Last night I was an audience member of The Colbert Report with buddy Maya Rodale. Both longtime fans of the show, we were thrilled to be seated in the VIP audience seats (row #2!!!) where we would be up close and (hopefully) personal with our hero. We were, we did, and I’m happy to rapport…oops, [...]
Okay, so far we have four great posts to get the beach ball rolling, but we also have two weeks to go before I announce the first winner of a signed copy of Bound to Please. If you haven’t already, take two ticks and post your response to: What do you like best about summer? [...]
Summer is beach read season. If you’re bound for the beach or even a beach towel somewhere outside, I want to give you a copy of Bound to Please to bring with you. When I was a kid, summer meant smelling the charcoal of barbecue grills being fired up, getting to stay up that precious extra hour, [...]
This past week has been totally Mad Hatter in the best and dare I say most Manhattan of ways. In just slightly more than seven days, I: Received an award for Vanquished from The Beach Book Festival, the ceremony held at the iconic Algonquin Hotel. Thanks to Festival Managing Director, Bruce Haring for the splendid [...]
Last Monday’s Lady Jane’s Salon was a superior success, and I’m far from the only one to say so. I’m delighted and yes, humbled by the outpouring of not only congratulatory emails but also blog posts from so very many of you who attended. Below are links to the bloggers I know who covered the [...]
To borrow from the classic rock song, “Oh what a lady, what a night!” Last night’s Lady Jane’s Salon was double the fun and then some. Marjorie M Lui, Wendy Corsi Staub, Diane Gaston & Amanda McCabe rocked the house, which was standing room only by the time 7:30 rolled around. In addition to four great [...]