Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

I think this calls for a trip to New York to see it the way it’s meant to be seen: with my New York pretty pack, the chicklets. We certainly didn’t dress up as a Carrie or a Miranda (though…

I consider last night a success. I laminated tagboard, used an Xacto knife and glue, producing Honey Bunny Bookmarks a la Martha (only please, who has proper chenille pipe cleaners on hand?). Crossed a few things off The Wish List,…

I went to the artsy movie theatre dressed in black, my hair bump-it high, wearing soft leather flats. I don’t do berets, but if I were the type to smoke, I’d have a pack of something spiced with ground cloves,…

500 Days of Summer deserved to be nominated. During our impromptu Oscar gathering, I went a little Rainman. "Write it down. Did you write it down? An Education and 500 Days of Summer. Now."  Then I repeated it. And again.…

I have plenty to post, but you’re gonna have to wait for it. I need to collect myself, defrizz, hydrate, and sit with the thoughts. I need sleep.
We all screamed and wept like little girls when Sandy won. Sobs.…

Photo from the upcoming film It’s Complicated by Nancy Meyers
I am putting it out there into the universe. What I want is to be the next Nancy Meyers. And before I go any further, let me just say, it…

We’re about to witness a surge in cooking school applicants. It’s not due to the enticing Williams-Sonoma catalog covers that slip into our mailboxes weekly, nor is it related to the Sur La Table “Introduction to Sauces” emails (I dare…

Finding Forrester
How about this for a fist in the air, celebrating our independence: mentor movies without the men? Or at least with a leading woman? Do they exist?
There are few things I love more than a good mentor…