I laughed so much at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop last weekend that my stomach still hurts. Since the next one isn’t until 2016, I figure I have two years to recover – and to come up with a book proposal. And if you’re considering going, well, I highly recommend it as both a literary…
Tired of video gamers getting such a bad rap, the industry decided to band together and form its own charity. Last year alone, Child’s Play – the gamers’ charity – raised almost $1.5 million dollars in donated toys, games, books and cash for sick children around the world. Child’s Play holds an annual toy drive…
Five-time Olympic swimmerDara Torres made quite a splash at the Beijing Olympics this summer when, at 41, she became the oldest Olympic swimmer in history and the only one to win a medal in five Olympics. Torres won her first medal in 1984 — the year Debbie Phelps was pregnant with Torres’ future teammate, Michael….
My parents taught me if I didn’t have anything nice to say, I shouldn’t say anything at all. So, as someone who LOVED One Day and who gushed her way through an interview with its author, David Nicholls, I am just going to once again recommend that you read the book which touched me so…
To simply call Brooke Astor a social butterfly is missing the point. The queen of New York City high society, Mrs. Astor was a down-to-earth socialite who felt as at home in the tenements and churches of Harlem – the recipients of many of her generous grants – as in the pre-war mansions of the…
