I love the U.S. Don’t get me wrong. I was born here in the '70s, grew up in a nice simple throw-back house built in the Baby Boom '50s....

You know how some people like to open a new novel and read the last page first? I’m like that with Old Hollywood movie stars. Now, it’s...

In lead up to my birthday (less than a month away!), I am breaking tradition by posting a non "travel, food, and film" piece. The below...

With my last delicate sip of Darjeeling tea, I whisper “Farewell, darling” to my Old Hollywood winter. Amber muscatel warms like the...

I don’t remember my exact words: “What’s a COWBOY doing working in a MOROCCAN restaurant?!” Maybe that was it. And I had sounded like...

Sharing my “30 Favorite Films” list is an absurdly personal thing to do. I’m quite protective of revealing my favorite “anything” – but...

Going out with my fortyish, never-been-married single friends for a Friday night happy hour is like docking on the “Island of Misfit...

“MÁS SEXY!!!” Flashback: Coconut Grove, Bayside, South Beach at night while standing outside Gianni Versace’s former mansion – with...

We accidentally call Paloma – "Palerma" (a female variation of an Italian city). We then break a margarita glass like a Greek lady –...