For the past few weeks I have been raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I am startled by how many people have been affected by leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma. Very scary. On Saturday, we threw a party at my house and raised over $5,000 for blood cancer research. It is such…
Tango Diva goes back to Red Mountain this October! We all had such a wonderful experience last year – so come back, or join us for the first time. The actual spa facility is newly renovated and we hear superb! The outdoor dining. The morning hikes. The dinner laughter. Don’t miss it this year! October…
What a whirlwind trip to New York! My book FLY SOLO is starting to feel “real” and my time in the city that never sleeps solidified my confidence. One of my favorite afternoons was spent with Peg from Social Diva. She is a member of the SoHo House and we enjoyed a fabulous lunch on…
The last time I flew American Airlines, prior to my recent trip to NYC, was when the 757 I was riding in from Lima lost engine over the Andes in Peru. One could say that I don’t have the fondest memories of the airline, and after my last trip, nothing has changed. What I find…
Fluent in Russian and fully immersed in the culture (so much so that he met his wife there during this time), Rosten provides a brief overview of the country and its cultures and sights with interlacing political commentary and personal observations of daily life. He bears witness to Kazakhstan’s fledgling attempts at democracy leading up…
Three days ago I was heading north with the car top down and singing at the top of my lungs to Brave & Crazy. Great driving music. To my left sunny skies, to my right fluffy white clouds heading Northeast. Directly ahead, just to the northwest of I-5 a ring of black angry clouds, with…
San Francisco, you’ve come a long way, baby. A hundred years ago this month you were on fire, burning for days after a titanic 7.8 magnitude quake shook your very bones for a full minute. Shake, rattle, roll and burn- that was us Northern Californians a hundred years ago, when San Francisco’s infamous Barbary Coast…