I write Stories, too.
I’ve written for lots of newspapers, magazines and web sites. These are a very small few of my favorites. The rest are only in hard copy, so we’ll have to get together in person to go through them.
2019
He was the Face of a Bike-a-thon to Cure Cancer. He was Also a Fake, New York Times, Aug. 1, 2019
2018
A Quadruple Amputee’s First Vow: To Walk Down the Aisle, New York Times, Aug. 13, 2018
2017
Helping Women Over 50 Face their Financial Fears, New York Times, Sept 1, 2017
Older Women and Medical Marijuana, New York Times, May 25, 2017
2016
Pageant Glamour for Those Who Have Reached the Age of Elegance, New York Times, Dec. 2, 2016
2015
The Drama of Deception, Psychology Today, June 30, 2015
Endometriosis is Often Ignored in Teenage Girls, New York Times, March 30, 2015
Finding Success, Well Past The Age Of Wunderkind, New York Times, March 20, 2015
Yes, There Is Such a Thing as A Financial Dominatrix, and It’s As Bizarre As You Might Think, New York Observer (cover!), Feb. 18, 2015
Seizing The Day With Others, New York Times, Feb. 6, 2015
Martin Short’s Night Out with Mathew Broderick, New York Times, Jan. 23, 2015
2014
Finding Communities That Nurture and Connect the Like-Minded, New York Times, Dec. 26, 2014
IV Drips Touted as Hangover Relief, New York Times, Dec. 24, 2014
Love and Marriage, to a Sondheim Score, New York Times, Dec. 5, 2014
The Brooklyn Brand Goes Global, New York Times, Dec. 3, 2014
Blame the Princess, New York Times, Nov. 21, 2014
A Death By Design, (about the suicide of L’Wren Scott), Psychology Today, Nov. 4, 2014
More Older Adults are Struggling with Substance Abuse, New York Times, Oct. 3, 2014
Off the Drugs, Onto the Cupcakes, New York Times, September 15, 2014
What a Difference A Day Makes, (24 hour boob life!), New York Times, August 20, 2014
Real Estate Agents for Older People Are Part Broker, Part Therapist, New York Times, August 1, 2014
For Some Retirees, a Second Act is Easier Than Expected, New York Times, June 6, 2014
Growing Up on Raw Foods, New York Times, June 2, 2014
Groucho’s Girls, (on female comedians) Psychology Today, November 7, 2014
A Cruise Of One’s Own, DuJour, April 4, 2014
Matchmakers Help Those Over 60 Handle Dating’s Risk and Rewards, New York Times, March 28, 2014
The Beat (Up) Generation, Psychology Today, March 11, 2014
After Online Dating, Online Making Up, New York Times, March 10, 2014
A Marriage At Sea? Get Me Rewrite, New York Times, Feb. 28, 2014
The Childless Plan For Their Fading Days, New York Times, Feb. 14, 2014
For Some, Retirement is Out of Reach. For Others, Boring, New York Times, Jan. 31, 2014
Me Versus The Scale, New York Times, Jan. 27, 2014
With Plastic Surgery, a Makeover to Look Like a Celebrity, New York Times, Jan. 15, 2014
2013
Does this Dress Make Me Look Incredible? New York Times, December 6, 2013
What Should Airlines Do About People With Peanut Allergies? New York Times, November 14, 2013
When The Email is Not Quite Spam, But Not Quite Desired, New York Times, October 18, 2013
Fat and Thin Find Common Ground, New York Times, October 10, 2013
When You Can’t Forget The Gifts You Didn’t Get, New York Times, August 23, 2013
At the Chiropractor, Well-Adjusted Pets, New York Times, August 22, 2013
People Will Say They’re in Love, and They Are, New York Times, June 28, 2013
How Therapy Can Help In the Golden Years, New York Times, April 22, 2013
Leading and Losing By Example, New York Times, March 15, 2013
Seeking to Reproduce Without a Romantic Partnership, New York Times, February 8, 2013
Looking For a Match, New York Times, January 2, 2013
2012
A Connecticut Mother Makes Bangles of Recycled Guns, New York Times, December 14, 2012
Some Tutors Are Shouldering a Wider Load, New York Times, December 14, 2012
A ‘Little Jerusalem’ in the Heart of Italy, New York Times, November 22, 2012
Binge Eating Among Men Steps Out of the Shadows, New York Times, August 13, 2012
Back to the ’60s (and Fringes) in Brazil, New York Times, July 25, 2012
More Women Look Over the Counter for a Libido Fix, New York Times, July 2, 2012
