Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

When a 91-year-old gets the microphone, people listen.  It means more when an elder cuts the corner of your challah.  He knows things.  He knows more than the bride since she was teething; he knows secrets.  But when he’s standing…

I took the subway to Guam today.  I didn’t have a destination or a usual.  I ended up near your office, circling it, wondering if I’d run into you, wondering if something in you knew I was close.  I’m still…

My friends and I sometimes share our number with one another.  I’m not talking lbs., our Purity Test scores, or the number of things we wanted to accomplish by 30 years old.  I’m talking sexual partners.  Sometimes she’ll recruit an…

Over wine and polenta, a friend of mine told me a recent Cosmopolitan Magazine article claimed women prefer men with love handles over those without.  "Why?" he asked me.  "I just don’t get it.""I don’t get why you’re reading Cosmo.""Well,…

There are so many moments where I wished.  I wish I’d said this, or held on longer.  If only.  If I’d opened my mouth.  If I turned around.  If I stared back instead of away.  So many of my wishes…

    “Men with receding hairlines shave themselves bald just so women will rub their heads,” my ex-co-worker Phil said as he palmed his bald head.    “Yeah, that’s the same reason women get pregnant, so someone will rub them…

MORALE WAS LOW AT WORK, so I wanted to do something fun.  The company encouraged us to be creative, which really meant cheap.  I cleared my idea with HR.  Our “interactive inning because this place is too cheap for an…

The contents of your handbag, cupboards, and bedside table speak volumes about who you are.  It’s amazing what freshly cut flowers can do for your mood.  My bedside table is home to three remote controls.  One is for the tv/dvd…