Genealogy. Family history. Just ten years ago, family research was conducted with dusty library file cards and headache-inducing microfiche machines. Little old ladies with bobbly hats would shuffle around, clutching photocopies of birth records and …

I am convinced that the greatest machine ever created by all of mankind’s stubborn effort is the bicycle. It’s simple, elegant, efficient. It at once recaptures the excitement of youth and highlights the independence of …

Despite whatever impression I may have given you, freelance writing (when the spirit moves me) isn’t the multi-million dollar career I had mapped out for myself. Forbes is hardly knocking down my door looking to …

I haven’t always been this charming at parties. Once upon a time I was an unhappy hostess, throwing tantrums and uninviting guests mid-gathering for such heinous transgressions as forgetting the rules of Parcheesi or creating …

Any time you move, you must invariably go through the process of looking at everything you own in order to decide what to take, what to toss, and, if you’re anything like me, what to …

In his early thirties, Nick made the decision to leave his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and start a new life (all over again) in Los Angeles, chasing music, his fiancee, and his dreams. Gone West …

Every few years, the medical community seems to go back and forth on the wisdom of incorporating eggs into your diet. While a pan full of greasy fried eggs is clearly not the ideal breakfast …

I had my first drink in a discotheque on board a cruise ship somewhere south of St Thomas in 1993. It was a tall Tom Collins. I was 14. There have been many drinks since …

I was hungover and walking on the beach a little before noon when I remembered my most recent solemn vow. Late last night looking at my face in the bathroom mirror and mourning a younger, …

I never really cared for babies, even when I was one. I was the only child for more than five years and I enjoyed late nights playing cards with my parents, aunts and uncles; cross …