By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.There’s a “real” epidemic sweeping the country, and it’s frightening indeed.It’s not the terrifying airborne illness depicted in the Matt Damon-helmed fright fest, Contagion, which threatens to wipe out half the planet. (I will not be seeing this movie as I’m neurotic enough about germs, crowds and illnesses. I’d never leave the house again.) Nor am I referring to [...]

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.I love my tank tops, shorts and flip flops. But after four months (yes, I drag them out way too early and keep wearing them way too long) and the first crisp indication of fall in the air, the entire ensemble starts to look, shall we say, ridiculous. It would look ridiculous all of the time, were I [...]