Driving the Boroughs

June 19, 2008 1:15 PM by Sarah Wexler |  COMMENTS

After an early-morning class at the gym and a busy day at work, I love going out to dinner or to a movie. Beyond that, my friends have a hard time getting me to stay out late on a weeknight. But this being the city that never sleeps... READ MORE

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Road Trippin'

June 17, 2008 6:03 PM by Sarah Wexler |  COMMENTS

Since the VW Eos was recently named as one of Kelly Blue Book’s top 10 cars for a road trip, I decided I’d take it on one. The first thing to consider for a road trip is the destination, or at least the direction. READ MORE

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Driving Stick . . . Sort Of (with bonus commentary from Peter Martin, my friend and driving instructor, in italics)

June 16, 2008 5:30 PM by Sarah Wexler |  COMMENTS

When you get the VW Eos, a shiny stick-shift convertible, you will want to drive it fast. (I’ve ridden with Sarah before. She means 45 mph.) This will be a problem, however, if you don’t know how to drive a stick shift. Last night my friend Peter (dashingly handsome), who requested he be described as “dashingly handsome” (thank you), took me out to a less populated part of Brooklyn (where there aren’t many cars—and, just as important, where I wouldn’t run into anyone I knew) and tried to teach me how to drive it.

I was hoping for wind in the hair glamour. What I got was bucking, lurching, and squealing (the squealing came from Sarah) through a grocery store parking lot. We’d tried to start the lesson in the slightly more glam Ikea parking lot, but got chased out by security guards (armed with hogbö, Ikea’s new $3 police batons—some assembly required). Theoretically, I got the gist of what I was supposed to do—release the clutch while giving it gas—but in practice, getting that timing right was like trying to coordinate simultaneous orgasms. (Both people are supposed to have orgasms?)

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Learning to Drive - at 26

June 13, 2008 3:49 PM by Sarah Z. Wexler |  COMMENTS

To celebrate my 10-year anniversary of (licensed) driving, I knew I needed a big car adventure. Like most people in my family, I’ve always loved to drive—on winding scenic roads, the DC beltway in traffic, over bridges, alongside cement jersey walls on the turnpike, whatever. But since I moved to New York City, not driving has been one of the toughest transitions; there’s no decent equivalent to driving around on a grey, rainy day, Interpol or Radiohead weeping from the speakers. Ditto for a car-full of friends screaming along to the B-52s, the warm summer wind sticking the ends our ponytails to our lip gloss.

So for my decade of driving celebration, I needed to reunite with that lost love. It wouldn’t be enough to just rent some generic car and noodle around. Especially since driving feels so natural now, I wanted to remember the way it felt back when I’d first started: getting jittery when I’d slide into the seat, spending most of my time staring at where a hood ornament should be instead of the road. I needed that first-timer’s rush.

So I got hold of a Volkswagen Eos. It’s a hardtop convertible with a roof that retracts, Batmobile-style, in 25 seconds; it’s got a navigation system and an iPod dock; it’s hunk-of-steel gray; it’s a stick shift (did I mention I don’t know how to drive stick?). I would recapture the feeling by learning something new about a car and, honestly, by scaring the hell out of myself.

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Neighborhood of the Week: Lincoln Park, Chicago

June 12, 2008 8:54 AM by Store Adore |  COMMENTS

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Neighborhood of the Week: Park Slope, Brooklyn

June 5, 2008 8:48 AM by Store Adore |  COMMENTS

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My Ideal Vacation Day Plan

June 3, 2008 12:00 AM by Sarah Wexler |  COMMENTS

Last week, I took vacation days on Friday and Monday; I was taking an out-of-town weekend to attend a good friend’s bachelorette party and bridal shower. I’d taken off another Friday/Monday combo just three weeks before for a different out-of-town friend’s wedding. Add an afternoon I took the dog to the vet, and another day I took when my family visited, and I realized I’d used half of my vacation days for the entire year without having, you know, an actual vacation.

I felt robbed, even heartbroken. I spouted off an angry blurb for the magazine about using all my damn vacation days on all these damn weddings. Realizing that in the entire year I wouldn’t be able to take off more than another day here or there, I devised a plan that should be adopted by HR departments everywhere.

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Neighborhood of the Week: U Street, Washington D.C.

May 29, 2008 8:48 AM by Store Adore |  COMMENTS

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Neighborhood of the Week: Beacon Hill Boston

May 22, 2008 8:37 AM by Store Adore |  COMMENTS

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The Ultimate Road Trip for Food Lovers

May 19, 2008 12:00 AM by Sarah Wexler |  COMMENTS

For years, I’d heard about “active” vacations, the kind in which couples bicycle across the French countryside, pausing only for a few sips of wine before hopping back on their saddles. For me, a vacation is about coming back revived, not exhausted, and I know that pedaling—even driving—40 miles a day would make me need a post-vacation vacation.

So when my super-athletic, globe-trekking cubicle neighbor told me about her upcoming “food road trip” to the Southeast, I braced myself, prepared to do a polite nod to her excitement about white water rafting and camping, subsisting just on nuts and berries she’d forage.

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Neighborhood of the Week: Wicker Park, Chicago

May 15, 2008 2:45 AM by Store Adore |  COMMENTS

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Neighborhood of the Week: Old City, Philadelphia

May 8, 2008 1:42 AM by Store Adore |  COMMENTS

Charming Old City is home to some of the nation’s most important historical sites: Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center and the Liberty Bell, to name a few. Now, it’s becoming a thriving shopping district too, full of cutting-edge boutiques that are decidedly forward-thinking. Check out the Old City shopping tour here

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Travel Must-Haves

May 6, 2008 6:03 PM by Diana Vilibert |  COMMENTS

Memo to your boss: women who take frequent vacations sleep better and are less likely to be tense or depressed. And yet, nearly a fifth of women take a vacation only once every six years. What are you waiting for? Grab the boyfriend for a romantic trip or call up the girlfriends and plan a girl-only getaway. And before you dust off your suitcase, take a look at our list of travel essentials—whether you’re going away for a weekend or a month, you’ll be glad you packed these! READ MORE

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The Lap of Luxury: Capricorne Villas

May 2, 2008 10:06 AM by Diana Vilibert |  COMMENTS

Pack a bag, grab a friend, and enjoy a much-deserved vacation. READ MORE

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Neighborhood of the Week: Melrose, Los Angeles

May 1, 2008 1:40 AM by Store Adore |  COMMENTS

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