O, The Oprah Magazine articles from March 2005

O, The Oprah Magazine archives from March 2005

We hear you! Readers get with our failure-is-not-an-option weight loss program, contest Diana de Vegh's "love myths," and do the math (sort of) with Liz Swados.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2005... I read with intense interest about the three women who lost weight by confronting their emotional issues ["I'm Doing Everything Right--Why Can't I Lose Weight?" by Emily Yoffe, January]. Every one of the stories reflected certain aspects of my...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2005... The photographer of "Step-by-Step to Stunning" [January, page 120] was Troy Word.

Laughing (and fretting) all the way to the bank.(here we go)(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... WE'RE A NATION OBSESSED WITH MONEY--how to earn more of it, whether and when to spend it, what to sock away in case the storm clouds gather. Bring up any of these subjects at a dinner party, and you're sure to feel the air turn fraught. Can we...

The subject is money.
March 1, 2005... March [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED]

Dr. Phil: who is that masked man? He's your husband, father, brother, son, neighbor--the guy who keeps up a barrier of small talk and superficialities. If you'd like to make some actual contact, Phillip C. McGraw, PhD, has strategies for opening the male.(tell it like it is)
March 1, 2005... A WOMAN IN HER 30s RECENTLY asked me for advice about how, after decades of shooting the breeze with her dad about baseball--and not much else--she could make their relationship more meaningful. She told me she'd tried once, asking him if he'd...

Special: money makeovers; A mother who can't stop spending, a daughter who can't start, and two newlyweds heading for a lifetime of financial bickering unless ... Suze Orman steps in with her golden touch.(financial freedom)
March 1, 2005... THERE COMES A POINT WHEN NOT taking action is harder than taking it, when it's time to stop agonizing and get to work. Take control of your finances, and I guarantee you'll reap more than monetary rewards: You'll relieve so much stress, you...

Live your best life.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... "The most important thing I know about living is love. Nothing surpasses the benefits received by a human being who makes compassion and love the objective of his or her life. For it is only by compassion and love that anyone fulfills...

Gene Wilder's aha! Moment: for the great comic actor, his sister (of all people) was the key to his lifelong art.(LYBL)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... When I was 8, my mother had a heart attack. Her doctor accompanied her home, and while she rested, he pulled me aside. "Don't argue with your mother," he said. "It might kill her." I didn't know what to make of that, except that I could kill my...

Fear and other uninvited guests.(GOOD POINT)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 1, 2005... "When we can't fully face our anxiety and clarify its sources, we tend to act it out instead.... We owe it to ourselves and others to learn how to recognize behaviors that reflect and escalate anxiety--and to manage our own anxiety so it...

Click and ye shall find.(A SITE TO SEE)(findthedivine.com)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Internet isn't an obvious place to search for the holy, but at findthedivine.com, seekers of all sorts can get a little closer to enlightenment. The site offers an extensive list of spiritual centers, with a search engine that allows...

Pass the popcorn; At a theater near you: bad dads, pioneering female wrestlers, and a first-rate South African drama.(MOVIES)(The Ballad of Jack and Rose)(Look at Me)(In My Country)(Lipstick and Dynamite)(Movie Review)
March 1, 2005... REBECCA MILLER--DAUGHTER OF Arthur, the legendary playwright and former husband of Marilyn Monroe--knows from larger-than-life fathers. And in her entrancing, lyrical new film, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, the writer-director saddles her...

Their Eyes Were Watching TV: three good reasons to turn it on this month.(TELEVISION)(Brief Article)(Television Program Review)
March 1, 2005... "Love is like the sea... it's different on every shore," observes Janie, who struggles for selfhood during two constrictive marriages in Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC, March 6). Based on the 1937 classic by Zora Neale Hurston (and...

What's playing in Lucinda Williams's ear? The haunting singer goes for lyrical folk, chill-out music, and some gorgeous Delta blues.(MUSIC)(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 1, 2005... Over her 30-year career, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams has produced seven critically acclaimed albums (including 1998's Grammy-winning Car Wheels on a Gravel Road), toured the country more than 40 times, and played with legends like Bob...

