O, The Oprah Magazine articles from May 2004

O, The Oprah Magazine archives from May 2004

We hear you! Readers debate when to call a relationship quits, weigh the merits of mother-daughter dieting, experience a quiet dose of Beatlemania, and more....(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Having recently gotten up the courage to leave a six-year relationship, I went straight to Judith Sills's article in the March issue ["If the Horse Is Dead, Get Off"]. I cried when I read, "Often the hardest part of the escape is the decision...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2004... Correction: The lipsticks on page 138 of the March 2004 issue were credited incorrectly. The correct credits: 1. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Coffee Bean. 2. furlique Natural Lipstick in Wildwood. 3. Three Custom Color Specialists Chanel...

It's body confidence month!(Here We Go)(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
May 1, 2004... I spent a great deal of my life being fat, and I can tell you it's not a pretty situation, not just because it's hard to find things that fit and our entire society is biased against those who are overweight, but because for me, being out of...

The subject is confidence.(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... MAY "To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth... is potentially to have everything...."--Joan Didion [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Sexual confidence: Phillip C. McGraw, PhD, on what it takes to "put a little strut in your stuff.".(Tell It Like It Is)
May 1, 2004... OF ALL THE THINGS THAT AFFECT our sexual satisfaction, the most important element is sexual confidence. By that I mean knowing not only that you're desirable but also that what you bring to a sexual encounter is likely to be highly valued by...

Suze Orman: "repeat--I'm worth every penny I charge"; Getting paid fairly ... a newlywed's trust issues ... and a woman's retirement worries.(Financial Freedom)
May 1, 2004... Q I'm a successful interior designer who went out on my own three years ago. The problem is that I grew up in a poor household where money was always an issue; now I feel guilty when it comes to billing clients and often shortchange my hours to...

Live your best life.(Brief Article)(Poem)
May 1, 2004... When she walks into the room, everybody turns: some kind of light is coming from her head. Even the geraniums look curious.... We're all attracted to the perfume of fermenting joy, we've all tried to start a fire, and one day...

Sela Ward's aha! Moment: two boys, brothers, about to be separated. And for the actress, a brainstorm, a mission, and, finally, a village called Hope.(Turning Point)
May 1, 2004... IN DECEMBER OF 2000, I WAS IN MY HOMETOWN OF Meridian, Mississippi, and a friend took me on a tour of an emergency shelter for abused children that she'd started. Later that week, I went out and bought some gifts for the kids who were staying...

What's playing in Wynton Marsalis's ear? The multitalented, multi-Grammy winner loves white-hot jazz, dark blue requiems, and the coppery finger-snap of Cuban music.(Music)(Interview)
May 1, 2004... Wynton Marsalis is all that's jazz and has the resume to prove it. The son of a jazz musician and the brother of several, Marsalis cofounded Jazz at Lincoln Center, was the first jazz artist ever to win a Pulitzer Prize, heads the Jazz for...

In the air tonight: more than 100 stations--and no commercials! John House reports.(Gizmo)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... IN AN AGE OF IPODS, MP3S, AND CHEAP CD BURNERS, traditional radio has come to seem like a dinosaur--Barney the dinosaur, to be precise. With its incessant ads and hits in heavy rotation, it's as flabby, cloying, and mind-numbingly repetitive as...

Kathy Griffin's laugh track.(TV: Guest Critic)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Kathy Griffin, a comic actress with fire-engine hair and a fire-alarm voice, thinks reality shows are some of the funniest things on TV, but they leave her laughing at more than laughing with. The programs she finds intentionally funny are the...

Anticipation list: what we're looking forward to this month.(LYBL)
May 1, 2004... War movies don't always float our boats (much less launch a thousand ships), but we'll make an exception for Troy. After all, how many battle epics feature Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, and--yes--Brad Pitt in studded-leather gladiator wear? (Not...

She's the top.(LYBL)(LaShell Griffin)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Think the life of a newly minted singing sensation is all Champagne, spotlights, and air kisses? Not so, says LaShell Griffin, whose gorgeous, gospel-trained voice won her top honors and a recording contract with Epic Records in Oprah's Pop...

Stars and Stripes: take one Loretta Lynn, add a White Stripe ... for the hottest, coolest musical a-team collaboration of the year. Karen Schoemer sits down with the coal miner's daughter.(Music)
May 1, 2004... LIKE ALL THE GREAT ICONS OF COUNtry music--Hank Williams, George Jones, Johnny Cash--Loretta Lynn got that way not by upholding Nashville's conventions but by smashing them. Playing guitar at the Grand Ole Opry back when women were supposed to...

