Lillis Meeh, 30, works in special effects on Broadway, most recently for the play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” Last Thursday, she learned the show was shutting down, leaving her without a job or health insurance.

She was sitting on a bench beside her partner, Dr. Amelia Baxter-Stoltzfus, 31, a resident at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, who was wearing her hospital scrubs. “We can do a domestic partnership and then get married later,” Ms. Meeh said. “We were going to anyway.”

It’s Thursday — make time for one another.

Metropolitan Diary: The cookie thief

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Dear Diary:

Several years ago I made a special trip to a well-known Jewish bakery to get cookies that were kosher for Passover. It was the first night of the holiday, and I was excited to present the coveted treats to my family.

My boyfriend and I were taking Metro-North to my parents’ house, and we were running late. As we made our way through Grand Central, I had bags looped over my arms, and my hands were cradling the box of cookies.

Stepping up to the booth to buy our train tickets, I set the box down on the ledge next to me.

Tickets in hand, I picked up the bags and started to walk to the train. I quickly realized I had left the cookies behind. I turned around to get them, but the box had disappeared. In the short time it had taken me to take a few steps, someone had grabbed it.