(Welcome back to the new academic year of my column. I hope you had a fun summer!) How do blind dates go? Imagine you’re outside a café, waiting for a blind date. There’s a flower in a vase on the ...

Somewhere between endless left swipes, algorithm-approved “compatibility scores,” and the exhaustion of situationships, something unexpected is happening: Blind dates are staging a comeback. Yes, that ...

Hugh, 55, a teacher and musician, meets Edie, 50, an independent advocate ...

Let’s be honest: First dates can be excruciating. Even more intimidating though? The concept of a “blind date,” which can dredge up images of two-hour awkward silences over cocktails and apps purely ...

Philip, 74, an antiquarian book dealer, meets Carol, 66, who is retired ...

The secret to finding love? Deleting the apps and hitting the HYROX course, apparently.

Never judge a book by its cover — even if the cover doesn’t say much at all. The first thing customers see when they walk into the Strand Book Store in the Manhattan borough of New York City is a ...