Technically, Chef Huascar Aquino won the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, the first New Yorker to do so.  (The episode is here). But I feel like I won the Cupcake War personally, after last night. After a grueling week I thought I deserved a cupcake from his H Bake Shop around the corner from my apartmen...

Letting go of “What I Think I know” may be the trickiest kind of letting go…but also the most value. Practicing this especially intently as I’m in the Homestretch on the new book proposal, wondering what new doors will soon open.

This summer, after seeing a bit of downtown theater, I walked for a bit in the balmy June night before hailing a cab. The cab driver began our ride with “Can you pay in cash?” (For those not in NYC, all cab drivers are required by law to take credit cards.) I said I thought I probably could but...

Nice to be described as Sizzling in this DOWNWARD DOG Review.

Although this new documentary is called What Happened, Miss Simone, I keep referring to it as Thank You, Miss Simone because that’s how I feel. So appreciate of your genius.    

Another Day, Another Set of Life Lessons from Beautiful Belle…HERE.

Loved this documentary so much. I’d watched the beginning of it before on my laptop but Netflix was permanently out of synch and it became a painful experience. With AppleTV, I finally dove back in and loved it. Note to Self: remember years ago at the Nantucket Film Festival after the shorts program ...

Loved this elegant and soulful documentary enough to re-watched it with Cha Cha soon. The movie speaks for itself but it’s a rare pleasure when a film about fashion focuses so beautifully on vulnerability and reticence.

I almost worried that my upstairs neighbors or those walking by on the street might think I’d murdered a tiny person and was getting rid of the body. As you can see, that’s what the disposal of my arbor vitae pretty much looked like. The rest of my Urban Garden is a total triumph. The mint and ...