Confessions of a (fake) car salesman: Journalist Philip Reed finds out how to really drive a bargain.(RANDOM EXPERT)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... THE AUTO SALESMAN: NOW HERE'S A GUY WHO'S TRYING to get you to part with as much of your money as he can, and who in all probability knows a lot more than he's saying. To level the playing field, edmunds.com consumer advice editor Philip Reed...

Birth of a parent: onesies! Toys! Strollers! Advice and support! All free from a newborn organization.(THAT'S BETTER)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... TEN YEARS AGO, JULIE BURNS, WIFE of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, left a promising career in the art world--which included a plum gig at the prestigious auction house Christie's--to get her degree in social work. She then began working with...

Between trapezes.(GOOD POINT)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
March 1, 2005... "Most of us live our lives as if we're watching a movie--one that someone else is writing, producing, and directing. We sit back with our popcorn and Jujubes and say, 'I wonder how this will turn out?'... Well, guess what? The answer lies...

"Hello, Joan, it's me, God": a teenage girl who talks to God. A God who appears as ordinary people, from a cafeteria worker to a cute guy to a little girl. Sound like a fever dream? Try Joan of Arcadia, the freshest, most divine hit on prime-time television. Brett Martin sits down with its inspired creator.(television)
March 1, 2005... "OKAY, SO EPISODE 210 IS ABOUT questions and coming to terms with the fact that you'll never have answers," says the shortish woman behind the desk. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Barbara Hall is presiding over a meeting of the writers of Joan...

Something to think about.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Money can incite all kinds of anxiety. Some people deal with it by living in denial; others worry constantly. A healthier relationship to money starts with a careful examination of your current financial habits--the good, the bad, the downright...

The O list.(Oprah 's advices about accessories)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... "A few things I think are just great."--OPRAH Scale the Heights "Here's a very chic way to practice portion control." ($42, Typhoon for Garnet Hill; 800-688-1003) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fit to Be Tried "This is exactly...

The safari jacket--six ways: buttoned up or open; with a belt or without; sparked by sequins, bright color, or white ... the khaki jacket--here, a well-cut, well-priced version from Gap--has many sides, many lives.(fashion)
March 1, 2005... DONNA BUNTE Acupuncturist and herbalist, 46 "I don't wear a white coat for work--too unapproachable--but I do wear jackets. The cinched waist is good I hate anything boxy. Khaki savvy: This Indian-born classic was reinvented by...

The bold standard: here's a case where extra weight is a good thing. Dinky is out (who needs a necklace you can barely see?), and chunky is in.(KEY PIECE)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... STRING QUINTET One of those wonderful fashion ironies: The chunkier the beads, the slimmer your neck looks by comparison. That doesn't mean you have to walk around festooned with giant rocks--scale up just a little if you're small; go for...

Angels in America.
March 1, 2005... If you think you can't make a crucial difference in other people's lives, here's an extraordinary opportunity. Think small, think big, think lasting impact. This month O teams up with Oprah's Angel Network to support eight remarkable (and...

The next big thing? Maitake mushrooms.(body wise)
March 1, 2005... WHAT THEY ARE: Prized for their graceful appearance, savory flavor, and medicinal properties, maitake mushrooms originated in northeastern Japan and can grow to several feet across and weigh up to 100 pounds. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHY...

Right test, wrong results: when little things can mean a lot.(body wise)
March 1, 2005... MEDICAL TESTS USUALLY SEEM PRETTY cut-and-dried, but they're surprisingly easy to skew. Something as seemingly benign as eating the wrong thing can give bogus results, and now research suggests that you can affect blood pressure readings by...

Invisible fitness move: a different kind of sit-up.(body wise)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... For an easy exercise that firms your glutes and hamstrings, add this move to your daily routine. Whenever you stand up from a chair, do it without using your arms, says Karen Voight, a fitness columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the creator...

