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I woke up Saturday morning eager to clean my apartment.  My excitement surprised me. Six months earlier, I had resigned myself to the idea that a smaller space meant cleaning professionals were no longer necessary (yet another cost-efficient benefit of downsizing), the way you might resign yourself to getting up early for the gym or […]

Love Is Blind season 9 contestant “Sparkle” Megan Walerius says men are intimidated by her. In her own words: “I’ve done very well for myself professionally. I think it takes a very confident and secure man to be with a woman like me. It’s going to be interesting to navigate, are they just after me […]

I spent the weekend in a cabin just south of Breckenridge that appeared to be constructed with Lincoln Logs. It was a gumdrop surrounded by towering fir trees, the lighting soft and warm. Aspens tore peels of shimmering gold into the mountainside. Exploring the cabin’s cozy insides, I felt like one of the claymation figures […]

I rarely have occasion to visit sports stadiums anymore. Before this weekend, the last time I entered an enormous arena was not to be taken hostage by three hours of sports, but as a three-hour ritual devoted to my Emotional Support Billionaire, Taylor Swift.  Still, every time I disappear into a herd of people shuffling […]