Ma'am demystified

Google thinks I'm a woman (check!) over 65, and living in the Pacific Northwest, a place about which I've heard good things, but I...

Delving "Into the Gloss"

I am Frenchwoman, oui? So I do not believe in wearing makeup. I am natural, effortless and comment dit-on insouciante? I do not wear hair ex...

Pickitarianism

These days, we as a society are more accommodating than ever about a diverse array of dietary restrictions. Get a group together, and there ...

Why high fashion is about pleasing straight men

Recently , I speculated about the relationship between, on the one hand, the ubiquity of ever-younger, ever-thinner high-fashion runway mode...

Emily Yoffe on Rescue Culture

A must-read . I'm amazed it applies to cat and guinea pig  adoption as well. It makes me wonder if most New Yorkers are qualified to ...

Why you should buy those lattes

Every so often , the NYT discovers that the sky is blue, the earth is round, and if you spend $3 on coffee every day, 3x365 amounts to a bi...

Baking woes

Got butter at Wegman's rather than Whole Foods. Land o Lakes rather than 365. Took it out of the wrapper and was inundated with that hor...