Early leader for essay of the year

[TheSportsPredictor]

I think this NYT essay by Eve Pell on late-blooming love (she's 70, he's 80) is one of the most beautiful things I've read. If this doesn't make Best American Essays 2013 they should stop printing the book:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/fashion/the-race-grows-sweeter-near-its-final-lap-modern-love.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&

 

[Songbird]

Nice read. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Riptide]

Google Images "eve pell sam" and you can see a photo of them together.