“I’m as free as a bird now…and this bird, she will not change.” Yep, I’m quoting Freebird. Or Free-biiiird!, which is probably how we all say it aloud in our minds. I’ve been playing that song in my head like bad air guitar ever since last week, when I received word...

Valentine’s Day doesn’t have much of an impact around here. We have a schedule that lets us go out to dinner whenever we want and we tend to spend our money on travel instead of jewelry and presents. But we have been lucky enough to travel on some romantic trips in the five+ years we’ve...

I loved many things about my first visit to Miami’s Art Basel, considered the U.S.’s most important art show. From the serious works by name artists at the Convention Center to the impromptu gallery built out of a moving van, the entire scene seemed ablaze with creative  energy. At the...

I just got a new passport this week – and man, it’s scary to see the aging process as documented by the federal government (as if you can’t tell, the 40-year-old version of Chris is on the left). Beats the alternative, I guess! What I do love about these photos is that I still feel...

I’ve spent the past few days surrounded by boxes, as we complete our move from Washington DC to Philadelphia. Believe it or not, I like moving. There’s something cathartic about picking up and heading for greener pastures, of casting off what’s behind you and moving forward into the...

  It’s no secret that I dislike cold weather – so I’m spending the holidays in sunny Florida. My husband, along with my sister and her boyfriend, are all here with my parents on Sanibel Island, on Florida’s west coast. I’ll also be spending time in Ft. Myers, Naples and...

Go Phillies! Ok, that’s what I’m saying now, as the World Series gets underway. A few weeks ago, I was rooting for the Minnesota Twins. I spent my chidhood in Minneapolis, after all, so clearly the Twins are my hometown team. But are they really?

Travel has always been my love. But fashion – well, that has always been a more covert passion. In my ‘tween years, I used to collect all the glossies – Seventeen, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Elle and la creme de la creme, Vogue. Looking back, I’m not sure that my main interest was...

It’s been more than two years since my maternal grandmother passed away. We all expected it – she lived to be nearly 101 – but her death still shook  my mother’s family. The estate, which mostly encompasses an 88-acre former farm in western Pennsylvania, is still being deliberated My...

  The 15th season of CBS’s The Amazing Race started tonight, oddly enough against the premiere of Ken Burns’ series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. While the two couldn’t be more different in terms of pacing and scope, it still makes an exciting night for those of us...