Something to think about.(Whose body is it, anyway? )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... THE BODY IS OUR CONNECTION TO THE WORLD--THE VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH WE EXPRESS OUR TALENTS, DESIRES, PERSONALITY, DREAMS. IS YOUR BODY REVEALING YOUR BEST SELF? CURL UP SOMEWHERE COMFORTABLE AND CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: 1 Is your body a...

You're going out like that?!(Satellite Sisters)
May 1, 2004... Q A dear friend has begun to dress way too young for her age. She asks for your opinion on her latest purchase, fit for a teenager. Question: Do you tell your girlfriend to grow up, or do you keep your mouth shut? The SATELLITE SISTERS sound...

Bauble trouble: tangled chains, single earrings, wandering bracelets ... If your jewelry is all over the place, Julie Morgenstern can help you think outside the box.(Getting Organized)
May 1, 2004... ONE OF MY CLIENTS WAS CLEANING OUT A CLOSET WHEN SHE discovered an old jewelry box jammed with tangled necklaces--valuable pieces she'd forgotten she owned. Her find points up a challenge we all face with jewelry: It's easy to lose track of it....

What lawyers know that you wish you knew: thinking like a lawyer--and we mean that in the best possible way--can help you negotiate dinner parties, make your case for a raise, and generally get a better deal in life. Jamie Bufalino talks strategy with attorney and TV commentator Lis Wiehl.(Tactics)
May 1, 2004... DEEP WITHIN A NEW YORK CITY OFFICE building, a pair of feisty radio personalities sit inside a glass-enclosed broadcast studio battling for airtime like two goldfish going after a flake of food. "The weapons of mass destruction scenario that we...

Shame! Embarrassment! Humiliation! Are there things in your life that make you want to crawl under a rock? Or things you haven't done for fear of looking like a fool? Martha Beck has a three-point plan to get you past the tyranny of What will they think? Now, doesn't that feel better already?
May 1, 2004... "YOU MUST LEARN TO TOLERATE THE HUMILIATION OF taking your child out in public. Try to ignore the stares and insensitive comments of the people around you." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I don't remember where I read these words--I vaguely...

What's going on.(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... DODGE CARAVAN My Mom. My Mentor. Mother's Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Mom. It's a time to honor the women in our lives--whether she's your mother, grandmother, sister or friend. Write in and tell us more about...

O to go.
May 1, 2004... "Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part."--Aimee Mullins Who's That Girl? Post these cards on a mirror to remind yourself to rejoice--daily and non-fault-findingly--in the power, glory,...

The O list.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... "A few things I think are just great."-OPRAH Kiss, Kiss "Shopping just got a whole lot easier, thanks to tubes that show the exact shade of lipstick inside. My makeup man, Reggie Wells, turned me on to these, and it was love at first...

Meet the dress; Don't stand in front of the closet and obsess: there's a speedier, easier way to do spring and summer. Seven women slip on a dress--and just take off.(Style Fashion)
May 1, 2004... GOOD FORM The innate grace and body-molding properties of this Renoir-inspired gown (Moschino Couture, $3,110) mark a womanly moment in fashion. KATHLEEN SMITH FRANCIS Chef-chocolatier, 41. Dress code Fresh. "Dresses are so...

The chain gang: no missing links this season: the bag to bond with is structured and ladylike, with built-in jewelry and a proven fashion track record.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... AFTER YEARS OF baguette madness and hobo fever, it's time for a chain reaction: The latest, greatest bags have links to the past (the original was invented by Coco Chanel in 1955) and a firm grip on the future (they're instant heirlooms). Top...

The perfect touch: crisp and soft at the same time, linen is the ultimate warm-weather fabric--and it's as fresh for the table or bathroom as it is for a summer dress.
May 1, 2004... TOPPED WITH CREAM For a white-on-white table, layer rich textures--sheer ruffles, intricate needlework--and subtly different shades of pale. (You can often find real treasures at flea markets.) Let the food, and some glorious pink flowers...

Look what we found! A bouquet of floral fragrances for spring, the secret to beautiful nails, the perfect brow pencil, and more ... Here's what O's beauty editors--Valerie Monroe and Beth Janes--fell in love with this month.(Beauty Girls'Toys)
May 1, 2004... We bet some people think of florals as the "dumb blondes" of fragrance. (Or the girly-girls. Nothing wrong with that, we say.) Have we got news for them: Each of these five new florals releases a unique bouquet, at once full-bodied and...

