Cosmetic-holics Anonymous

I have recently become slightly concerned about my makeup application habits.
When I first started using makeup in college, I was content with a little concealer, just to cover blemishes.  A few months later I added bronzer and that was my go-to routine for years.
After college, mascara began to make an appearance more and more regularly.  Then in the [...]

Date or no date?

In actuality, my birthday kicked off on the eve of my special day, when I got a text message from a guy I met for drinks a little over two weeks ago. He is a relative of friends of my mom and dad. We’ll call him Stan.
Stan lives on the UWS and is [...]

My 26th year

The NYC Marathon seems to have set the pace for the rest of my November. My blog began to hit its stride. My first piece of published writing ran in a national magazine. And today I turn 26. (Those 0.2 miles don’t count for much anyway). 
I spent my 26th birthday alone in NYC. While it [...]

My byline in the pages of Sports Illustrated

Red Letter Day. Please indulge me–an article I wrote about my not-so-halcyon days on my high school boys’ golf team appears in Sports Illustrated tomorrow. This is my first published work.
Because the piece appears in the Golf Plus section of the magazine, it cannot be found on newsstands. It is only in copies sent to [...]

Late night cost-benefit analysis

It’s 10:30pm on Saturday night and here I am, writing a post. I feel like I should be embarassed to admit this, but my embarassment is perhaps worthy of further exploration.
This sense of “shame” is due to the axiom that a single, young woman living in New York City should be on the town on [...]

All I want for Christmas

 …is a Tony Hawk Helmetcam. But actually, after I was magically appointed to receive a catalog from “Betty’s Attic”, I’ve identified a few other essentials I’ve just got to have! Here is a countdown of the items on my…
2006 Christmas Wish List
10. Singing Dancing Party Flamingo: Bet you didn’t know flamingos could sing. Or dance. [...]

I’ve arrived

I have been waiting for this day for a very, very long time. American Girl Status.

60 minutes, 60 dollars

Tonight I was in a bit of a funk and announced that I was going to look for something funny on TV to cheer up.  Millie asked me if I had actually watched the cable since I moved in seven months ago.
I must pause here to say that our “cable” allows us to watch about 11 channels. [...]

Gotham goes Greek

I thought once I was finished with the marathon I’d have all the time in the world to blather on my blog, but I have this unbreakable habit of overcommitting myself. With another writing deadline looming, I’ll have to be concise.
Last night Millie (see post: “In a name”) met me at my office in the [...]

Midterm elections

I don’t have a lot to add to this conversation except to recommend that you listen to this. You have to have real player to listen to the file, but it’s worth it.