What Eve Ensler Knows

Eve Ensler changed my life. She did it in fifteen minutes, from halfway around the world …

Roz Savage Breaks Another World Record

Adventurer and environmentalist Roz Savage is the first woman to row across three oceans. Even more impressive, she did it solo, in a 23-foot rowboat, without a support vessel. “I have battled twenty-foot waves, sleep deprivation, and self-doubt, but I have never been happier,”  Roz says.

Caroline Kennedy: She Walks in Beauty

Caroline Kennedy feels like a childhood friend. I grew up seeing her image on TV and in Life magazine articles. She was a White House princess, and, like many of my classmates, I wanted to be her…

Dead Love: The App-Happy Zombie

Love the un-dead? Find out about popular zombie mobile applications, plus exclusive tips for zombie hunting along San Francisco’s waterfront.

Stravinsky’s Gift

“Lenny had asked me not to feed the birds, but he didn’t say what to do if a bird tried to feed me.” Read the story of my relationship with a fiery-billed aracari named Stravinsky. The Costa Rican bird had a gift for me—a new way to see the world.

At a Crossroads

I didn’t know whether I was being kidnapped or rescued — that was what made my one big decision so difficult. That and the fact that I was young and foolish, and more than a little anxious about being stranded in the North African desert.