It’s a frigid January day, and I’m sitting in an open jeep on a tiger reserve in India. This is not a place I ever expected to find myself. Some women my age develop baby lust; at thirty-nine, I’ve come down with a critical case of tiger lust. I’m obsessed. A few months ago, I…
I love Neil Young. In fact, I’m such a huge fan that I went straight from the airport on Monday to the screening of Jonathan Demme’s new documentary, Neil Young Journeys. After all, the man basically provided the soundtrack for my formative years. “Tell Me Why” is the first song I learned to play on…
I spent the weekend at the Olympic gymnastic trials in San Jose, where I got a chance to talk to legendary gymnasts Carly Patterson and Shannon Miller. Patterson is the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion and Miller is the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history. Here’s what they had to say about the past, present and…
I have a ton of books to recommend so, before I get on a plane this weekend with a bunch of new ones, I thought I’d start you off with these four. Honestly, they’re so good and such fast reading, you could finish them all by the time I get back on Monday! Whether you…
Rules of Civility, one of last year’s hottest books, was just released in paperback yesterday and is perfect for vacation reading. Set in New York in the 1930s, it’s the story of 25-year-old Katey Kontent, who, through a fascinating series of chance encounters and spur-of-the-moment decisions, goes from the secretarial pool to the top of…
