Expert,’ Spends His Sundays
How Mathilde Freund, Vintage Dealer, Spends Her Sundays
Women, Art and the Houses They Built
A Sip of Wine, a Palette of Paint — and Thou
Hate the Beach? These Getaway Options Are for You
How Bobby Friese, Rickshaw Driver, Spends His Sundays
Two Years Later, What It Means to Be Wed
An Upper West Side Bar Reopens, Board Games and Stickers Intact
Poster Passion: A Rock N Roll Fans Lifelong Quest
Key Moments Since 1992' The Year Of The Women
Augusten Burroughs Love Affair With Jewelry
How Lori Bodinizzo A Bemelmans Bartender Spends Her Sundays
How Meredith Rollins, Editor in Chief of Redbook, Spends Her Sundays
How Paul Jarrod Frank, a Cosmetic Dermatologist, Spends His Sundays
How Aerin Lauder, Cosmetics Scion, Spends Her Sundays
Carrie Fisher: Now A Force Of Her Own
Beauty:
The Bride Wore Satin and a Woodsy Scent
Do It Yourself Makeup Guide for Brides
Like Face-Lifts, Facials to Turn Back the Clock
Even Beauty Items Face The Aging Process
Trying On A Look? You Can Ask an App For Help
Oxygen Bubbles into Facial Care Products
The Coaches Next Play: Exfoliate
Marketing Times In a Bottle Pay Off
Toner, Often Met With a Shrug, Is Having Its Moment
Bar Soap Sheds Its Bad Image and Wins New Fans
Hello, Day Spa? This Order Is for Delivery
Got Crow's-Feet? Call the Downward Dog
Room Service, Draw Me a Bath
Stop, Look and (Even) Listen
What Bright Effects You Have
Vows:
A Romance Author’s Muse Becomes His Real-Life Love Interest
Brexit Was the Start of Romance
They Ended Up Believing in Marriage (and Santa Delivered)
At First He Ghosted, Then They Became a Couple
She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart
For a ‘Saturday Night Live’ Writer, a Permanent Musical Guest
His Dating Profile Listed Reasons Not to Date Him. She Was Intrigued.
A 100th Birthday Celebration, and (Surprise!), a Wedding, Too
A Marriage Filled With Heroes, Villains and Eight Years of Romance
Worthy of a Romance Novel, With a Touch of Mystery
From the First Minute They Knew, and Life Has Been Easier Since
A Carefree Life With a Few Bumps Along the Way
A Conventional Marriage for a ‘Counterculture’ Couple
They Found the Harbor for Their Hearts
A 20-Year Age Gap Makes No Difference
In a Relationship, but Not Out Just Yet
Still in Love With Comic Books, and Now With Her, Too
A Chef-Tested Recipe for Marital Success
Weddings:
Why Do Couples Tie Cans to Wedding Cars
This Designer Wants You to Look 'Powerful' on Your Wedding Day
When Wedding Planning Is More Like Online Shopping
Before Brunch, A Stop at the Alter
It's a Good Time to Be a Relationship Coach
How to Make a Wedding Easier on Your Guests
Making These Resolutions Can Improve a Relationship
Wedding Venues That Go beyond the Ballroom
Remembering the 'Queen of Cake"
Collecting Treasures From Weddings Past
Hiring a Wedding Planner? Here Are a Few Questions to Consider
With Each Change, Their Love Continued to Grow
Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look.
A Year Later, So Many Adjustments in the Dress Industry
The Disruption of Weddings, Then and Now
The New Registry: Needs Versus Wants
After 80 Years, Still Smiling on the Job
4 Ways to Ring in the New Year at Home
How to Give Guests an Active Role in Your Virtual Wedding
How to Serve Your Guests Safely at Your Reception
The Anxiety of Being a Wedding Guest
You Are Cordially Invited (or Not) to Our Socially Distanced Wedding
Say ‘Yes’ to the Dress Without Leaving Your House
How to Be Your Own Glam Squad for a Zoom Wedding
New York Bridal Fashion Week Goes Virtual
5 Wedding Traditions You Can Skip
Wedding Photographers Share Their Favorite Moments
Brides Find Perfect Fit at New Plus-Size Pop-Up Store
The Bro-dal Shower. Good, Clean Fun for Grooms.
Dress Designers Add Options for Plus-Size Brides
In a Relationship, but Not Out Just Yet
Still in Love With Comic Books, and Now With Her, Too
Artists Capture Your Wedding on Site and on Canvas
6 Ways to Wow Guests at Your Wedding Reception
The Pay-It-Forward Wedding: When ‘I Do’ Becomes ‘I Do More’
A Chef-Tested Recipe for Marital Success
A New Reason to Party: Custom Suiting for the Suitor and His Pals
Entering Your Wedding by Parachute, Horse or Ski Lift
For Wedding Photography, Some Couples Eschew a Pro in Favor of GoPro
Sand Sculptures for a Beach Wedding
Father and Stepfathers Join Hands at Wedding
Mothers and Daughters: Whose Wedding is it Anyway
When Mom is part of the Bachelorette Party
Till Wrinkles Do Us Part: Introducing the Brotox Groom
Remember That Wedding We ate Elk At
Why Women Still Proposing is Rare
Marriages May Not Be Forever, but Our Obsession With Diamonds Is
From a Fight in the Playground to a Proposal
For Millennial Wedding Guest: Behaving Badly Falls Out of Favor
Elvis Remains a Fixture at a Las Vegas Wedding
Why Grooms Are Hanging Up the Traditional Tuxedo
Why Wedding Expos Are Still a Thing
They Married at City Hall (But Didn’t Toss the Bouquet)
Share the Love: Donate Your Wedding Dress
Field Notes: Q&As:
A Wedding Planner With a Lot on Her Plate
This Designer Wants to Bring Back the Joy of Playing Dress Up
Rev. Roxy Is Serious About Marriages and Helping Make Them Work
From Social Secretary to Party Planning Aficionado
A Conversation With the ‘Queen of Cake’
She’s a Ring Concierge. We Asked Her Questions.
She Watches Weddings, One Click at a Time
Married a Thousand Times (He’s the Rabbi)
10 Frequently Asked Wedding Etiquette Questions
Posing with "The Anxiety of Being a Wedding Guest"
Bride posing with her article.