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Just Like Jackie

Linda’s best skincare routine: Artisanal I met Linda Harger when I moved to the desert and have been curious about her cool calm ever since. Here’s her journey. It was June 1, 1961. Jackie Kennedy ...
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Puking in Paradise

Puking in Paradise

It was two p.m. West Coast Time and cocktail hour in Nantucket when Sydney facetimed me.  I searched for my phone and pictured her stepping off the catamaran her beau Robert was thinking about buyi...
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Conquering Pimples in Paris

Conquering Pimples in Paris

It’s 12.05 A.M.  I’m doing Wordle.  My phone rings, and it’s Hillary calling from Paris.  She’s sobbing.  “I’m totally broken out.”  Not a life-or-death problem, but still, Hillary is like a niece ...
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The Bad Golf Arm

The Bad Golf Arm

It was a hot Sunday at the Farmers Market.  I was putting ice cubes around the balms and oils like they were oysters when a woman came into the booth with a man behind her.  She picked up the teste...
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