Selvaggia

At home, I go through the documents I received at the fertility clinic. I can start the treatment on the second day of my next period. I have to be in the same city, within reach of the clinic, for two weeks from the day I start, and I'll have...

The doctor welcomes me in brusque New York Fashion and ushers me into an anything-but-glamorous greyish office full of mementos and ultrasound images.

That's when the second phase of the Spanish Inquisition starts.

He asks me who I am, what I do and where I come from. He wants to...

I have just finished a photo shoot, something else I have never done before, but recently accepted as part of my "self awareness/maturing" process.

With my hair done and makeup still on, sporting high heels and a smart dress, I ascend to the 10th floor of a Manhattan high-rise in...

In a few days I will turn 39. From there, it's a fast train to the 40s ... but for now, I'm still 38 and having drinks with a girlfriend in a crowded midtown bar in New York City. We need to discuss work strategies, but find ourselves going from...