Not your mother's recipes: no artery-clogging casseroles. No stultifying stews. There's a fresher, healthier, zestier way to eat, and a great new cookbook brings it home.(body wise)(The New American Plate Cookbook)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... MANY AMERICANS STILL THINK OF DINner as a hunk of meat served alongside mounds of sticky mashed potatoes and soggy peas. But after more than 20 years of research and 4,500 studies, persuasive evidence has emerged that diets rich in vegetables,...

The way to eat: dried fruits versus juicy fruits ... how to beat the yo-yo syndrome ... the best-absorbed vitamins. David L. Katz, MD, fields your nutritional questions.(body wise)
March 1, 2005... Q I've always been overweight. I was told to drop some weight before an operation, and I managed to lose 50 pounds. Post-op, I've gained some back (despite going to the gym three times a week), and I'm trying--unsuccessfully--to lose again....

Sugar shock: the epidemic hits home; Lisa Kogan was nine weeks pregnant when she found out--almost by accident--that she had diabetes (like five million of us, she was walking around undiagnosed) and that her baby was seriously in danger. Two years later, she reflects on the one-two jab life gave her and what she's learned about living with out-of-control blood sugar.(body wise)
March 1, 2005... LIFE CAN TURN ON A DIME. ONE minute you're sitting in your lawyer's office discussing the possibility of adoption, the next you're standing in your bathroom staring at a little stick that--against all odds--has somehow managed to register two...

Are you at risk?(body wise)(diabetes)
March 1, 2005... An estimated 41 million Americans between the ages of 40 and 74 are on the verge of type 2 diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. And because prediabetes has no symptoms, it's easy to miss. When it's caught early, however,...

Look what we found! A spirit-lifting, lusciously lathering soap, a brushless mascara that works like magic, our favorite face mask ... Here's what O's beauty editors--Valerie Monroe and Jolene Edgar--fell in love with this month.(beauty)
March 1, 2005... Who would have thought that a soap, in the last bleak days of winter, could make you glad to be alive? Not us. But when, one dark morning, we opened a box of Robin's Egg Soaps in a Porcelain Nest Dish ($23), from Gianna Rose Atelier, we were...

Ask Val; How embarrassing! Readers write: they've got too much hair or too little, scars, breakouts.... O's beauty director, Valerie Monroe, rushes in with solutions.(beauty)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2005... MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'VE SUSSED out correctly that we in the beauty department at O feel enormous compassion for people who, like us, have struggled with issues related to appearance, you have consistently honored Ask Val with your most intimate,...

What's going on.(Advertisement)
March 1, 2005... COACH HAMPTON'S COLLECTION The Coach Hampton's Collection for Spring 2005 captures the easy elegance of the Hampton's lifestyle with fresh new styles, bold colors and metallic accents. The Scribble Collection delivers a colorful and...

The new gilded age: spare can be chic, but it's sometimes forbidding. Risk a little glitz--a richly beaded pillow, a fancy vase, or a gold-embroidered throw.(comfort zone)
March 1, 2005... ORNATE IS GREAT because it doesn't feel mass-produced. Lavish pillows and throws--a fine way to brighten and sweeten a hard-edged modern chair--evoke a time when needlework was hand-done and tastes were lusher, less severe. 1. Megan Park...

A date with density: the key to digging in without pigging out is learning to trust yourself, says restaurant owner Maureen Meehan. The proof is in the (sticky toffee) pudding.(great food)
March 1, 2005... WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS OFF ON A BUSINESS TRIP NOT LONG AGO, Maureen Meehan had a hot date. Several, in fact. "I rented two chick flicks and ordered two of our sticky toffee puddings to go," recalls the co-owner of Five Points restaurant in New...

Barbara Corcoran's second act: she sold her wildly successful real estate business and suddenly, for the first time in her life, felt lost, muddled, unsure of what to do next. Julie Morgenstern helps a directionless dynamo get past the empty-desk syndrome and sort out a new life.(getting organized)(Biography)
March 1, 2005... I'D SEEN HER JUBILANT FACE ON billboards for years. Barbara Corcoran, founder of the Corcoran Group, one of New York's top real estate agencies, had a dynamic, larger-than-life image. I expected to be intimidated by her when we met. ...

