Linda Immediato

Photo by Ted SoquiSeventy-six-year-old Lucy Siam, small and hunched, is wearing oversize Jackie Onassis sunglasses, the kind that would look at home on a supermodel. She’s sharply dressed, just like Otti Weidemann, 78, who stands beside her, wearing a crisp white dress, a colorful blazer and a sun visor. You’d......

Its not completely unlikely. You put your faith in a band of latex only 0.07 millimeters thick — the quest for a “natural feel” has whittled some condoms down to 0.05 — and hope that the thing holds up. But your protection can fail. In fact, two of every 100......

As soon as the band starts to play, this feeling that something is about to happen snakes its way into every cranny of the room, teasing us like a climactic moment in a suspense film. It’s as if anything could happen. Would the payoff come from the mike stand, threatening......

What were they doing here at the end of this alley? There was no doubt they were mine, same scuffs around the toe, same worn third hole where they buckled — my black ankle-strap stilettos. Even though I had nothing to do with how they got here, I still felt......

Two fat Cheshire cats lie passed out on the pleather couches in the waiting room. Like a feline Cheech and Chong, they barely lift their heads when I enter with my dog, who would like to eat them. We are all here to see Dr. Roger Valentine, the holistic pet......