Do we have a moral obligation to live well, and to present our best selves? Yep, I think we do. I think we have a duty to choose grown-up words, to communicate responsibly, and to think about the optics of our actions. I think telling somebody how wrong they are is...
What images come to mind when you think of Paris? Ok, the Louvre, sure. The Eiffel Tower, of course. But I’ll bet somewhere among the top ten, maybe even the top five, is bread. The French are serious about food and passionate about bread. A hold-over from the time of...
Morning people are made, not born. I know this because I wasn’t one – until I was. I spent years as a chronic “snoozer.” Despite my many ambitious plans to get up early and get anything done in the morning, I could not control my conditioned response to hit that...
“Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass—a blend of stock car racing and the never ending building of a gothic cathedral. Through the windows of my speeding car I see all that I love falling away: books unread,...
What you wear on the outside may be for others, but what you wear underneath is all for you. Well, and maybe one other person (if they’re lucky). Wearing beautiful, sexy underwear is like a little secret you get to enjoy all to yourself. American women tend to...
Forgive me if I sound sexist – I’m not; or if I don’t sound feminist enough – I am. But I also love romance and keeping the sparks going in a relationship, and I’m pretty darn good at it. Case in point, I was at lunch with some of my girlfriends. My husband and I had...
