Hi! Thank you for visiting my website and blog.

I’m a Boston-based writer, magazine editor, speaker, and author. My specialties include satire, mental health, family relationships, and food—do you detect a pattern here? I also love dissecting stupid
things people do with money and why they do them. I’m currently the editor of the Boston Globe’s magazine
for women, Lola. 

I began my career in Washington, DC. I originally worked at NBC News but abandoned my dreams of on-air glory after accidentally hanging up on Tom Brokaw. My duties consisted largely of phonetically transcribing threatening voicemail messages left for correspondents and fetching tuna melts for my superiors.

After this, I moved on to the glorious world of print journalism as editor of Arrive magazine (Amtrak’s onboard magazine) and as a writer and news editor for AOL. I was also able to make the most of my naughty restaurant habit as author of two Moon Metro tourist guides to Washington.

In 2004, I joined the New Republic, where I wrote about pop culture and politics. I also helped launch Jewsrock.org, a website devoted to Jews (Gene Simmons) and aspiring Jews (Bruce Springsteen) in rock and roll. (Crowning achievement: Asking Adam Levine of Maroon 5 whether he’d sing a duet with Paris Hilton. He chortled at me.)

I also became development editor at the Gail Ross Literary Agency, where I helped guide many luminaries through the labyrinthine and exotic process of publishing. The agency is amazing; they represent many of the top journalists working today, including some Pulitzer Prize-winners. It wasn’t a bad gig. Oh, and it was conveniently located across the street from a Chipotle.

Through Gail Ross, my first book, Size Matters (Crown) came out in 2008. It’s a candid Q&A, co-authored with a top New York urologist, addressing all of your “burning” questions about the male anatomy. My husband, Brian, was delighted. My parents more so.

I continue to ghostwrite and collaborate on a variety of book endeavors; right now I’m working on two cookbooks and one women’s health book, in addition to a couple of my own personal projects. I’ve also written for NPR, Slate, The Washingtonian, Body + Soul, Jewcy.com, The Washington Post, The Boston Phoenix and Stuff, and The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. I just got a tasty gig writing restaurant reviews for gayot.com and blogged about my wedding for The New York Observer.

I frequently speak about magazine editing and writing; I’ve also spoken extensively about panic disorder.

I graduated from Mount Holyoke College, where I won awards both for my writing and for my uncanny ability to drive my roommate to the brink of insanity thanks to my obsession with Steely Dan. I edited the Arts & Entertainment section of the Mount Holyoke News and worked as an RA.

In my spare time, I’m a volunteer big sister for Jewish Big Brothers/Big Sisters. I absolutely adore living in Boston. I’m constantly trying to motivate myself to be more athletic and spend an inordinate amount of time sucking in my stomach and grinning painfully. I go through phases where I try to dress like a young Jacqueline Susann. My goal is to write a regular humor column. My culinary vice is dim sum. And I secretly harbor dreams of returning to broadcast journalism. Anyone want to bring me a tuna melt?