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March 27, 2024
By Jo Piazza

Relationships

March 27, 2024   ●   Jo Piazza

How Do You Write a Steamy Scene When Your Sex Life Is Vanilla?

A year ago, I was desperate to write some really good sex...

A year ago, I was desperate to write some really good sex...

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March 27, 2024
By Jenny Rosenstrach

Food

March 27, 2024   ●   Jenny Rosenstrach

In Town? Come On By!

In the exhaustive pros-and-cons list I drew up last year, as my husband and I were wrestling with the decision to move back to New York from the suburbs, I had overlooked one giant pro...

A lot has changed in my dinner life...

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March 26, 2024
By Joanna Goddard

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March 26, 2024   ●   Joanna Goddard

What Are Your Five Most Rewatchable Movies?

Earlier this year, after I went to Paris with friends...

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The other day, the boys and I went to the park when a realization hit me...

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By the wonderful Grace Farris.

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A few months ago, my husband Craig and I hosted...

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