Cellulite: the hype, the hope, the bottom line; There's no shame in cellulite. Ninety percent of women have it, and it isn't caused by eating too much or exercising too little. So does that mean there's nothing you can do about it? Not quite. Christine Fellingham cuts through the nonsense and sizes up the latest treatments.(Beauty Report)
May 1, 2004... HOW'S THIS FOR EVIDENCE THAT OUR BEAUTY standards are completely arbitrary? Dimples adorning a smile are utterly adorable. Dimples sprinkled about the hips and thighs? Not adorable. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But cellulite is normal, says...

Ask Val: questions about face moisturizers? You've come to the right place. O's beauty director, Valerie Monroe, gives you the straight story.(Beauty)
May 1, 2004... Do I really need a different kind of moisturizer for the area around my eyes? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You can get by without one if your skin isn't sensitive and your moisturizer doesn't irritate your eyes. Of course, you can also go...

The breath of fire: invisible exercise of the month.(Body Wise)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Clear your mind and tone your abs with this yoga move from Molly Fox, author of the new Molly Fox's Yoga Weight Loss Program. Take a slow, deep breath--inhaling and exhaling through your nose--followed by a smaller half breath. Now pull your...

Food fights.(Body Wise)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... In the first heady days of romance, a lover's quirks can be charming: the way he'll demolish an entire pizza, the way she'll whip up a souffle to show she cares. But honeymoons end, and food issues can rival snoring as a source of conflict....

Alzheimer's relief?(Body Wise)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... There may finally be good news about Alzheimer's disease: Recently, the FDA approved the first drug to treat it in its more severe stages. And now a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has shown that the new drug, a pill...

The newest (oldest) magic pill.(Body Wise)(Aspirin)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Aspirin, one of the first wonder drugs of the 20th century, has been enjoying a renaissance. Study after study has shown that regular use of the drug, which acts as an anti-inflammatory and mild blood thinner, not only can lower the risk of...

The way to eat: absorbing calcium (what helps, what hinders) ... best bets for the lactose intolerant ... and dealing with a raging appetite. David L. Katz, MD, dishes it out.(Body Wise)
May 1, 2004... I'm a little over weight, but I'm almost always hungry and can eat a massive amount of food. What can I do to control my cravings?--LORA RIGGS, CAMPBELLSVILLE, KENTUCKY It may seem impossible, but you can do a lot to rein in your appetite....

Vacationfun: when it's time for a girls' getaway, it's time for Mississippi.(Special Travel Section)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... Every now and then, you just have to get away. No family. No kids. No husband or significant other (no matter how significant he may be). Just you and a few of your favorite girlfriends, together on a mission to restore sanity and revive the...

Kissimmee-St. Cloud, Florida.(Special Travel Section)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... The location is ideal-a friendly neighborhood setting drenched in sunshine. World-famous theme parks. Breathtaking scenery. Amazing wildlife. Unbelievable shopping. Minutes from the WALT DISNEY WORLD[R] Resort. Visit www.floridakiss.com...

Explore St. Louis. There's more than meets the Arch.[R].(Special Travel Section)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... There's no expiration date on memories. Create a scrapbook-worthy adventure for the entire family when you explore St. Louis in 2004. This year, we can show you how to follow the trails of Lewis & Clark or make tracks of your own to more...

The it body: Jane Fonda, Raquel Welch, Iman, Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Tiegs, and Jayne Kennedy--their figures made them famous, opened doors, and shaped the way we look at women. How did that make them feel? And how do they feel now? They talk candidly to Sara Davidson.(Confidence)
May 1, 2004... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD ONCE WROTE that the very rich "are different from you and me." Is the same true of women with very great bodies, women who have The Body of the moment, the one other women admire and envy and men fantasize about? I...

Act II: enter smiling; You try holding up a frozen dinner and beaming insanely while the cameras whir. Novelist Dani Shapiro did--and learned a few good lessons about just playing herself.(Confidence)
May 1, 2004... I AM STANDING IN A WINDOWLESS room furnished with only a video camera set up on a tripod and three taped x's on the floor. The front of the room is dim, but the back is flooded by a bright spotlight that shines in the direction of the taped...

Dinner at the heartland restaurant: in a beef-and-bacon-loving midwestern town, chef Matt Steigerwald's world-class cooking is astounding farmers, poets, and professors--and luring serious eaters to the Iowa plains.(Great Food)
May 1, 2004... I HESITATE TO SAY THAT MATT Steigerwald, chef-owner of the Lincoln Cafe in Mount Vernon, Iowa, has started a food revolution in a corner of the world that badly needed one. But I believe in my bones that he has. Here in the rural heartland,...

