It was hard and it was something I just knew right away, remembers Jenn Chalifoux. She was 18 and on leave from college, at home in Long Island to receive treatment for anorexia, when she realized she was pregnant. Since a common side effect of anorexia is amenorrhea (a cessation of the menstrual cycle), missed periods didn t sound the alarm bell. She was surrounded by doctors, having blood work frequently, and on birth control. It didn t even occur to me that I might [be pregnant], she recalls. My medical team thought my menstrual cycle would return as I progressed in my recovery. When it didn t, months into her treatment, Chalifoux took a pregnancy test at a friend s house. It came back positive and a follow-up appointment with her doctor revealed that she was well into her second trimester. It was a shock.
Photo by Fernando Zhiminaicela I’m a science writer by training and a local disaster reporter by choice. Since March, I’ve been covering the pandemic’s impacts on the Hudson Valley and Catskills for
The River,
Chronogram’s more news-oriented online sibling, with thrice-weekly updates on local and state numbers, news, and public policy. It’s fast-paced work, and it has been accelerating as New York’s second wave has picked up in earnest. This month, we’re trying something new: Taking a moment to slow down to the pace of print, look at where we are as a region, and think about what might lie ahead.
Photo by Eileen Brady Nelson Simone Eisold Much like the spaces she cultivates, Simone Eisold s journey through the design world has been organic. Born in Germany, her childhood was shaped by the surrounding mountain scenery and a family of architects and furniture designers. After earning her degree in fashion design, she worked for 25 years in Germany, Italy, and New York for luxury menswear brands like Hugo Boss, Ermenegildo Zegna, Canali, and Paul & Shark. Six years ago, Eisold decided to pivot to interior design a natural bend in her career path that draws on her varied history with the design world. Her disparate influences make appearances across all her projects, which effortlessly balance new and old, natural and manufactured. It all ties together, she says. For me, design exists in so many different areas. It s no
Heather Kunkel and Cherie Davis at their backyard wedding in Dutchess County in late September. Heather Kunkel and Cherie Davis had been deep into planning a barn wedding for September 26 of last year when the pandemic hit. We had spent months making centerpieces and important little decisions, paying close attention to every detail. says Kunkel. We wanted shades of slate blue and cornflower, lace, Boho-style flowers and a magical ceremony in the paddock outside, followed by dancing in the barn with a kick-ass DJ. click to enlarge Cherie Davis and Heather Kunkel at their wedding, held in their backyard, in late September.