Movers and shakers.(reading room)(Ailey Spirit: The Journey of an American Dance Company)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Talk about body language! An Alvin Ailey dancer speaks through movement--sensuous, sinuous, too nakedly joyous for words. AILEY SPIRIT: THE JOURNEY OF AN AMERICAN DANCE COMPANY (Stewart, Tabori & Chang), by Robert Tracy, celebrates the...

How I got like this: Fat Girl is an intimate memoir of appetite.(reading room)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... JUDITH MOORE, RAISED ON A STEADY diet of sorrow and shame, vividly serves up her story in Fat Girl (Hudson Street). Abandoned by her father, reviled by her slender, beautiful mother, she satiates her yearning for love by eating. And eating and...

Absolutely stabulous.(reading room)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
March 1, 2005... You know her--that "friend" who's mastered the art of patting you on the head while knifing you in the back. Here, a close encounter with your nemesis. Oh my God, I am so glad I got a chance to see you perform. Wow, that was fun! That was...

Our friends write.(reading room)(Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith)(Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith)(A Changed Man)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... O columnist Martha Beck's "love affair with evidence" began when she left her Mormon community in Provo, Utah, to study sociology at Harvard. Returning with her Mormon husband and children, one with Down syndrome, she thought she was back in...

Caution: adults at play; Amy Hempel's gorgeous variations on sex, love, and desire, in her intrepid new collection.(reading room)(The Dog of the Marriage)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... The Dog of the Marriage (SCRIBNER) IS AMY HEMPEL'S FOURTH collection of short fiction, each as light in the hand and dangerous as plastique. There are writers who pull you along in deep, satisfying drafts of narrative and human color; then...

Losing our minds: a provocative look at the way TV, radio, e-mail, and ads distort--and replace--reality.(reading room)(How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Reading Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It (Bloomsbury) is like spending time with a wild, wired friend--the kind who keeps you up late and lures you outside your comfort zone with a speed...

In praise of Little Women: imagine unearthing your inner girl--not to mention a family more beloved in its way than your own. Francine Prose rediscovers the power, glory, joy, grief, and sheer timelessness of the March sisters.(reading room)(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2005... I DON'T HOW OLD I WAS WHEN I first read Little Women. But I do remember that when I changed schools in fourth grade, I made my first friends on the basis of our shared passion for the March sisters. It was as if my new friends and I already had...

Movable feast: a fascinating memoir of confused exile, great food, and home truths.(reading room)(The Language of Baklava)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Diana Abu-Jaber grew up in two opposing worlds--the sameness-seeking conformity of Syracuse, New York, and the rollicking, dusty intimacy of Amman, Jordan--the child of an American mother and an Arab father. At the start of her truly charming...

Biblio: recommendations from our shelf to yours.(reading room)(Stop That Girl)(The Position)(The Professor's Daughter)(Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees )(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... * Why is it such a kick to read Elizabeth McKenzie's Stop That Girl (Random House)? Certainly Ann Ransom, the impulsive schoolgirl who comes of age in these interconnected tales, has more than her share of heartbreak. But whether surviving a...

Books that made a difference to Amanda Peet: a southern tomboy, an L.A. actress, a deposed shah, a GI, killer poems, and one terrific short-story collection make up the star's literary fascinations.(reading room)
March 1, 2005... WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I COULD ALWAYS TELL which books around the house belonged to my mother and which were my father's. My mom would be in the middle of The Hurried Child or The Interpretation of Dreams. My dad would usually have a paperback...

Anti-aging breakthrough: better than Botox[R]*?[TM] "Who would have thought a stretch mark reducer would turn out to be the anti-wrinkle breakthrough of the decade!".(Advertisement)
March 1, 2005... In a remarkable turn of events, arguably one of the strangest in the history of cosmetics, women across the country are putting a stretch-mark reducing emulsion called StriVectin-SD[R] on their face to diminish the appearance of fine lines,...

