This post is part of a BlogHop (see below) about “How I met my husband” Meeting celebrities is just part of the job when you’re a television reporter; so this was a fairly typical day at work when I was in my twenties. I was sent to the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach to […]
20 things I would tell my 20-year old self
For me, 20 was a big year—I spent the summer traveling around Europe; it was my first year at Yale as a transfer from Cornell; and my mom had died the year before. Despite how it looks, I hadn’t done anything really dangerous or really stupid….yet. I guess this should be number one: […]
289 words about 16 words
This post has 289 words, just a drop in the vast sea of words I’ve written for everything from television to magazines. Countless words— that hopefully counted for something. But my recent trip to Miami made me realize that maybe my most important, most lasting words were written before I was a writer, before I […]
George McGovern close up
It seemed appropriate that I was in Miami when George McGovern died; since that was the city where he was nominated. Unike the tightly orchestrated productions of today, the 1972 Democratic National Convention was a sloppy affair; few people in America watched McGovern make his incredible acceptance speech by the time he delivered it in […]
Television: Take Two
I was too young to realize how lucky I was; so lucky that I literally fell into the perfect career for me, at the perfect time; in the perfect place. Miami is a great news town. My TV station, one of the oldest in the industry, dominated the market. It was truly the golden age […]
Breasts: the perfect storm
This. It got my attention when I saw it on Twitter. I’m taking part for sure. For me every day is No Bra day. (That’s another story.) I have to admit the idea annoys me, as a feminist. (Also another story.) Maybe you notice, lately it seems as if every day has some special designation […]
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