by Jeannie Ralston | Jun 8, 2023
Several years ago, Anna Brockway made a small move that soon became a very big move. She and her family had just bought a new house, and Brockway had designer furniture that didn’t fit in the new space. Plus, she was looking to buy some good pieces that would work in...
by Jeannie Ralston | May 8, 2023
“The World’s Most Successful Other Woman” is what the very funny writer (and occasional NextTribe contributor) Joyce Wadler called Camilla Parker Bowles in her column the other day. The truth of that—I might go as far as adding “ever in...
by Jeannie Ralston | May 2, 2023
The sign on the door to one part of the glorious John Derian store in Manhattan’s East Village said, “Closed for private event.” I sighed with frustration as I stood on the sidewalk with 10 women, as people wearing sleek hair, oversized glasses, and...
by Jeannie Ralston | Apr 11, 2023
At first, some of us thought the idea was infantilizing. But we needed a way to make sure that we didn’t leave anyone behind in Paris—a sprawling city with lots of crooked streets with unpronounceable names. So we went along with the suggestion offered by Ellen...
by Jeannie Ralston | Apr 10, 2023
I love puns, so I was tickled when I joined a new church a few years ago and saw that there was a social group called the “Groan Ups,” which the bulletin reported was for “anyone who groans when they get up.” That church was talking my language because I am a champion...
