When in Rome

The Chinese calendar rules 2009 the year of the Ox , but this year I'm taking a few pointers from the elephant, too. Elephants are signs...

In approximately 12 hours, we'll be celebrating the start of a new year and saying goodbye to a forgettable 2008. I would spend time rev...

Airlines are having intense fare sales right now and it got me thinking, "where could I go, and how much can I really afford to spend?...

I am off of work - or at least, off of the office - until Jan. 5. I have one week to finish off this year - and what a year it's been. T...

Yesterday was the perfect day in the neighborhood. The sidewalks were empty, the streets were quiet. Not a rumble around. It seemed like the...

"I'm gonna watch you shine Gonna watch you grow Gonna paint a sign So you'll always know As long as one and one is two There co...

I woke today determined to get mine... whatever that may be. Following the rose-throwing attacks of yesterday, I was set to make things even...

They are calling it the bigger-than-Black-Friday shopping day. I am calling it, "get your ass out of bed and go shopping day!" It...

I often wonder what goes through people's minds, especially around the holidays. I woke today and turned on the news. Lead story: Gunman...

Merry Christmas, Sis. "Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be light From now on, our troubles will be out of sight...

When I woke up yesterday morning, I looked at NORAD to track Santa 's whereabouts. At about 7:30 a.m., Santa was off the coast of Russia...

What's more fun than festive cocktails at holiday season? Laughing (or laughing at) the stupid things you (or your co-workers/friends) s...

The neighborhood is hard at work preparing for tomorrow night's big feast. Around here, Christmas Eve is the second-biggest night of the...

Is it a bad sign that this holiday season, I just want to curl up on my sofa in front of the TV, open a good bottle of wine and watch old mo...

When you're stuck indoors...the Sunday "Snowed In" playlist.

The snow is stuck to my window screen, blocking the magical view of the city I love to gaze at from my bedroom window. The wind swooshes pas...

You have to ask " who left the lights on? " when you wake up in the morning, and you live alone, and there is no one else in the a...

Thanks to JetBlue's 9-hour sale, me and the gals are heading to NYC for a long weekend in January! The airline tickets were only $80 ro...

How else will we connect if we don't put ourselves in the position to connect? That is the question my friends have posed to me since th...

I've lived in the neighborhood for 11 years. Same apartment. Same landlord. Same neighbors. This block is one of the last dying breeds i...