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Art Basel: Middle Eastern Art
Post #2 on this year's fair—and an emerging market.
Jun 5, 20081 min read
Art Basel: the Inside Scoop
The first of three blog posts for JANERA.com from Art Basel 2008, in which I dish about art world insiders dishing.
Jun 4, 20081 min read
that Rwandan murera tastes like....coffee!
If you live in Seattle or Portland, the idea of a coffee tasting is probably not new to you--Stumptown's Annex (which has been around...
May 28, 20082 min read
Portland's green side/eco-design pioneer Aysia Wright
I'm still reeling from the news that Nau, the year-old Portland-based sustainable clothing company, has gone out of business. (All...
May 15, 20081 min read
JANERA.com, the voice of global nomads
Check out the latest issue of JANERA.com , which I've produced and edited in conjunction with the eagle-eyed Erin Florio, our visionary...
May 9, 20081 min read
Coffee Fact of the Day
Interesting tidbit I learned last night at a coffee cupping at Café Grumpy: there are 50 beans in each shot of espresso. So I'm drinking...
May 7, 20081 min read
the Global Classroom
Last fall, I had the opportunity to take my first online class—with the assignment to write about the experience for the Mount Holyoke...
May 6, 20081 min read
Herbal remedies on-the-go
Valerian or melatonin? Airborne or Emergen-C? Natural "alternative" remedies are all the rage—but do they really work? And which of the...
Apr 30, 20081 min read
Eating in Berlin
Last August, when Michael and I were in Berlin visiting our dear friends Yori and Norbert, these six restaurants were much better deals...
Apr 28, 20081 min read
Letter from Portland
If, like me, you've taken Michael Pollan's latest two books to heart and are a CSA-loving locavore, then you've probably been to...
Apr 17, 20081 min read
Modern-day Slavery/ a conversation with Benjamin Skinner
Reading Benjamin Skinner's book A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery was a sober experience, yet I couldn't put it...
Mar 31, 20082 min read
Preventing Migraines/ Vogue
Check out my one page story in the April issue of Vogue ("Sweet Relief," pg. 253) on how to prevent migraine headaches with complementary treatments such as acupuncture and feverfew. I came up with the idea after reading Judith Warner's nytimes.com blog about her struggle with chronic migraines and how amitriptyline (her regular medication) wasn't working well anymore (and caused nasty side effects). That blog received an outpouring of letters from other migraineurs —572 of
Mar 24, 20081 min read
Why I Love Europe, reason #223
If you aren't a member of RCI, you've probably never heard of Endless Vacation , the travel magazine that I write a health column for. ...
Mar 19, 20088 min read
The Revolution Will Not be Pasteurized!
There aren't that many reporters who cover the raw milk beat, but I was happy to see an 8-page story on the subject by Nathanael Johnson...
Mar 16, 20081 min read
America's waning hegemony
Here's my attempt to sum up the conversations we had last night at the Global Nomad dinner salon at NYC's Norwood Club, where Parag...
Mar 9, 20081 min read
Vegie Dogs? I think not.
I laughed when an editor at Vegetarian Times asked me to write a story answering the question, "Should my dog (or cat) go Vegetarian?" ...
Feb 29, 20081 min read
Toxic Mattresses?
If you're like me, you probably never gave much thought to your mattress—other than making sure it's firm and comfortable. Well, if...
Feb 29, 20083 min read
Happiness @ Work?
A few years ago, when I was an editor at Travel + Leisure, I was diagnosed with two herniated disks. Though far from incapacitated, I...
Feb 14, 20082 min read
Soothe Dry Eyes
I don't have chronic dry eyes. But my mom and 9 million other Americans do. For three ways to treat dry eyes, check out my What's the...
Jan 28, 20081 min read
Neue Galleries in Berlin
The area around Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin is becoming a mini West Chelsea, with established galleries such as Konrad Fischer and...
Dec 5, 20071 min read
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