by Kisha Montgomery I would never dare underestimate the pain and loss Hurricane Katrina has caused. Watching it secondhand has caused me immeasurable heartache. Yet as I try to make sense of it all, it occurrs to me that there is an opportunity in this this hurricane. They blame the floods for the death…
by Anna Irrera, Olympics Diva Hello, Divas! I hope you all had a great summer! To soften your return to reality, I’d like to tell you all about Turin and Piedmont’s exceptional cuisine. I’ve outlined a typical menu highlighting a few of the region’s many specialties, so that when you come to Turin you’ll know…
by Anna Irrera Some of you may know me as the Olympics Diva from my articles on the upcoming Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Today, however, I’m writing to ask for your help. My family and I have been active in helping underprivileged children in the city of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahía…
by Ana Maria Toro Perhaps more than in any other city in the country, New York depends heavily on its trains: by connecting five spread-out boroughs, they are the veins that pump life into the city and give it its collective heartbeat. The long steel cars that announce their arrival like an angry beast hold…
by Janet Bein, Vivified Diva The best thing about going to see Menopause the Musical, a supposedly hilarious celebration of this inevitable rite of passage, was the female camaraderie. I went with a whole slew of female buddies who were all over fifty years of age. Some of my buddies brought their buddies, which made…
Today I sent my introduction and a few chapters of FLY SOLO off to my editor at Penguin (Perigee imprint). I wrote about San Francisco, Reykjavik Iceland, Amsterdam, Crested Butte Colorado, and Vienna. It’s nerve-racking sending that much content to an editor for the first time. Will she like what I’ve poured my heart into,…
Spent our first morning hiking along the Santa Clara riverbank – finding many petroglyphs in the high canyon walls. In January the river broke the banks and swept 22 homes away – carving new banks and destroying some of the trail. Guess this is only a once in a 100 years kind of thing. Great…