Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, Soho in particular had the charged atmosphere of a movie set, populated with passersby who looked like extras from Central Casting, so perfectly did they fit into this environment. There was the feeling of everything being not quite real, or too perfectly cliched to actually be true, and it began to rain in a fine, misty drizzle from a black patent leather sky.

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. -Carrie Bradshaw

Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!

Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.

Have I ever been in love? Really in love? And why is it that with each new guy I think I'm more in love with him than the last?

The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.