I don’t remember how I used to look before surgery. I don’t remember my face or body before the cocktail of cosmetic treatments that has, surely, changed it for ever. Before the fillers,….

At my 10th college reunion, I renewed an old friendship with a classmate. Allison and I met as 17-year-old freshmen at the initial welcome luncheon, held in the huge gymnasium. The dean of students …

As of this week, I’ve been to Beijing 3 times; the food I ate both times was amazing, but a question quickly arose: why was there no Chinese cheese? After all, the region is surrounded […]

The kids swarmed around him, many of them not even old enough to walk, so they crawled across the room on their knees and bellies. Sitting down in the chair provided, he smiled behind his […]

I’m a humble girl, really. I don’t obsess over riches or fame or a Lamborghini with 57 speakers and a wet bar…in fact, this coming Christmas, there are only 3 things I want. And this […]

So I was in Japan briefly this week…and I just had to peek at them while wandering during some free time. They’re all over the country, secreted away in bland, low-rise buildings in nondescript, ou….

I understand. I really do. You start dating. You fall in love. You stumble out of the bar together each night and slouch into the coffee shop arm in arm each morning. Then, one day, […]

It turns out, running is hard. A bike racing friend of mine, when asked about running, said: “There are 2 reasons to run: cops and bears.” This used to be my motto as well, until […]

For us today, 3 certainties exist: death, taxes, and the need for money to live. From birth to death, money controls us. People learn to work at something in order to acquire money. It drives […]

I’ve always considered Fall to be something of a calm after and before the storm. Summer vacations far behind and local kids back in school, and holidays far enough away that I don’t need….

I’ve taken 2 fantastic trips in the last month. The French Riviera and Monte Carlo yielded, once again, sightings galore–both human (Brad Pitt!) and machine (Shelby Cobra!). I almost got glam….

It’s always difficult discovering how someone else really feels about you, but birthdays can do that. Even if you’d rather it didn’t. It did for me one year–gave me one of my firs….

The test of true gluttony is occurring at the beach in front of my home: a hot dog eating contest. Shoveling down tubesteaks for sport seems a crass American display of overconsumption, branding the….

For years now a debate has raged within the U.S. government concernin the use of military drones: unmanned, remote-controlled aerial vehicles with long-range missile capabilities. Opposing arguments..

The concept of home is a complicated one. Unlike the word “house,” which connotes a structure, “home” carries with it a great deal of emotional baggage, both light and heavy. The lig….

Perhaps you’ve been there, too. Fly out the night before, or bite the bullet and take the 5 a.m.? For a recent trip, this girl bit. As I brewed my coffee at 3 a.m., the […]