Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

Yes, I’ll be on the TV Food Network this Thursday, December 8, 9 p.m. ET/PT.  Me with my cookie swap posse.  If you’re so inclined set your TiVo to Winning Holiday Cookies.  I haven’t seen the segment, other than the…

Aside from Pride & Prejudice (where Ms. Keira giggled entirely too much), I’ve had a bad run at movies lately. The Weather Man, Shop Girl, The Ice Harvest… they were all sub-par.  I broke the streak with Walk The Line,…

Explain this to me like I’m a pig-tailed 4-year-old niece, okay?  I know a 40-year-old guy–we’ll call him The Slap–who has never been married, insists on Cavalli and Versace jeans, the embroidered kind, and silicone women.  He’ll offer, in a…

This weekend, I was out in LA with the suitor and friends to celebrate my friend Smelly’s 30th birthday.  She was there for work, so we figured we’d keep her company.  When I arrived, and after standing in line for…

There’s a woman in the bus seat across from me wearing a quilted long puffer coat with a folded Louis Vuitton garment bag in her lap.  At her feet stand an unmarked brown shopping bag (I presume from a sample…

Sometimes after seeing a particular type of movie, I become quite quiet and pull into myself.  Last night, after seeing ShopGirl, I went to a small food market to watch someone else shop.  I wasn’t hungry anymore; instead of food,…

It’s a milestone of a day for me, and it has nothing to do with the 26+ miles I don’t run.  Though I will be all too happy to bulk up on the carbs come Saturday night to show my…

I’m taking a vacation, here in New York City.  I handed in the Straight Up & Dirty manuscript yesterday, and now, after a noon appointment (more on this later), I will be free, for at least a week.  In that…