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I picked up People and, for the first time in months, I looked at it. Typically, I toss it aside thinking who is Snooki and why would I be interested in any...

Clockwise: Charlie with Saks Fifth Avenue's Stephen Sadove and The New York Times' Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. at the Paris residence; Charlie with Chanel CEO Maureen Chiquet at the Grand Palais; a TV crew interviews Susan at the Chanel fashion show; Charlie and Susan...

Fresh off the heels of my Paris Fashion Week trip, I'm still reeling from all the incredibly well-dressed women I saw -- off the runways. The women in Paris really have it down. They're elegant, progressive and bold -- not to mention well-whheeled....

The celebrity quotient at Chanel's runway show in Paris this week was sky high. I saw more celebs there than at any other show. And, as in LA, they're easy to spot. How can you not notice someone like Courtney Love...

In Los Angeles, where I live, the movie stars are the celebrities. Here in Paris, the celebrities are the fashion designers -- and they're treated like royalty -- oohed and ahhhed at on the street.

That said,...

We've all seen the glamorous images -- reed thin models with beautiful, expressionless faces struttin' down the catwalk in to-die-for (mostly) outfits. So, what would it be like to actually attend one of those chi-chi events? I can now say it's very cool,...

The last of the season's tomato crop is coming in now and so it's the perfect time for dishes that feature tomatoes as the star. While the classic Middle Eastern dish of tabbouleh may not be the first one to come to mind, in...