Would you be grossed out if you caught, say, Emma Watson making goo-goo eyes at, for example, Harry Dean Stanton?
The concept of young ingénues dating older gentlemen is nothing new. Many a gal has turned a blind eye to sagging flesh and wrinkly bits in order to vouchsafe her financial security. We can Read More
“Wear green, and you will be wearing black soon!”
I vividly recall a neighborhood laundress named Mrs. Murnain hurling this warning at my mother, Betty, back in the 1950s. Every time this good-hearted–but–toothless lady clocked my mum wearing a certain olive green sweater-set, out would pop this sinister adage. The implications were clear: If Read More
Yoga makes you fat.
With its dotted line to the marijuana munchies, the yoga lifestyle is a one-way ticket to the Salon Z plus-size boutique at Saks.
O.K., so I’m exaggerating a bit. Not every yoga devotee is a raging pothead. But here’s the truth: If you want to be part of the Read More
Andy Warhol said: “I like to be the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place. Being the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place is worth it because something interesting always happens.”
When Anna Wintour arrives at the Queens Center Read More
Got laid off? Thinking of fleeing to another city before you devour whatever is left in your piggy bank? How about sexy Scottsdale?
Wipe that disdainful expression off your face! If it’s good enough for Jenna Jameson, Hugh Downs, Barbara Eden, Leslie Nielsen, Ricky Schroder, former Vice President Dan Quayle and Alice Cooper, it’s Read More
Last week, a crazy lady with a horrid wig and no teeth chased me down 14th Street shouting, “Hey baby! Check me out! I’ve got good taste! REAL good taste!”
Her outburst was provoked by my new lightweight glen plaid summer jacket, a couture piece designed by the house of Moschino. The entire back Read More
Let’s play “connect the dots.” My turn.
Question: What do the explosive popularity of the movie Brüno and the tidal wave of emotion and grief that followed the death of Michael Jackson have in common? Give up?
Answer: They both provide glaring proof that the general public now has a limitless unconditional Read More
By the time you read this, I will be far, far away.
For verification, feel free to Google Earth me. Do it right now. Buon giorno! Yes, that’s me in the gaudy, age-inappropriate Etro swim shorts and oversize Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses. There I am, splashing around in the Med in front of a Read More
What’s wrong with getting tarted up in a brand new shimmy frock, jacking yourself up on some black patent wedges and having bit of good old-fashioned superficial fun?
Everything, apparently. Fashion is currently going through a John the Baptist hair-shirt kind of period. Self-indulgence has been replaced by self-flagellation. All I can say is, Read More
Everyone is trying to figure out why Kim Jong Il is in such a tizzy. What could possibly have annoyed the North Korean leader to the point where he started exploding atom bombs on every street corner?
The answer is screechingly obvious to anyone with half a brain: Kimmy wigged out and pushed the Read More
