April 2005 - Page 2 of 2 - The American Mag

Old is Good

Don't count on cardinals giving their new leader 30 years to rule.

The romantic idea of affluent citizens idling in Italy without the proper documents is taking a beating.

"My heart goes buumm! I come find you in Miami in Agosto."

My husband-to-be was Catholic, and I was Anglican.

Things happen in cities. That is what Frances meant to say. Or at least, later she thought she might have meant to say that...

I can still see Oakland Athletic Joe Rudy stretching impossibly in Game 2 of the 1972 World Series.

I've had very limited success tracking down wild asparagus.

Rochelle Cheever wants others to feel as moved as she does when she sees her family in paint.

Digging around is my speciality and Italy offers bargains aplenty.

These four novels from Durrell give you postwar Egypt in one gooey, marvelous and overwritten package.

War is... boredom. That established, Jake Gyllenhaal is stuck.