Columns & Collected Essays

Artist, yes. Successful businessman, sure. Snarky comment maker, indeed. But here are words I’d never thought I’d utter: I’d like to...

Congratulations to me: I am now an aunt.  On March 18th of this year, my brother and sister-in-law had their first child, who they...

Last week, an Australian lingerie company emailed me to suggest that I use my platform as a blogger for the Huffington Post to promote...

My friend and I were walking around Pamela Robbins the other day after lunch, wandering aimlessly, touching pretty things, chatting with...

“Brett,” I ask my husband, “What’s the weather like today?”  He has just come in from a brisk run and is panting a bit. “It’s nice,” he...

In 6th grade, I had to write my first big research paper. This paper was so enormous that it took the entire second half of the school...