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Columns & Collected Essays
Plastic is Fantastic!
When I was growing up, my parents did a lot of summer entertaining, before they divorced and ruined all the fun. Our house in Edgemont...
May 3, 2012
The Chocolate Wars
Let’s agree to agree: chocolate is delicious, and it’s also good for you. But, like all great love stories, this one has a twist: in...
Apr 20, 2012
How not to relax on your vacation
1. Book a massage. The first thing I do after reserving a room at a resort is call their in-house spa and make a reservation for a...
Jun 24, 2011
Silence of the Iberian Ham
A 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...
Jul 23, 2010
Life Cycle
I am not much of an athlete. I’ve thought long and hard about why this is, and I’ve narrowed it down to two factors. For one, I lack...
Feb 4, 2010
School Daze
Imagine, if you will, a suburban household at 8:15 a.m. Let’s just pretend that the house exists on a quiet, shady street, in the middle...
Sep 11, 2009
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