MAGICAL CLOTHING: FARRAH’S JERSEY

By Martha | Published: September 15, 2011
I have a terrible habit of borrowing clothes. (Hand-me-downs are great too.) Here’s a light-hearted essay I wrote for today’s New York Times about the best thing I ever borrowed — a roller derby jersey worn by Farrah Fawcett on Charlie’s Angels. It tells how I got it. And, painfully, how I had to give it back. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/fashion/charlies-angels-didnt-look-that-sexy-without-help.html
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If you want to go sailing . . .

By Martha | Published: July 23, 2010
A few photos from our the Cape Cod sailing trip that I wrote about in this month’s Conde Nast Traveler. We highly recommend our captain, Brad Smith. www.captbradsmith.com
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SAILING CAPE COD — for Conde Nast Traveler

By Martha | Published: July 16, 2010
 . . .  If we’d tried to come by car, we wouldn’t have been allowed to park until after five without a beach sticker. But arriving by boat, the dreamlike Lambert’s Cove and its sandy beach are ours. Brad sets up a halyard on the bow, and we swing on the line like Tarzan, soaring [...]
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New Collection from Esquire: Fathers and Sons

By Martha | Published: April 26, 2010
I’m not sure if I should be flattered — or very troubled — that I am the only woman writer in the new Esquire collection or that the subtitle is “What it Means To Be A  Man.”    Hey, I may not be a porcelain doll but I’m not a man, either!  Seriously, though, I’m very happy [...]
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