Anne Peterson

My significant boo and I decided on a recent trip to France we would take a leisurely booze cruise through 100 miles Burgundy wine country by bike. After eight weeks of Sean T's Insanity workout program, I felt ready. After four days of prix fixe dinners in Paris,...

The prevailing notion in our culture is that death is the end of a relationship: We must mourn and then dutifully accept the loss by saying goodbye. The absurdity of saying goodbye simply because an earthly life ceases is rarely questioned. Until my father died, I had no idea how...

And by secret, I mean completely obvious. After all, I gave up padded bras long ago. Not only were they horribly uncomfortable, they felt like false advertising. There is nothing worse than getting frisky with a gentleman caller and having him discover that when your bra comes off, your memory...

1. Black, pollution filled boogers that start in Kathmandu will only increase with severity as you head towards Delhi. Bring an abundance of anti-bacterial wipes and shove those bad boys straight up your nostrils as needed.

2. As an American tourist traveling in a group of non-Americans, be prepared constantly...

For the past year I've been grappling with dreams I've watched die out like an insignificant ember in a campfire of despair. I fantasized of being a worldly professor, but not before I made my debut as a feature filmmaker, which naturally I would achieve by my 30th birthday. My...

If I learned one thing from my trip to Istanbul it was this: Avoid full meals. Amazing food is around every corner. So if you polish off a scrumptious grilled lamb kebab for lunch, when you pass a window filled with bright, glistening vegetables and savory meats you'll have instant...

When my boyfriend proposed I had a rogue thought that I never imagined could infiltrate my brain: I want to take his last name.

Ack! ACK! Who am I? Who am I, if not a feminist? Who am I, if not a Peterson? I wanted to jump in the shower...

For healthy teeth, skin and nails, try a steady diet of the salacious, tawdry and torrid. Ah delicious, nutritious celebrity gossip. High in Omega-3's celebrity gossip. Let us be clear, I don't need celebrities to gossip. I mastered the art of dish in elementary school, long before I cared who...

On the heels of reports that watching television or spending time on the computer can decrease your life expectancy, science has made a ground-breaking report that just one hour of reading can take as much as 59 minutes off of your life. Medical doctors at the...

The Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams recently wrote a compelling blog post regarding the Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Anthony Weiner situation. The same situation, that in fact, many high profile men find themselves in. Adam's writes: "The way society is organized at the moment, we have no choice but...

The conversation is everywhere. It has been for a long time. However, with LeBron closing in on his first championship, it has reached a fever pitch. It's on Scotty Pippen's sacrilegious lips, its on You Tube fan videos, it's in the trailer for the new movieBad...

Watching the first game of the NBA playoffs was a magical start to the post season. Derrick Rose and his supporting cast made a jaw dropping turn around with only 48 seconds left in the game, and for anyone who saw it they know this is the reason we have...

The South Side of Chicago is one of the most absurdly neglected areas of the city. I like to say, "When the streetlights go out in Lincoln Park, they are fixed the next day, when they go out in Garfield Park, bring flashlights." People in power simply can't be bothered...

I had just finished making a really delicious spinach scramble when I heard gallant shouts coming through the open doors of my balcony. When I peaked over the edge, from 39 floors up I saw a cluster of people parading down the...

Next time you are having dinner with a Bahraini dignitary, don't embarrass yourself by confusing the Queen's abaya with a burqa. Simply print out and carry a copy of "Know Your Veils: A Quick Look Guide to Middle Eastern Head Coverings," and you too can prevent many awkward and embarrassing...

After a refreshing visit to my home in Chicago for winter break, I took a return flight on Qatar Airways to Doha, where I currently reside. Naturally, the saucy bitch that travel is, two of my bags were left behind due to a very narrow connecting flight time at Dulles...

Qatar winning the 2022 World Cup Bid has provoked emotions on the international stage ranging from confusion to ire. Some of the unfortunate sentiments were broadcast on Twitter immediately following the announcement. Among them:

"These stadiums will be built on the backs of migrant...

I went to Amsterdam this week for their International Documentary Festival. If you ever get the chance to catch it in late November, it is a delightful and incredibly well-organized event. My favorite was Queen of the Sun, a gorgeously shot film about the disastrous agricultural...

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah is the second wife of Qatar's Amir, Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. She is a gorgeous, impeccably dressed, educated mother of seven who is wealthy beyond imagination. She has every...

In honor of the gorgeous Top 10 lists on the Huffington Post Travel page (Top 7 Lighthouses to Visit as an Adventurous Octogenarian, Top 12 Old Timey Train Stations and what not) I've comprised one of my own.

Dedicated to Head Coach Emily Wilson and the 2010/2011 Northwestern Qatar...