I am standing in the middle of a scooter store, staring at the back of a sexy little motorized bike called the Piaggio. I recently experienced a minor financial windfall - a breeze, really - and have decided to buy a scooter. My youngest sister, who is 37, thinks this is … [Read more...]

This past year, all the photographs that have been taken of me forced the obvious conclusion that my face is slipping off my head. That is, my eyes, my cheeks and my chin are loosening from the bone and doing a downward slide. Skin inches south and sometimes does a pile up over … [Read more...]

I realize it’s generally frowned upon to drag children through airports while mumbling profanities at your husband. But keep in mind that he is walking happily ahead of you, carrying only a backpack and you are weighed down with 2 carry-ons, a doll, and a kid on each hand. Plus … [Read more...]

Today I received a reminder that I am due for an eye exam. I have been dreading this moment. At my last eye exam, I somehow managed to squeak by without needing bifocals. However, this time, I have a feeling that I won’t be so lucky. It’s not that I have a problem wearing … [Read more...]

When Adrien Arpel's book How To Look Ten Years Younger came out in the 1980s, my teenage son rolled his eyes and asked, "Who the heck wants to look five years old?" My mother, nearly eighty at the time, said that even if she did look ten years younger, she'd still look … [Read more...]