Protected: What Will Become of the Press Box Cafeteria?
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Protected: Diary No. 2: Billy, Bob and My Quarantined Sports Writing Career
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Quarantine Diary No. 1: Getting Tested
What are the chances that during a pandemic about a respiratory disease you get a respiratory disease that isn’t coronavirus? Apparently quite high if it’s flu season and you haven’t had your flu shot, I learned this week. Under current conditions, I feel it would be appropriate for other ailments …
(Not) Attending the Oscars
When I was growing up I lived 1,733 miles away from where the Oscars take place and every year, around this time, I’d look at the people surrounding me and think, “How can all of you possibly be happy knowing everything important is happening somewhere else?” It’s not that I didn’t …
About Beauty Standards
Nothing makes me chuckle in quite the same way as the ongoing discussion around beauty standards. No one can seem to figure out who sets the standards and is thus in charge of our perpetual inability to meet them. It used to be the magazines. When I was growing up, …
I’m So Glad Julie Andrews Swears
Some of the best news the rest of us plebeians could have ever received has been leaking this fall as Julie Andrews makes the publicity rounds for her new book Home Work. Maybe you haven’t been paying attention so here it is: Julie Andrews swears. A lot. I would hardly …
My Sister’s Watermelon Salad
A few years ago my sister found a recipe for watermelon salad that sounds almost unappetizing but is surprisingly refreshing. Its simplicity and charm make it a delightful addition to any summer party. I’m no food blogger so I’ll put the recipe right at the top: To make it, you …
My Casual Trip to the North Korean Border
They didn’t let us take photos. No video either. “Yesterday,” said our guide, “someone tried to sketch a drawing of what they saw.” So during my turn to see North Korea with my own eyes, they made another rule — no notebooks. “If you get caught with a camera,” said …
What the Winter Olympics have been like so far
Already two separate Koreans have complimented me on my chopstick skills. If the rest of the trip winds up a bust I have this much to hold on to, which might not seem like a lot but wait until it happens to you. When a Asian in Asia compliments you …
Oops I Cut My Hair Quite Short
Getting a haircut before a big event is always risky, but I decided this year to tempt fate. It was four days before my birthday and I needed a trim. This would seem like an inconsequential haircut to many but is known to long-haired girls everywhere as a white-knuckled adventure …