She's been one of my best friends for 22 years, but we've never chatted on the phone, swapped e-mails, shared a cab, gone out for coffee or met for a movie -- never even taken a walk together.

What we have done is meet like clockwork on the third Thursday...

It was May. I was dreading another summer of fencing with men at cocktail parties who liked women as much as taxes. Another summer of walking on the beach in the moonlight with my girlfriend Sandy. Panic set in and I picked up the phone.

Rewind: I had grown up...

Mayor Bloomberg's new, controversial Chancellor Cathie Black may not be an education wonk, but when the former Hearst chief is put on the masthead of the New York City public school system, look for her to beef up the curriculum.

Black's vast experience overseeing Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Esquire, Good...

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If you think getting married the first time is heavy lifting, wait until you nail "the new husband." If he's divorced or widowed, there aren't enough overhead compartments to handle his baggage. (If he's a bachelor, no one can help you.)

First husbands travel light. They come with six sets...