February 2006

Time, Time, Time Warner

Every Monday, my friend Julie and I watch The Bachelor. She lives in South Texas, and I live in New York, and if it’s a good episode—all right, if it’s an OK episode—we end up on the phone together during... more

Snow

It was more snow than I’d seen in my entire life, and apparently I wasn’t alone. According to this morning’s New York Times, “A total of 26.9 inches fell in Central Park, the most since record-keeping began in 1869.” Cars... more

Curly.

At my high school, there was only one way to wear your hair: long, straight, and blond. In the mid-80s, the brave and perky experimented with crimping irons and perms, but by the time I graduated, in 1992, big poofy... more