I thoroughly enjoyed this book and was not at all bothered by all the controversy. Yes, I agree Frey should have called it fiction—autobiographical fiction—because even without being told, I knew that much of what he wrote had to be an embellishment of the truth or just downright fiction. As Gabriel Garcia Marquez notes at the beginning of his memoir Living to Tell the Tale, “Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.” (He received the Nobel Prize for his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.)

(Reviewed By Lee Lemon Peoples)

I often take on too many things at once. I believe I am a master juggler when it comes to life, and I try to do it all. I work full time, go to school, take care of my kids. I even try to go on auditions. I just want to be happy, and I haven’t been able to give anything up because I want to do everything.

(Written By Lisa A. Trimarchi)

It can happen during the most inopportune or most fitting of times, and it can strike anywhere. From buying lunch at a deli, browsing a supermarket isle, or busing it to work, to walking one’s dog, waiting at the doctor’s office, or working out at the gym, individuals evaluate one another. Depending on their single status or sometimes even lack thereof, gutsy guys and gals approach the apple of their eye, attempting to break the ice and achieve a friendly rapport with hopes it may lead to more.

(Written By Patricia Lee)

I believe true style does not mean walking out the door in hopes of getting a catcall when getting into your car, nor about purchasing come-hither-me pieces (like for the cute guy in the office who just happens to stroll by your desk every morning). To me, a sense of fashion is more than that. It means dreaming in color, pretending you’re ransacking your mama’s closet when you were a kid and coming out with creative ensembles. And most importantly, enjoying fashion means owning a wardrobe that includes only those pieces that make you smile every time you imagine slipping them on.

(Written By Elana Pruitt)

(Written By Natalie Martin)

I have to admit that my biggest guilty pleasure is “America’s Next Top Model,” clearly a standout in the reality television niche if only for its impenitent appreciation of unattainable beauty (at least for a few of us) and, of course, the requisite schadenfreude when a particularly bitchy model receives her walking papers. Something about “Top Model” delivers this sensation better than any other reality program currently on TV.

It doesn’t take me long to size up a man. Within ten minutes my mind places him in a category either “friend,” “make out buddy,” or “boyfriend/husband material.” However, I have often wondered if men put women into the same categories.

(Written by Jessica Mouser)

Pamela Heath is the CEO of Steamer Trunk Satins. She divides her time between producing books for the Getty Museum and creating unique accessories for brides. In just a year, this innovator has found the knack of uniquely accessorizing with her own personal touch.

A former dancer with the Osmonds and a Las Vegas showgirl for twenty years, Cheryl Murphy manages to run two talent agencies, open theaters, and find and cultivate new talent. What is her secret?—A wealth of knowledge that only a performer can bring.

Ty-Ron Mayes is a stylist, hair and make-up artist, and fashion editor with a celebrity client list that includes Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, Iman, Heidi Klum, and so many more. He has styled covers for Vogue and Cosmopolitan, and has shot with the legendary photographer Francesco Scavullo. He reveals to us some of his tricks of the trade.

After leaving the fashion world for five years, Alan Del Rosario returns an even more sagacious designer, blowing up the runways and stocking stores with his designs in just a few short months.