The Parc Monceau is a jewel of Paris’ elegant 8th arrondissement, surrounded by fabulous townhouses and peppered with follies (an Egyptian pyramid in miniature, an Italian rotunda, and Greek columns around a duck pond) that lend it a romantic atmosphere. Teenage couples have drunken picnics, dapper old men make their afternoon rounds, and silly American [...]

A girl of 25 was out clubbing at the abrasive Manhattan hotspot, Marquee, and unfortunately, she left in the company of a serious sex offender, Michael Mele.  Perhaps he seemed like just another one night stand, or maybe even a potential long-term boyfriend, but that’s the problem with clubs: when you trust yourself to dark, [...]

A lecherous Cal State University professor was recently outed for his unsavory summer vacation activities: mainly, being a sex tourist in Thailand, and then writing a blog about travel tips on how to navigate “the Thailand Girl Scene.” According to this seasoned pervert, even a relatively poor guy (on a professor’s measly salary) can receive [...]

Celebrity performance artist, Marina Abramovic, is having her big naked moment of glory at the MoMA, where a retrospective of her 40 years of work is on display. While Abramovic sits (fully clothed) at a table and visitors are allowed to sit across from her and meet her stare, the artist employed 38 naked mignons [...]

An adorable American girlfriend of mine has been dating a Frenchie who is, as most Frenchmen are, a little bit effeminate (and a lot mimbo). But this guy wears his silk scarves in such a fashion that makes me think he is quite a closeted homosexual.
Unfortunately, instead of being a sweet boyfriend to this girl–teaching [...]

James Franco, the young Hollywood dreamboat who famously impersonated James Dean and makes funny online videos, has recently been accepted to the PhD English program at Yale. He dabbled in creative writing at Columbia, and I had the chance to act in a crappy NYU student film that he was shooting as part of his [...]

I had the mixed fortune of being invited to the garret apartment of a middle-aged Parisian fashion photographer. He lives at the site of the famous Lolita-esque Marlon Brando film, Last Tango In Paris.
He offered me fresh strawberries and told me that he had had a rich life, peppered with exciting encounters with Carla Bruni (before [...]

It began as a fairy tale story of a beautiful Indonesian model, Manohara (“thief of hearts” in Sanskrit), who married a Malaysian Prince when she was only 17 years old. She claims that her life turned into a nightmare and that the Prince kept her as his sex slave–trapping her in the castle, cutting her [...]

I met a girlfriend for lunch in the Marché des Enfants Rouges, the most charming covered market in all of Paris. Hidden at the corner amidst the sumptuous Moroccan food vendors and freshly picked strawberries, Au Coin Bio was the perfect place to commiserate over our failed love lives and enjoy a scrumptious salad and vegetarian [...]

I was recently informed of a crafty new acronym to describe the plight of many 20-somethings. We suffer from our own version of the midlife crisis, FOMO, or Fear of Missing Out.
The 40-50-somethings often have nervous breakdowns (or minor strokes), cheat on their spouses, get Botox, and trade in their station wagons for German cars [...]