Life’s little pleasures I want to be famous. There are a lot of reasons I want to be famous. Free food is one of them. I suspect that famous people get a lot of free food. Adulation is another, although I want to be the kind of famous where no one recognizes you on the [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 16, 2008
Lost in Translation
With apologies to Sofia Coppola whose movie I really loved I got an e-mail last week from my agent. I have to admit that I love getting e-mails from my agent. Even though there’s a chance she’s forwarding a rejection from an editor, just seeing her e-mail address pop up in my inbox gives me [...]
December 13, 2008
Best Holiday Gifts Ever!
Solutions for All Your Gift-Giving Needs Struggling to find the right gift for that special someone in your life? Hoping to rein in your spending this year? Worried that a fun gift won’t be practical and a practical gift won’t be fun? Then give the gift that’s all things to all people: a copy of [...]
December 4, 2008
Talking ‘Bout My Generation
How (Not?) to Balance Work and Home I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had recently with friends where we’re all saying, basically, “I can’t go on like this anymore. But I can’t stop, either.” We’re all stressed out, overwhelmed, too busy to make good choices, too scared to slow down. We’re an ambitious [...]
