Winter, with its assortment of effects, was a threat to my life style.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

Now I realized that what I thought had been an expression of my innermost humanity was nothing but a cloud of life-style signals, available to anyone at the click of a mouse.

NEWYORKER: Raj, Bohemian

The bill for the evening remains one of the largest of my life, but it was a small price to pay for finishing the "honeymoon" off in style, and even with a modicum of grace.

WSJ: Julia Reed's French Non-Honeymoon | Traveler's Tale