#TheLetter

The Good Grudge

On the Wisdom of Not Letting Go. Consider it a defense mechanism I’m trying to develop. My memory is so short I’ll happily forget someone hurt me—until…

Aug 23 •

Collected Signs Of A Life Well-Lived

Living well is an underrated talent, and one I’ve spent years studying. It’s a bit of an obsession. Slowly, a picture is forming, and I’ve been trying…

Aug 9 •

Scenes From a Corsican Kitchen

The sea was pristine and shimmering into the horizon. The sky was blue, without a cloud. The yacht, sleek and minimal, looked like a blade neatly…

Jul 26 •

I remember that I was at a high society dinner on the Upper East Side, New York, when I first told this very elegant, very funny, very bright lady—who…

Jul 12 •

As much as I would like to think I to do things in a singular way—forging my path through life with originality, embodying a new type of maturity—I am…

Jun 28 •

Better Than A Summer

Paris in June. The warmth of the day, the fresh early mornings, the fragrant jasmine in the courtyard. Men taking a peek as you walk down the street…

Jun 14 •

Cruel Intentions

I knew I would see him again one day—I just wasn’t prepared.

May 31 •

THE CATCH UP #3

Hello, Real Face. How Are You? I hadn’t done any Botox for months and months, and my “real face” was starting to show up. In a way, it’s a bit like…

Apr 19 •

Doin’ My Thing

Apr 5 •

Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I think about how life can slow down to the point of a halt, and then speed up as if suddenly, the world was…

Mar 22 •

I said goodbye to my husband. It was six in the morning, Paris was dark and cold and he was leaving for a long week. As I closed the door, I started…

Mar 8 •

THE CATCH UP #2

Feb 22 •

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