We can talk about statement bags. Status bags, it bags, and what not. But forget all that business because I fell in love with the YSL Downtown on sight. The bag is a bottomless pit, proper for shoving books, planners, cosmetics, gadgets and proposals. And can I be a fox and say it’s butta. […]

after myspace, i said i’d never join another social networking site. well, that was before facebook. i’m completely & utterly addicted. so, if you’re on facebook, feel free to “friend” me!

At the day job, I’m working on a title that seems to have stirred the proverbial pot. My Google Alerts are flooded with nastiness in the form of name-calling, personal attacks, jabs, misinformation. Recently, an artist friend of mine had to shut down the comments feature on her website because she was flooded with cruel […]

I was not particularly popular in high school. Blow jobs and cheerleader skirts were not my cup of tea - I preferred books and subway rides in the city. I lived amongst teenaged girls who took pleasure in re-enacting episodes of Dynasty in the corridors of Valley Stream South High School. They were vindictive […]

natalie is the reason that i’m smitten with fashion, i’m mad for it. longtime readers of my blog know that i was once a fashion addict. i subscribed to all the glossies, bought randolph duke cashmere dresses from showrooms (ah, the dot.com days when everyone was flush and insane) and even launched my own […]

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Autumn Leaves, originally uploaded by geekylucas.

I remember running through a smattering of leaves. The crunch underfoot felt necessary. That night someone played “Can’t You See” on acoustic. At nineteen, baseball hats and flannels were fitting […]

as many of you crazy cats might know, i have a memoir forthcoming from algonquin books (subliminal message: PRE-ORDER NOW! PRE-ORDER NOW!). i have some ideas about how to market the book online and i thought i’d toss my chapeau into the ring. i was thinking of creating a downloadable audio (along with a cd/dvd) […]

loosen those belts, kiddies. the fall season is upon us and it’s all about pumpkin, squash and velvety chocolate. Click here for the recipe.

At six in the morning, I woke, energized. I flounced about the apartment, cleaning, dusting, sorting through laundry, folding up my summer clothes pining for autumn (where all the leaves?! the leaves?! be gone this humid weather and famished mosquitoes making dinner out of my calves!) and felt sorry for my Kitchen […]

My first foray into the kitchen was a disaster of epic proportion. Think gastronomic Chernobyl. Julia Child would have fallen into a fit of palpitations; Martha Stewart would have surmised that Felicia Sullivan in the kitchen was not a “good thing.” Mine wasn’t your casual egg-curdling snafu or beef cooked to the texture of shoe […]

after months spent obsessing over a name, defining our brand strategy and musing over wireframes, target markets and editorial best practices, my dear friend suzanne & i have finally settled on a name for our online food & lifestyle magazine: crave the dish. while i can’t divulge details about the magazine just yet, i’ll […]

This weekend it finally hit me: I have a book coming out. And I’ll be honest with you and say that I never thought I’d get here. Never did I imagine myself standing before a room filled with booksellers and telling them about my childhood. Telling them about a mother who refused to call […]

Jeff’s the man (did we have any doubt?) and he’s at it again! Click here for more details! Also Jeff will be a guest on my live podcast show, Writers Revealed, on November 11. Hilarity will ensue.