Five Things You Find Out When You Go to a Spa
February 8, 2010
Some people go to spas all the time. Other people wouldn’t be caught dead inside one. Whichever camp you fall into—or if you fall somewhere in between—here are some things I learned from my recent trip to the Lodge at Woodloch. I hope you’ll agree that they’re worth sharing, whether you ever go to a spa or not.
# 1: If you cut your normal portions of food in… more
Comments (6)The Lodge at Woodloch Brought Me Back to Life
February 5, 2010
It didn’t really matter that in the past few months I’ve taken over a company, finished a book, and said the long, big good-bye to my mother. It didn’t really matter that it was my birthday and I was giving myself a present. I still felt sharp pangs of guilt as I said good-bye to my little darlings and headed for a spa in the Poconos.
These days any sign of excess is uncool, and it’s hard… more
Comments (5)Choose Life
February 3, 2010
There is something I’ve been thinking about for quite a while but wasn’t ready to blog about until I read, on The New York Times online, about the guy who murdered an abortion doctor and claimed in his defense that he was justified because he opposed abortion.
Over the years I’ve mostly stayed out of the pro-life/pro-choice hysteria and debates. I know from personal experience just how complicated and personal the whole thing is, because 27 years ago I chose life.
I was… more
Comments (23)It’s Buffalo Wing Time!
February 1, 2010
The Super Bowl is this weekend. (I don’t need to tell you that!) I’m not a big watcher of the game, but I do love my wings. Since my husband grew up near Buffalo, he introduced me to wings in all their variations early in our relationship. I was already a wing girl then, in that it’s the piece of the chicken I dash for first…crispy, delicate, and so very yummy!
Over the years I’ve tasted wings all over the place, and have learned how to make my own that, frankly, are far superior to… more
Comments (9)Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, and the State of Change
January 29, 2010
On Wednesday, I watched two big speeches.
On Huffingtonpost.com—along with about 800,000 other people (you could see the number of people watching it change in real time)—I saw a blurry Steve Jobs unveil Apple’s latest creation, the iPad, thanks to some guy holding up an iPhone to record the event. The video quality was spotty. In fact, you could tell that he was holding the phone because the image rose and fell with his breathing. While watching, I followed the bajillion Twitter updates… more
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