"There's more to weddings than an open bar. It just took giving up alcohol for me to realise it," writes Sarah Levy. Photo / 123RF
"There's more to weddings than an open bar. It just took giving up alcohol for me to realise it," writes Sarah Levy. Photo / 123RF
The New Zealand Herald is bringing back some of the best stories of 2019 from our premium international syndicators, including The New York Times, Financial Times, The Times of London and Harvard Business Review.
This morning we look at how to survive the wedding season sober, how young people aregoing to save us all from office life, the teen duped and shipped to a brothel, living in Gaudi's famous building and the children of 9/11.
How I survived wedding season in my first year of sobriety
Wedding's are for partying. So what happens when you start attending them sober?
Young workers are increasingly pushing back, demanding more flexibility on work hours and location. Photo / 123RF
She was duped and shipped to a brothel at 16. Then the boat sank
In April, a boat from Venezuela to Trinidad sank. Aboard were 38 passengers, mostly women, some victims of a human smuggling ring, authorities say. As they fought to survive, corruption, mismanagement and American sanctions crippled the rescue, and all but 9 people died.
Yoskeili Zurita, 16, was one of nine survivors of a boat that capsized as it was smuggling people from Venezuela to Trinidad. Photo / Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, The New York Times
What's it like to live in Barcelona's most famous Gaudí home? A bit inconvenient
Every year, more than 1 million people visit the home of Ana Viladomiu in Barcelona. She does her best to avoid them.
La Pedrera, designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, in Barcelona, Spain. Photo / Samuel Aranda, The New York Times
Children of 9/11, following their fathers' last footsteps
In September this year, the largest group of children of firefighters killed on September 11 or from related diseases joined New York's Fire Department.
