While I was in Napa with my colleagues from Martha Stewart Radio, there wasn't a ton of downtime. Exactly, well, none. Until one night when I deftly evaded all plans and snuck out for a much-needed dinner alone--and I was so glad I did.

Not a few hundred yards down the street from the… Read more

I want to put this out there-after seeing Precious (which was amazing), I applauded the acceptance of a bigger woman into Hollywood. I also started wondering if it's a healthy weight image for women to have such a large woman as an example in the media.

In Hollywood, where the gorgeous Christina Hendricks is considered "big", and with all the stick-figures with balloon boobs, we have a woman who would be considered morbidly obese by most standards in the mix now. Does the pendulum swing… Read more