Kitchen confidential: she feels fat, tired, badly dressed, and utterly inadequate in the presence of a perfect hostess. But wait, there's a twist. Lisa Wolfe finds out why the roast is always juicier at someone else's dinner party.(Confidence)
May 1, 2004... I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF MY CLOSET, searching for something that fits. So far, I have tried on a pair of black pants, which I couldn't zip up, a blue tent dress, which made me look like a tent, and an old purple skirt, which felt promising...

Talking points: is feeling insecure part of being female? In this letter to her daughters, Mary Matalin has a few wise words about using fear, facing loneliness, and getting confident.(Reading Room)
May 1, 2004... Dear Unfortunate Carriers of the Matalin DNA, One night Daddy was telling me what a great idea these letters were and what a wonderful keepsake for you guys they will be and how he was looking forward to it and--I cut him off. ...

Mind your body: you may have forgotten that 20-year-old trauma, but your nerves and muscles haven't.(Reading Room)(Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: The Body/Mind Connection )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... What secrets do our bodies keep from us? What pin-sharp memories of pain and terror do our bodies hold on to long after our analytical brains have shut them down, locked them out, tucked them safely out of reach? How many of our headaches,...

Vanishing acts: a clear-eyed memoir of absentee men.(Reading Room)(Missing Men )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... With a style balanced between lyricism and forceful clarity, Joyce Johnson has become one of our premier memoirists. Her smart, tough take on the New York literary world of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s has been particularly satisfying to readers...

Oh, baby: two memoirs--one wry, one riotous--chronicle the perils of late-life parenthood.(Reading Room)(You Make Me Feel Like an Unnatural Woman: Diary of a New (Older) Mother)(Baby B )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... NO BELL TOLLS MORE URGENTLY THAN THE ONE THAT GOES OFF IN A person's head telling them they need a baby. Once upon a time, we imagined this alarm rang only in women's brains, but now we know that men are also prone to the overwhelming desire to...

Love is.(Reading Room)(Poem)
May 1, 2004... When her husband died several years ago, Jane Mayhall, now 85, began to write Impassioned love poems. Here, one from her recently published first collection, Sleeping Late on Judgment Day: Poems (Knopf). Love is not gourmet cream truffles...

Biblio: recommendations from our shelf to yours.(Reading Room)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
May 1, 2004... * Reading E.L. Doctorow's new collection, Sweet Land Stories (Random House), is like watching a literary tap dance: smooth, fast, and full of snazzy surprises. Whether set in an Illinois backwater, where a seductive hustler and her son try to...

Tales out of school: a scrapbook of desegregation.(Reading Room)(Remember. The Journey to School Integration)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... If hope were visible, it would look like this: Toni Morrison's Remember. The Journey to School Integration (Houghton Mifflin), a book of modern words and archival photographs celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Brown v. Board of...

Learning curves: a shimmering novel set in 1959 Virginia examines family--and racial--fracture.(Reading Room)(Prince Edward )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... At once endearingly guileless and prodigiously clear-sighted, 10-year-old Benjamin Rome is the ideal guide to shepherd us through the tangled thicket of family secrets and political conflict at the heart of Prince Edward (Holt), Dennis...

Survival story: a stunning novel of brothers, land, grief, and redemption.(Reading Room)(Eventide)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... THE DRY, COLD AIR OF Colorado's high plains seems to intensify the light Kent Haruf shines on every character in his masterful novel Eventide (Knopf), a sequel to his Plainsong of a few years ago. But it isn't just the austere landscape that...

Spring ahead! Start the spring season right with these new things to wear, own and enjoy.(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... Clarins Spring Ahead with a Sensual, Sun-Kissed Glow! Clarins NEW Sheer Bronze Tinted Self-Tanning For Legs offers an iridescent tint for ultra-easy, flawless application, creating an irresistible, sexy shimmer. Visit the Clarins...

Striking a chord: Zeus and Hera. Rhett and Scarlett. Calvin and Hobbes. Broadway star Audra McDonald resonates to power, passion, and little boys with tigers.(Books That Made a Difference)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... BOOKS ARE A BIG PART OF MY ADULT LIFE AND A huge part of my parenting--my 3-year-old daughter loves to be read to at night. (Her favorite book right now is Go, Dog. Go!) But when I was growing up, my mother, father, and sister were the real...

