This Fourth of July, Iyabo Boyd did two things that she said would have been unthinkable a year ago. She went to a barbecue in a stranger's yard, and she met new people.
Reading on a blanket in Franz Sigel Park in the South Bronx on Monday, Ms. Boyd, 36, said she had kept mostly to her pod during the pandemic. Finally, over the weekend, that changed. "Getting to know people again was really lovely," Ms. Boyd said. "It was like, 'Hey, maybe we can be friends.'"
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This Fourth of July, Iyabo Boyd did two things that she said would have been unthinkable a year ago. She went to a barbecue in a stranger's yard, and she met new people.
Reading on a blanket in Franz Sigel Park in the South Bronx on Monday, Ms. Boyd, 36, [...]