Martha Beck: the secrets you're not telling yourself; You may not want to get in touch with your messiest feelings--sadness, rage, resentment--but one way or another, they're going to get in touch with you. Martha Beck shows you how to defuse and deal.(advice, etc.)
March 1, 2005... "OF COURSE I'M OUT OF MY MIND," SAID one of my daughter's friends the other day. "It's dark and scary in there!" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I wish all of us were so honest. Freud's great contribution was the recognition that consciousness...

Relationships: stand back from the rope! No matter how close you are to another person, sooner or later you'll move too far into their space or they'll crowd you--and there'll be a sudden chill in the air. Therapist Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD, helps people figure out how to be intimate without being intrusive.(advice, etc.)
March 1, 2005... HARRY HAD A LONG DAY, AND NOW HE'S EXCITED ABOUT SEEING his wife, Deanna. During the car ride home, he fantasizes about kissing her when he walks in the door. She greets him when he arrives, and he bends to meet her lips--but Deanna turns her...

The $1,500 spring shopping challenge.
March 1, 2005... What's your spending style? Given a goodly chunk of change, would you splurge on a single heart-stopping piece (maybe the bag to end all bags), invest in one fabulous head-to-toe outfit, or spread the wealth with a bunch of fun, budget-friendly...

Money: the million dollar question.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... More baffling than Where does it all go? More challenging than How can I get more? The real question is: How much is enough? John D. Rockefeller had a famous answer. "Just a little bit more." Of course: Money is a cushion against disaster, the...

The anxious woman's guide to financial serenity: Anne Lamott's been rich and she's been poor, and frankly, she's uncomfortable either way. A self-confessed money neurotic talks about guilt, anxiety, envy, fear of being envied, why we allow money or the lack of it to define us, and how to buy a little peace of mind.
March 1, 2005... YESTERDAY MY SON and I were at an airport heading back after our annual visit with his father. I did not have any cash on me to pay for our cab home, so I went to the ATM and tried to withdraw some money. It said my request had been denied,...

How much is enough? We get to work early, stay late, toil weekends, sign up for second shifts. Is this any way to run a life? Or should we be more like the Europeans, who work less (by a staggering 350 hours a year) but may be happier? Lise Funderburg talks to ten writers, thinkers, and financial experts and gets some bottom-line answers.
March 1, 2005... NEWS FLASH: THOSE SHINY, HAPpy people on the front of the 401(k) brochure? Models. Fakers. Well-paid pretty faces. In their blemishless, flatteringly lit world, money is simply a tool for building a better life, not a keeps-you-up-at-night,...

How to take care of your money so your money takes care of you.
March 1, 2005... IN YOUR 20s... * Master your credit score. It determines the interest rates you'll get on loans and credit cards, and a good one--above 720--will save you money throughout your life. Visit myfico.com to get your score, understand how it's...

Women who outearn their husbands: more and more of us are the family's chief breadwinner, while an increasing number of men are following their bliss. Question: is this fair? Right? Good? Satisfying? Disastrous? Amanda Robb explores the flip side of leave it to Beaver.
March 1, 2005... I MAKE MORE MONEY than my husband. A lot more. Sometimes--like right now, 6:53 A.M. on a Saturday and I'm working--I get really angry about it. I fantasize about being some alpha male's trophy wife, napping off his neglect in our $9,000 Dux...

Deal-making: how to play like a guy.(women as negotiators)
March 1, 2005... I stood peering into one of the busiest trading pits in the world, watching as hundreds of traders screamed at the top of their lungs, waved their hands to signal their offers, and occasionally elbowed a neighboring bidder in the ribs just to...

Desperate housewives: what every married woman should know about money; Does your husband handle the finances in your family? Carol Mithers thinks it's time you had a look at the books.
March 1, 2005... Marijane Levee still remembers the havoc left by her father's sudden death two decades ago, when she was in her early 20s. "My mother knew nothing about the family's finances--nothing," says Levee, who lives in Pelham, New York. "She wasn't...

62 solid-gold ways to save money on everything from popcorn to your next vacation.
March 1, 2005... 1 Rethink the daily grind. At my Starbucks, purchasing a regular coffee instead of a latte saves me about $2 a day, or more than $730 a year. 2 Choose stationery over greeting cards. Some birthday cards are five bucks, while gorgeous--even...