The mists of avalon.(Audra McDonald's Bookshelf)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... This is the Arthurian legend from the women's point of view. Traditionally, these women were depicted as evil or seductive. But in this version, you see them as three-dimensional characters who have issues and who happen to have powers that...

Mythology.(Audra McDonald's Bookshelf)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... I first became interested in Greek myths when I was in the seventh grade. This is embarrassing, but I actually pretended the Greek gods did exist. (When you're that age, it's okay to do that, right?) I would say to Zeus and Hera, "I'm sorry no...

Gone with the Wind.(Audra McDonald's Bookshelf)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... When I was a sophomore at Juilliard, I wanted to visit relatives in Lawrenceville, Virginia, but the only way I could afford to get there was by Greyhound bus. That's an 11-hour drive from New York, so I grabbed Gone with the Wind. I read the...

Sister Carrie.(Audra McDonald's Bookshelf)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Fisher Stevens, the actor and producer, gave me this book on opening night of my first Broadway show, Carousel. It's about a girl named Carrie who works very hard to become someone. I found it powerful material. Dreiser wrote a devastating love...

One hundred years of solitude.(Audra McDonald's Bookshelf)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... I found this book on my mother's shelf when I was in high school. It's hard to pick a favorite among his novels, but this was special because I read it first. You can smell where you are in his stories. You can feel it, you can taste it, and...

The authoritative Calvin and Hobbes.(Audra McDonald's Bookshelf)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... When I was 21, in my junior year at Juilliard, I had a complete breakdown. I had to leave school, and I couldn't work. I couldn't focus on anything. My mother came to see me and for some reason brought a Calvin and Hobbes collection. It was the...

Mother's Day gift guide: pamper Mom for $100 or less!(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... Cozy Pajamas from PajamaGram[R] Mom deserves to be pampered, and sending her a PajamaGram gift is the perfect way to thank her for everything she does. She'll love it! The PajamaGram Company offers wonderful sleepwear styles, each delivered in...

Can you hear me? Her daughter was born deaf, and so she began to wage all-out war to keep the child from disappearing into silence. Sheila Kohler reports on the most unsentimental education of her life.(Family)
May 1, 2004... I AM SITTING TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER, Cybele, her gaze fixed intently on my face, when she puts her hand on my arm and glances around the room. "Where is Masha?" she asks, referring to her eldest daughter. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Oprah talks to Stevie Wonder: since the age of 12, he's been the sunshine of our musical lives. Now the 22-time Grammy winner--a true-blue living legend--talks about the music of his mind, his inner visions ("I am not a normal man"), fatherhood (seven children!), staying connected to the world--and his first album in ten years (out this month).(Interview)
May 1, 2004... Quick, name five things you love about your body. How come that's such a tough thing for so many of us to do? This month the subject is confidence. We're looking at what it takes to feel secure in our sexuality, our skin, our place in the...

Tender is the bite: spring vegetables--flavorful, colorful, and gorgeously newborn--bring wake-up-from-winter joie de vivre to salads, pastas, and main courses.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... If spring vegetables were paintings, they'd be watercolors: light, delicate, shyly tender, and possessed of a budding freshness that points to limitless possibilities. Just as with watercolors, their appeal comes from the juxtaposition of...

Be confident!
May 1, 2004... 1942 Rosie rolled up her sleeves and demolished the little-woman stereotype of her time. What did she have? Guts. Moxie. In a word, confidence. What does any rule-breaking, role-defying achievement take? Right. * This issue is here to bolster...

What are you afraid of? Fear is an energy. It can paralyze you or move you forward. Your choice! Frances Moore Lappe explains why what looks like a big red stop sign can often mean go.
May 1, 2004... NOBODY GETS UP IN THE MORNING and says, "I want a child to die of hunger today" or "I want pollution to get worse." But both things will happen. My whole life has been about peeling away the layers of "why, why, why," and as I neared my 60th...

And don't mess with ... wonder woman. Cagney and Lacey. Buffy. Lara Croft, etc. A roundup of role models with style, spirit, and cojones to burn.
May 1, 2004... 1976 Wonder Woman. Brought to life by Lynda Carter, the golden-lasso-packing mama proved she could hold her own inside the allmale superhero lair. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1976 Charlie's Angels. So they were a tad more...

5 shots of self-esteem: some of us are born confident, some achieve confidence, and some have confidence thrust upon us in a sudden, brilliant, life-altering flash. Five women tell about the fresh, strange, liberating moment when they saw themselves in a new light.
May 1, 2004... 1 A Swelling of Confidence One of my favorite pictures of my mother was snapped by a street photographer in 1956 when she was in her early 20s. It's in black-and-white, but I know from listening to her that the slender coat she's wearing,...