A Patton Uses Film As a Tool to Help Veterans with PTSD, The Daily Beast, June 30, 2012
Life After the Games for Five Former Olympians (aka, “The Ice Pack”!), New York Times, June 18, 2012
Seeking Redress When Air Travel Goes Awry, New York Times, May 2, 2012
Leaving a Spouse Behind. For Good, New York Times, April 27, 2012
Failure is not an Option, New York Times, April 13, 2012
Hands Give a Lift, Now They Can Get One, New York Times, March 15, 2012
2011
Expanding Efforts to Keep Cosmetics Testing from Animals, New York Times, December 28, 2011
VOWS: Audrey Smaltz and Gail Marquis, New York Times, November 27, 2011
A Hard Turn: Better Health on the Highway, New York Times, November 22, 2011
A Boom in Plastic Surgery for Those in the The Golden Years, New York Times, August 8, 2011
When a Child’s Anxieties Need Sorting, New York Times, June 23, 2011
With Anorexia, Total Recovery Can Be Elusive, New York Times, April 25, 2011
Tattoos as Makeup? Read the Fine Print, New York Times, Feb. 23, 2011
What We Still Don’t know About Lasik, Salon, Feb. 16, 2011
2010
For Female-Aphrodisiac Makers, Efforts at Parity, New York Times, Sept. 13, 2010
Out with Dr. John, New York Times, August 20 2010
Working out with Tony Robbins, New York Times, August 6, 2010
Visiting Ellis Island with Eddie Izzard, New York Times, July 16, 2010
I Coulda Been a Contender! Psychology Today, July, 2010
For Better, For Worse, For B.M.I, New York Times, June 11, 2010
The Fat Man Walks Alone, Newsweek, March 25, 2010
Lasik’s Blurry Vision, Salon, January 25, 2010
Narrowing an Eating Disorder, New York Times, January 19, 2010
2009
Don’t Get Pregnant, Elin! The Daily Beast, Dec. 14, 2009
Why Men Cheat, The Daily Beast, Dec. 10, 2009
Redefining Cured, Newsweek, Sept. 23, 2009
America’s War on the Overweight, Newsweek, Aug. 26, 2009 (with Kate Dailey)
Why Deathbed Marriages Endure, Newsweek, July 9, 2009
My Surreal Night with Michael Jackson, The Daily Beast, July 6, 2009
Threesome Marriages, The Daily Beast, May 7, 2009
Pressing Acai for Answers, New York Times, March 11, 2009
What’s Eating Our Kids? Fears About ‘Bad’ Foods, New York Times, February 25, 2009
Flush Those Toxins! Eh, Not So Fast, New York Times, January 21, 2009
2008
The Enlightened Path, With a Rubber Duck, New York Times, December 31, 2008
It’s Botox For You, Dear Bridesmaids, New York Times, July 24, 2008
60-Plus, Ripped, and Natural Competitors, New York Times, April 3, 2008
Lasik Surgery: When the Fine Print Applies to You , New York Times, March 13, 2008
2007
The Dating Coach Is In ($125/Hour), New York Times, September 27, 2007
Shades of Truth: An Account of a Kabul School Is Challenged, Village Voice, April 29, 2007
2006 + EARLIER...
Communal Yoga Mat: Beware of Germs, New York Times, July 27, 2006. Downward Dog. Staph Infection. Namaste.
VOWS: Lola Enders and Walter Weil, New York Times, March 14, 2004
The Pissed-Off Muse, Salon, July 6, 1999
Could you go undercover for the CIA?, Marie Claire, December 2002
Would inventing a brand-new identity — looks, mannerisms, even your past — really change who you are, or how you think of yourself?
The Making of a Student Activist, The New York Times Magazine, November 11, 2001
In many ways, Ryan Nuckel is a typical student activist: he doesn’t take drugs, he rarely drinks, and he is fueled by a nagging anger over the fact that there are haves and have-nots, oppressors and the oppressed.
How to Write a Hit Song, New York Times Magazine, April 11, 2001
Questions for Denise Rich. The songwriting socialite and muse in Clinton’s pardon swan song talks about where her pop comes from.
An Affair to Remember, POV Magazine, April 1999
There are the flings that last about as long as a plane ride. There are the flings that turn into the real thing. Yet somewhere between the clouds and concrete reality lies the underrated world of the meaningful fling.
Sex with your Ex, New Woman, August 1996
Everyone has her own little name for it — “mercy sex,” “transitional sex,” “the farewell fling” — but no matter what you call it, it’s sex with an ex.