"You are what you give".
March 1, 2005... For most people, one of life's greatest challenges is how to find enough money to survive and be happy. But for all people, that search has a mirror half: how to spend whatever you have in a way that brings happiness. A big part of how to spend...

How much does it cost to feel beautiful? There's nothing like love or a compliment or catching yourself in a good light to make you feel gorgeous. Some of the best beautifiers in life are free. Then again, a great $1.50 lip balm can lift you up, too. A top dermatologist swears by a $5 body polish. And sometimes an unabashed splurge is worth every cent. Raising the question.
March 1, 2005... I was having one of those days. Something mysterious--I don't know what--had happened overnight to my hair; it suddenly looked like hell. Wrong shape, wrong color, all wrong. In supercritical mode, I wasn't feeling very friendly toward my face,...

Breathing space.(Illustration)
March 1, 2005... Let the loon's call carry you through the morning mist as the bow of your canoe silently cleaves the surface of this pristine lake. Watch as gentle ripples travel toward the wooded shoreline of Minnesota's Boundary Waters. PHOTOGRAPH BY...

Tantric sex: you've read about it. You've wondered about it. Hours and hours of kissing. Soul-melding eye contact. Transcendental sex.... Hey, I'll have what they're having! But what's involved? And what does a weekend workshop in the Poconos have to do with the real thing? Aimee Lee Ball comes back with a firsthand report.
March 1, 2005... AN URBAN LEGEND WITH THE RING of authenticity cites a survey in which tantric sex tops the list of subjects that most interest 14- to 25-year-olds--the prototype MTV generation. Me too, although I'm hardly MTV's target audience. Who wouldn't be...

Steaming! Save the flavor, lose the fat. Oprah's chef, Art Smith, goes full steam ahead with chicken dumplings, cabbage-wrapped salmon, and the sultriest desserts you've ever tasted.(cookbook)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ME: Do you steam foods for Oprah? ART SMITH: Yes, all the time. ME: Does she know about it? ART: No! ART SMITH, OPRAH'S PERSONAL CHEF AND THE AUTHOR of the new cookbook Kitchen Life (Hyperion), wants to put the steaminess back...

Calvin hits the ground running: nothing will come between you and these sexy, minimalist shoes from Calvin Klein--especially when you see how reasonably they're priced. Grab a pair and go.(Fashion)
March 1, 2005... PURE AND SIMPLE 1. Boot season is (finally) over--revel in the incredible lightness of lizard-print leather ($90). 2. Stay grounded in linen flats with a bit of gleam, part of the move back to naturals ($80). 3. Not too high or bare for...

Stealing beauty: a new line of cosmetics lets you go slightly crazy--play! experiment! fall on your face!--without going broke.(Beauty)
March 1, 2005... Guess the price of every item on this page. Go on, guess. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Okay, so maybe the giant dollar sign tipped you off, but, believe us, the quality of these e.l.f. (eyes.lips.face.) cosmetics would never give it away....

Steaming: ... is believing! Try cabbage-wrapped salmon; beer-infused sausages; juicy, Asian-influenced pears (for story, see page 240).(THE RECIPES)
March 1, 2005... Steamed Pacific Rim Dumplings with Minced Chicken [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dipping sauce: 3/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar 1 Tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar 1 Tbsp. minced fresh cilantro 2 to 3 tsp....

Shop guide (all prices are approximate).
March 1, 2005... COVER/HERE WE GO P.43 Kaufmanfranco trenchcoat, $2,195, Hirshleifer's, Long Island, and Ultimo, Chicago. William Goldberg Ashoka-cut diamond earrings, price upon request; williamgoldberg.com. Cathy Carmendy Fine Jewelry diamond and red-coral...

What I know for sure.(spending money)(Column)
March 1, 2005... WHY ANYONE CHOOSES TO LIVE A life in debt has always been a puzzle to me. I'll never forget a couple who appeared on my show last year. Though they'd only been married for nine months, their relationship was already buckling beneath the weight...