Can you have too much self-esteem? Confidence is one thing--we love it. A sense of entitlement is just plain irritating. Patricia Marx draws the line.
May 1, 2004... Self-esteem, we've been told, is the prerequisite for happiness, healthy relationships, winning at sports, poise in public speaking, standing up straight, nice handwriting--you name it. Like broccoli, it is something you cannot have too much...

VA-VA-VA-blcom! Like Marilyn Monroe on a stem, peonies are glamorous, voluptuous, and heart-stoppingly unforgettable. They're also amazingly low-maintenance.
May 1, 2004... PEONIES ARE THE HUSSIES OF spring. No shrinking violets, they're so blowsy and brazen that a single glance can leave you breathless. Whether you're planting or arranging, it takes spunk to play well with peonies. Some meek souls will...

I hate my hair.
May 1, 2004... You see these six women who seem to be waiting patiently in a salon? We brought them together because they all had a common complaint their hair. Too curly. Too straight. Not long enough. Long but lank. Too round, too square, too dark, too...

The new girls: they're smart, sexy, feisty, athletic, and confident. They're nothing like any generation that's gone before. And if you think they're formidable now, says Amanda Robb, wait till they get out of school.
May 1, 2004... ALPHA GIRLS. PHAT GIRLS. RIOT GRRRLS. GIRLY GURLS. Divas. Jockettes. Suddenly they're swaggering everywhere, showing off curves that pop out of their hip-huggers. Dribbling basketballs with their meticulously manicured hands. Rolling their eyes...

Color 2004: catch the wave; what can persuade a shy flower to splash out in blooms as big and vivid as these? Our argument: clothes either trap you in timidity or help you get stronger, make the bold choice.
May 1, 2004... RISK A MIX of gauzy florals (Matta blouse, $79) and carpet-print cotton (Nanette Lepore front-pleat skirt, $172). Pull the patterns together with a tank (Moschino Cheap & Chic Flash, $250) in the pale green they have in common. Sail away in...

Swimwear to streetwear: beach gear or summer clothes? These bold suits and coverups can go both ways.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... 1. Chicer than a towel, the flowery terry polo (Tibi, $143) is as good with jeans as with a bikini (Victoria's Secret, $38). Mai woven tote, $128. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Throw this silk zip jacket (H. Hilfiger, $150) over a sundress...

Is there a hair dresser in the house? How to bring damaged hair back to life, without checking into your salon's intensive-care ward.(Beauty)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * "Totally fried" is how celebrity stylist Ric Pipino described freelance film producer Manushka Montemuino's bleached and chemically relaxed hair. Priority number one: Trim off as much of the damage as possible. He then cut layers to add shape...

The recipes tender is the bite: dishes that bloom in the spring: fresh pea and roasted-garlic crostini, linguine with garlic chives ... (for story, see page 228).(Food)
May 1, 2004... All recipes make 4 servings. Broiled Asparagus with Miso and Ginger [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1/4 cup miso paste 1 small clove garlic, minced 1 tsp. minced fresh ginger 2 tsp. fresh lime juice 1 pinch red pepper...

Shop guide (all prices are approximate).
May 1, 2004... COVER/HERE WE GO P.41 Club Monaco striped merino and acrylic sweater, $69; clubmonaco.com. Calvin Klein silk and linen jacket, $165, and matte jersey dress, $150; 888-222-1213. Elizabeth Locke amethyst and peridot earrings in 19kt gold, $2,800,...

Caribbean dream.(Vieques Island)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... For this month's fashion feature, "Color 2004: Catch the Wave," our crew of models, photographers, and stylists stayed at the Wyndham Martineau Bay Resort & Spa, a tropical getaway in Vieques. Known locally as Isla Nena (Little Girl Island),...

Spring ahead!(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... OFFICIAL RULES Limit one entry per person. You must be at least 18 years old and a legal resident of the U.S. Void where prohibited. Employees (and their families) of The Hearst Corporation, participating advertisers, their subsidiaries...

"I know that I am more than my personality, my body, and my body image".(What I Know for Sure)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... I USED TO BE INTIMIDATED BY CELEBRITIES. I REMEMBER EARLY on in my career, when I was about 24, I was sent to interview all the new stars for the ABC network season. It was the year Mork & Mindy premiered. I had five minutes, tops, to establish...