As we’d enter the hallway of her apartment building, the smells of Grandma Schmidt’s crispy fried potatoes and roasted chicken would float down the stairwell so strongly that we’d all begin to salivate within moments of walking in the door. We’d talk about it on the way up the stairs, murmuring among ourselves about how […]
Who Else Remembers Tony Home Perms?
As a child, it seemed that my mother was constantly ironing. Every night, we’d watch TV in the rec room and she’d stand behind us at the ironing board with a pile of washed, dampened and starched shirts rolled up in a ball and stored with several other small round balls, all packed into one big plastic […]
Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book: Newly Updated 6th Edition Just Released
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, one of the first things I did was go to my local book store to find the best and most comprehensive books I could find to help guide my decisions. The two books that I kept on my bedside table throughout the entire year were “Dr. Susan Love’s […]
The Last Leg Of the Great French Adventure: Normandy
It’s about time I write my last post about the France trip. I’ve been a bit remiss because I’ve been traveling for work quite a bit in the past few months but I’d like to get this up on the site so I can remember the details. After 5 days in Paris, Gloria Steinem left us to […]
What I’ve Been Reading This Summer
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling out to the West Coast these past few months and below are the best of the books I’ve read on my many long flights. All The Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr A beautifully written haunting story about a young, blind French girl and a German boy whose lives […]
A Global Phenomenon: the Man Bun
We interrupt this stream of vacation posts, for a quick discussion about a global phenomenon that I’ve recently become obsessed with. Lately I’ve been noticing a lot of man buns. The first one that made an impression on me was Jared Leto’s at the Oscars (or was it the Golden Globe’s). Then I noticed that Leo DiCaprio […]