Nov 25, 2011On The VergeThat’s Not Athlete’s FootI don’t know about your family, but in mine, we like to use sayings. Sayings are efficient. They cut through the specific and hit on...
Sep 30, 2011On The VergeThe Same Me, Only BetterI want to live on Nantucket. Let me qualify that: part of me wants to live there. The artsy, romantic, writerly side of me is drawn to...
Jun 27, 2011On The VergeBorn this WayWhen my husband, Brett, and I first fell in love, we were really in love. You know what I mean: madly, blindly, passionately, blah,...
Nov 26, 2010On The VergeYou Win Some, You Lose SomeI’m off to another charity benefit. Want to join me? Here’s the deal. It’s a Saturday night. I’ve blown my hair dry so that it looks...
Oct 1, 2010On The VergeThe Girl Who Played with Fire“I don’t know how this could have happened,” I sighed. “Strange,” my husband, Brett, agreed. “A mystery.” We were holding between us my...
Jul 23, 2010AnniversarySilence of the Iberian HamA few weeks ago, I wrote an article about two Type A–ish people (namely me and my husband, Brett,) traveling abroad and trying to strike...