Into the Cold: Essay from Lapland
Overnight Buses, Winter 2013/2014 This is an essay I wrote about a trip to Northern Sweden in February. It is available on Overnight Buses for the iPad, published in Wisconsin and one of the most...
View ArticleBest Women’s Travel Writing 2013/Volume 9
It is an honor to be in this anthology for the third year, which features my story about a trip up Mount Bisoke in Virunga Park, Rwanda. Buy it here.
View ArticleInto Africa
Marie Claire January 2014 My story on incredible people doing incredible things in Rwanda, 20 years after the genocide. Do read it here or better yet, pick up a copy!
View ArticleThe Case for Hormone Replacement Therapy
Hot Pursuit Town & Country, February 2014. Many people wonder why I take HRT. The answer is easy: the risks are minimal and the rewards are huge. Here is my article for Town & Country.
View Article100 Places in France
My book from Travelers Tales comes out in September. It is daunting to figure out 100 places; I found 100 alone in my old neighborhood, the Marais. It’s been fascinating to immerse myself in the lives...
View ArticleMarriage, Infidelity and Middle Age: Some Good News
The first piece I ever wrote for Vogue is finally online today.
View ArticleWhy Women Love France
Last year, months before I was asked to write a book about France for Travelers’ Tales, I was explaining to a friend why I – let’s say – strongly encouraged my daughter to study French. For me it was...
View ArticleNewtonville Books, November 18, 2014
Boston you’re my home….Reading and signing books at the marvelous Newtonville Books in Newton, MA on Tuesday November 18.
View ArticleHickory Stick Bookshop, October 25, 2014
I will be signing book at at my beloved hometown bookstore, the Hickory Stick in Washington Depot, CT on October 25, 2014 from 4-6.
View ArticleThe West Coast
A year ago, I had not yet begun to research my book, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go. In fact, I had a beautifully empty slate, a 4-week residency at Ragdale, a memoir I was itching to write...
View Articlepages: a bookstore, October 23, 2014
Thrilled to be at pages, Manhattan Beach, CA, Thursday October 23 at 7 pm!
View ArticleBook Passage, October 19, 2014
Delighted to be at one of the greats: Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA, from 4-6pm.
View ArticleSan Francisco LitCrawl and LitQuake 2014 – October 18
Appearing with some talented travel writer friends and colleagues for Traveling Between the Lines: Writers Explore the Wide World, including my two adored editors Lavinia Spalding and Larry Habegger at...
View ArticleCollecting
After my first research trip for 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go, I learned to pack an extra suitcase. A duffel bag from REI folded into its own little zipper case that slips right behind...
View ArticleOn Writing a Book About France
No sooner had I handed in the manuscript for 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go that I finally had a much-postponed lunch with an old friend. I had not seen her throughout the several months I...
View ArticleGoodreads Giveaway!
Today through Monday November 3, you can enter for the Goodreads Giveaway for a copy of 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go.
View ArticleIt’s Officially a Best Seller
As of November 1, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go is officially a New York Times Best Seller in the travel category. It’s thrilling and an honor. Thanks to everyone who has bought, shared,...
View ArticleFrance for Yahoo Travel
I’ve wanted to write for Yahoo’s incredible Travel site since it was revamped and expanded, so I’ve been thrilled to be a regular contributor – especially as I’ve been traveling so often to France for...
View ArticleThe Côte d’Azur for Yahoo Travel
My first trip to the Riviera was when I was eighteen, and I’ve returned countless times. The Mediterranean is different there, the light so white, the air so piercing. It’s understandable why writers...
View ArticlePhiladelphia for Yahoo Travel
My discovery of the summer: Philadelphia is my favorite American city. Gritty, authentic, with real urban flair. Kind of what New York used to be. Plus the food is incredible. I spent six weeks there,...
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