My First Job in College

I recently attended a basketball game at the YMCA.
The contest featured twelve-, thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls. Despite the fact that most of them are in the midst of the biggest transition their bodies will ever make, none seemed the least bit physically self-conscious as they dribbled, passed, and shot the ball. It reminded me why [...]

Pride of the Upper West Side

I do not exactly fit the demographic of an Upper West Side New Yorker. I am neither married, nor do I have children. I am not an Orthodox Jew. I do not collect Social Security. And yet I feel completely at home living just west of Central Park in this community.
It’s difficult for other New [...]

Triathlete Magazine December 2007

Click here to read a short piece I wrote about volunteering as a watergirl at the 2005 Ironman World Championships in Kona.