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Weird Carnival facts
In the 1950s, American movie studios thought calypso might overtake rock and roll and made a bunch of musicals which included the distinctive rhythms. The scripts made vague references to Trinidad,...
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After wine, women and thong
You wined up, wined down, and rolled back. You threw your waist at policemen, provoking them to commit a breach of the peace. You got drunk. You ate doubles from a street vendor who did not have a food...
View ArticleHola, this is not my mama’s Spanish
I used to hate Spanish when I was in high school. Not sure why because I had some nice teachers. Possibly, I had some subconscious need to hate it because my mother loved to hear people speak it even...
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The worst nightmare ever
You know how people have recurring night frights about planes crashing or being caught naked in public places? Not me. My bad dream is being trapped between rows and rows of Jimmy Choos or Diane von...
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By the sweat of his brow
Laziness was a disease worse than the ten plagues of Egypt to my parents.Their work ethic was formidable, and legendary, though they themselves put little value on their capacity for long hours and...
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Woman who makes oatmeal exciting
I used to joke that Judette Coward could make oatmeal exciting. And then she did, with a Forward Forty video on How to Make An Amazing Bowl of Oatmeal. Bananas, cinnamon and some cane sugar are...
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Elsa keeps 2016 fashion
My fashion forward friend and media maven Judette Coward showed up for our lunch date in a black and white eyelet romper, and red high heels with a splattering of sequins on the tips. On point, as...
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All hail the boot cut
I hear so but I don’t know. But it’s too giggle-icous to keep to myself. My fashion spies tell me that teenagers are using plastic bags to help them slide in and out of their skinny jeans and tight...
View ArticleThe solace of samosas
Absolute mortification. That is the only way to describe the fate that swept me from being an aspiring cute person to a misfit in all the wrong clothes. The fall from grace was literal. One minute I...
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When your hands age...
There I was looking all fabulous in my tangerine trapeze top and vanilla pants when, suddenly, the roof flew off the top of my head and my brain caught fire.EeeeK! As I was admiring the photograph of...
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