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After the perfect lazy weekend, could anything be more heavenly than heading to Charlie's at Brown's Hotel in Mayfair for a relaxing Jazz Sunday? It seemed fitting that I invited my father to join me, the man whose broad musical tastes widened my own horizons with a love of jazz which unfailingly captures my every mood, whether I'm listening to Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker or Nina Simone. But there's no substitute for live jazz, and as Louis Armstrong famously said, "If y...

During high school, I [Clarissa] often worked the Valentine’s Day shift at my town’s grocery store. Assigned to the quick checkout register, I rung up purchases for a steady stream of men, their arms overflowing with roses, stuffed animals, and champagne. Every once and awhile, a bashful gentleman would slide a gigantic red heart of chocolates onto the conveyor belt—no doubt “I hope she forgives me” chocolate—to make up for another missed special day. I easily noticed that the flow ...