“You want me to go down where?” I asked, peering into the deep, black hole descending before me into the ground. I shaded my eyes against the sun and squinted some more, hoping in vain that I’d see the bottom a bit more clearly. But I couldn’t—it was too dark and too deep. The light…
by Sheila O’Connor Chihuly—who doesn’t love this internationally renowned glass blower? “This artist has raised the form of art-blowing to a fine art,” says Lisa Brandon, Public Relations Manager of the St. Louis Botanic Gardens. And it’s this fine art that we admire him for. His vibrantly colored, fluid and organized glass sculptures in complex…
At an extremely young age, armed with nothing more than sheer determinism and very few bucks she had saved along the way, the always fiercely independent Lala left the town she had called home. She landed In NYC with no clue where she would go, no apartment, no hook ups or any friends, so a…
Fork Me, Spoon Me: The Sensual Cookbook Whether you’re looking for love or just looking to fuel a little lust, Fork Me. Spoon Me will lead you by the hand down the road to romance or if you prefer, simply help you get down and dirty. Even if you can’t boil water, with this hot…
by Swapna Dutta I had always wanted to visit Nainital, a popular summer retreat in north India. Located in the state of Uttaranchal at an altitude of 1,938 meters, it was not too far from Delhi where I lived. So when an official job required my presence there I jumped at the chance. Though said…
With Stephanie, our editorial empress, you never know what to expect. And this was never truer than at her birthday brunch yesterday. “Oh, just a lovely brunch with my closest friends” turned into an over-the-top Grecian love fest perfectly accessorized with a life-size ice sculpture of David (which was equipped with a fountain that poured…
Reading books is so much easier than writing them. And, I am an insatiable reader. When I was young, my parents had a stack of Reader’s Digest hard cover books, you know, the ones with different vintage covers on each volume. When I was not using them for Barbie’s bed, I was looking up new…