So, I got lost in the world a little bit. After ten days of traveling around the globe (the wrong way, I might add, but that's another story for another time), I am safe and sound in the confines of Over-the-Rhine. I have so many stories to tell - about...
Money makes the world go 'round. That's what Sally Bowes said in the Broadway musical "Cabaret". And as trite as it sounds, I'd tend to agree with Liza's character. Money gives you freedom, opportunity and the security of knowing you can stay afloat during...
"Why do those people downtown even want a trolley?" It's a statement some whisper under their breaths at dinner parties, dripping with condescension and disdain. On lush, kelly green golf courses, at book clubs and beauty salons, people around Greater...
What is old is new again. Many of the residences in Over-the-Rhine are a blend of antique features and modern trimmings. My own home is a melange of distressed oak floors, brick walls dating back to 1877, and shiny, silver duct work. It's a beautiful...
Cincinnati is in love with its sausage. From the homemade links at Avril Bleh to Bockfest's much heralded Sausage Queen competition, the Queen City is infatuated with its wieners and franks. Enter Wurst Bar in the Square. We strolled down Linwood to this...
So, I got this book in the mail last week. Not Tonight Dear, I Feel Fat is available beginning May 7. A PR rep offered me an advance copy and I quickly accepted; sex and body image is something every woman can relate to easily. It's my duty to review...
Wanderlust is a funny thing. Once you get your first taste of far-flung adventure, it's easy to spend the rest of your days dreaming of new lands to discover, new cultures to savor. No matter how much you love your hometown (and, boy, do I), we travel...
The crowd roared to a fever pitch. Clouds sailed overhead in a big, azure sky. More than 20-thousand people waved and clapped, celebrating at a game of baseball. An American pastime stitched with tradition and determination and revelry. The baseball players,...
What shoes do you wear when you're circling the earth? It was an innocent question our department intern recently asked me. She was getting ready to gallivant to Europe for more than a month, and her adventure made me wistful I didn't do much traveling...
Mother Nature must be going through the change. The calendar says we're two weeks away from spring, but this morning's snowfall would lead you to believe otherwise. I couldn't help but think of Lent and Easter when coming across this palm in Washington...
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The 30-something single girl searching for her way in the world. I'm definitely all grown-up, I just haven't completely figured out what that means.