It’s a brand-new season. The beauty blogs are buzzing and the fall fashion magazines are as heavy as a kettlebell. It’s time to shake the summer sand from between your sheets and face forward into autumn. It’s time to clean … Read More
ONE of my favorite scenes from “The Wizard of Oz” is when Dorothy and her friends finally make it into the Emerald City – and promptly receive a full-body makeover. The Scarecrow gets plumped with new straw and the Tin … Read More
Ready, set, go: we’re in the holiday season now – and you know what that means. A race to the finish line marked by the new year, with stops along the way for excessive drinking, binge eating, frantic shopping, and … Read More
June, bloom, groom: notice how they rhyme? June is the most popular month for weddings (followed by August, with more than one in three weddings occurring in summer) – and this June, you can expect more gay grooms and lesbian … Read More
Some years ago, The New York Times Magazine ran a cover essay revealing what the rest of the world admired about Americans. Mind you, this was before our reputation was savaged by the “war on terror” – but one somewhat … Read More
“April showers bring May flowers” – which sounds promising. But then there’s also “April is the cruelest month” – which sounds less so. What a quandary is the month of April. You’re ready for spring fever, but suddenly, it snows. You’re imagining your … Read More
