Who doesn’t love just a touch of summertime on a biting winter’s day? Last night, after a hectic afternoon of crazed shopping and jammed roadways, I crawled into bed in search of a chick flick. I wasn’t in the mood for the usual that I enjoy occasionally. Not Rene Zellweger, not Meg Ryan, not Sandra […]
Separating Genius
I was intrigued watching the video interview on Huffington Post Live in which Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and “Marnie,” speaks of her complex relationship with the legendary director, which, when asked, she characterizes as “abusive.” She clarifies that it is sad the relationship went the way it did, as he was […]
Slapped Silly
Imagine my surprise when last evening on Anderson Cooper 360, one of my fave journalists put the final flourishes on his show by talking about getting “punched in the face” – to look younger. That is to say that Cooper’s Ridiculist described a Thai tradition which has recently made the news. It was the subject […]
Success, Fame, and… Drum Roll Please… Isolation
Strange dreams of money, success, and the price we pay when we get it. Jill, Bethenny, and old friends.
Judge Not, Lest… Well, You Know How It Goes.
From girl gossip to women judging.
The Importance of Beginnings
What the beginning of a relationship says about how it will unfold.
Men, Women, Infidelity (More Double Standards?)
Men, Women, and midlife infidelity.
Don Draper Dreams
“I want less mess around here,” he says. “And that means less stuff. We’re selling this place, and we’re living more simply.” Not the words I expect from Don Draper, and I wonder how it is that I’m witness to this private conversation. Well, somewhat private. It’s a small guestroom in a part of the […]
Heartburn, Heartache: Nora Ephron Dies at 71
I didn’t see it in a reader, and I’m glad of that. I heard it from a friend last evening on the phone, and it was a more personal delivery of the news. “Did you hear?” she asked, her voice cracking. “Hear what?” “Nora Ephron died,” she said. I was stunned, and at first thought […]
Mad Men Season 5 Episode 13 (Finale): The Phantom
Guilt? Grief? The casualties of corporate war? If Lane Pryce is the most obvious and pivotal phantom in the finale of Season 5’s Mad Men, he isn’t the only one. In the aftermath of his suicide, our major characters are each grappling with the price of success, and experiencing his death differently, along with a […]