Why do wedding photographers cost so much? The factory floor smelled of hot steel and frustration. For three days, the press—an immense machine the size of a train car—had sat silent, its hulking arms frozen mid-motion. Workers leaned against railings, chain-smoking in the corners while supervisors barked at each other,…
I was at this dinner party, the kind of gathering where people wear sweaters that cost more than my monthly rent but look like they were woven by monks in the Himalayas. The kind of party where the cheese plate has items so exotic they might actually be experimental fungi,…
When we imagine our wedding day, we build castles of expectation. We see the sunlight hitting the flowers just right, the vows spoken without a tremor, the laughter rising into the air like music. We tell ourselves this will be the one day when everything aligns. A picture-perfect memory we…