Last week, overhearing my daughter whispering into her cell phone, I suspected she was talking about our latest family adventure. There was raucous laughter, some indistinct, muffled exclamations and then, at the end, a clear “Well, you know Mommy … lunatic magnet.”
Circa 1967, while I was working in a small startup agency, Link Advertising, we created an ad for Adler, a German-made typewriter. It had this headline: “Heil! Adler!”
Defying gravity is impossible but defying aging may be within the bounds of the possible. With healthy living, a good amount of happiness and a little bit of luck, age may truly be just a number.
Integrating cold cuts in a seven-course fine-dining meal, from appetizer to dessert, was the challenge for chef Jessie Sincioco, who...