I like different. I like innovative. I’m a fan of the quirky, the eccentric, the expression of individuality. In Your Face? Not so much, but at certain stages in life we all have identity issues, something to prove to ourselves (or others), and we assert our individuality in various ways – occasionally more stridently than […]
Facing It
There was no need to lie about my age as I moved through the corridors of the school with a thirty-something man at my side. I was wearing my twenty-something face. I was lost on the way to a lecture, and he was a Teaching Assistant I had approached outside the brick building as he […]
Girls in Curls
Hello, 1980s? Are you there? I suspect you’re just around the bend corner, since Larry Hagman and Dallas are all the talk, and apparently returning to my local idiot box station, so surely the 80s aren’t a generation ago, and I can beg my Hair Guru for permed locks once again. Natch, I’ll be digging […]
French Women Fear Fat, Too
American eating habits are having foreign impacts… more’s the pity.
The FAT Fake-Out
How many of us see ourselves as fat, even if we aren’t? And if we are?
The Makeover Mentality
Is the makeover as superficial as it seems? Why women and not men?
Dear Hillary: Two Words
Dear Hillary, Thank you. Thank you for insisting that your brain and your chutzpah matter more than how you wear your hair or if you’re seen in glasses. Thank you for not taking the bait when it comes to the perpetual picking at your style, rather than your substance. Thank you for the debate that […]
French Style, Election Smile?
Contemporary French interiors suit a French mood…
Mad Men Season 5 Episode 7 (At the Codfish Ball)
Mother Mary Comes to Me? Okay then. Maman Marie is a cool cucumber and a hot number – en même temps! Episode 7 of Mad Men offers an inside look at Megan’s mother and father, their strained relationship, and Don’s father-daughter bond with Sally as she’s growing up bit by bit. Even Peggy’s in on […]
Why I Love Jessica Paré
You might think it’s because she speaks French. (Et moi, aussi.) You might think it’s because she’s a brunette. (Me, too.) You might think it’s because Ms. Paré charmed us with her saucy rendition of Zou Bisou Bisou a few weeks back on the small screen. You might think I love Jessica Paré because her […]