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“Taylor Hahn’s ‘The Lifestyle’ is a summer book about swinging” What’s better than a New York City novel about cheating husbands and swinging wives, Brooklyn sex clubs, Manhattan real estate and waiting in line for cronuts? Perhaps nothing, which is why first-time novelist Taylor Hahn’s “The Lifestyle” will likely be the beach read of the…
“Unlikely suffragette Miriam Leslie helped get the vote for women” In 1917, the fight for women’s suffrage had stalled. Warring factions had splintered and weakened the movement, and New York State rejected women’s right to vote in 1915. But then the National Woman Suffrage Association received a windfall. A woman named Mrs. Frank Leslie had…
“Growing up in Alaska prepares you for anything” During the pandemic, Leigh Newman’s Alaska upbringing really kicked into high gear. At one point, she made preparations in case there was a complete social breakdown in NYC, where she now lives. “I have a house in rural Connecticut that’s my pretend Alaska. I have chickens. If…
“‘One Italian Summer’ is the book you’ll want your mom to read” In the summer of 2019, author Rebecca Serle and her mother went on a trip to Italy, visiting Rome and the idyllic town of Positano on the Amalfi Coast. It was a glorious vacation, made more special for the fact that Serle’s mother…
“#Novel ‘Doctors and Friends’ predicted the COVID pandemic” The new novel “Doctors and Friends” (Berkley, out now) by former ER doctor Kimmery Martin focuses on a group of female friends from medical school. The pals are on a reunion trip to Spain when a strange, terrifying new virus begins rapidly spreading across the globe, upending…
“#Americans are more generous than Europeans — by a large margin” Liberals often love to portray America as a cartoonishly greedy nation driven by a hyperindividualistic and capitalistic nature that exhibits little concern regarding the common good or others around the world. This idea pervades our culture. When asked to describe themselves, 68 percent of…
“#Christian Dior’s sister was WWII hero, perfume scent inspiration” In 1947, Paris was still struggling after World War II, and the city was starved for beauty. And a 41-year-old designer named Christian Dior provided it, with his first fashion collection. As Dior’s elegant models strolled through his salon in extravagantly voluminous skirts and impossibly wasp-waisted…
“#Book reimagines nursery tales dealing with pandemic stress” “A wise man once said, ‘To be an adult is to be a little sad all the time,’ ” begins the Author’s Note to “Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times” (Running Press). “That was me, stress eating inside my small apartment…
“#How the Beatles’ famous rooftop concert almost ended up on a yacht” In January 1969, the Beatles were huddled together in the basement of the Apple Corps offices in West London, working on their follow-up to the previous year’s White Album. In addition to the new album, “Let It Be,” they were planning a concert,…
“#Stanford coach in admissions scandal says he’s innocent” John Vandemoer still remembers the call he got on Oct. 5, 2018. It was from William “Rick” Singer, a college placement counselor. Vandemoer had been working as Stanford University’s sailing coach since 2009 and Singer regularly connected him with applicants hoping to join the sailing program, who…