There’s no quiet way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in New York—and no reason to try. The city fills with the sounds of bagpipes, laughter spilling from crowded pubs, and cheers rising from sidewalks packed shoulder to shoulder. Green beads hang from fire escapes. Music drifts out of corner bars before noon. From the grand...
Centuries before it became a Hallmark holiday, Valentine’s Day honored something quieter: choice. Not extravagance, not obligation—just the act of choosing someone, and choosing them again. It was marked by handwritten notes, stolen glances, and moments that mattered more than they claimed to. That origin still holds weight. In a world full of noisy affection,...
