Column: No host for Oscars 2019 doesn’t mean your questions can’t be answered
It's Oscar season, which means lots of people have lots of questions. Since no one is hosting the Academy Awards this year, I thought I'd fill the void. I've put...
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Column: When it comes to my Buddy, any old winter coat just won’t do
Let’s get one thing straight: this is not a dating column. The only possible reason to open with that sentence is so that it can serve as a disclaimer. I’m...
Column: January brings dark days and darker podcasts
Things are a little bleak here in the dark, frozen tundra months following the holidays. It’s as if a winter’s worth of cheer got used up in the frenzy called...
Column: I bought marijuana and body wash and learned about gendered advertising along the way
The world is a confusing place to live right now, and I’m not even referring to politics. I’m talking about the drug store and the beauty aisle and how advertisers...
Column: This year’s hottest Secret Santa gift is a spurtle. Let me explain.
Dear Sal, Recently, I participated in a Secret Santa gift exchange. A colleague gave my friend a turned piece of wood which looked like a wooden flute that someone forgot...
Column: Fancy food magazines amp up the dinner party pressure
I’m in a full-blown panic about the dinner party I’m hosting in two days, and it’s all because of my chiropractor. The tingling down my right arm has subsided, thank...
Column: Our modern fear of being disconnected
Pull up a blanket, grab a mug of hot chocolate and gather your courage. I’m about to tell a frightening story, made all the more terrifying because it’s true. Remember...
Column: A glass of cow hide? Sure, why not
Dear Beauty Editor Sal, The days are shortening. All vestiges of my summer tan have faded. And every morning, when I look in the mirror, the depth of my despair...
Column: What to wear to the ball? I don’t have a clue.
The thing about being a writer is that it doesn’t matter how many fabulous outfits I have hanging in my closet. Day after day, following a moment spent pretending to...
Column: I am a survivor of sexual assault. This week has been nothing but painful.
Here’s a list of what I wanted to write about this week: moving my daughter into her London dorm room; the fun of seeing the new musical adaptation of “Tootsie”;...