Contents

1 A Brief History of Me

2 Piece of Cake

3 Messing with My Head

4 Margaret Has Spoken

5 Men: How and Why

6 Advice from “A Terrific Gal“

7 Julia Has Three Mommies

8 Sugar Shock

9 They’ll Always Have Paris

10 Miss Kogan Regrets

11 The Hours

12 The Silent Killer

13 Bed, Bacon, and Beyond

14 The First Bad Thing I Ever Did

15 One Night Only

16 Taking a Chance on Love

17 Kogan’s Heroes

18 To Grandmother’s House We Go

19 Up on the Roof

20 Love, Loss, and What I Ate

21 Yesterday, When I Was Young

22 How You (Yes, You!) Should Live Your Life

23 Was It Good for You?

24 I am Curious Yellow

25 Paging Amy Vanderbilt

26 Till Sleep Do Us Part

27 Truth or Dare

28 “What the Hell Kind of Bra Are You Wearing?“

29 Reasons to Live

30 It’s My Party—and I’ll Make Witty, Albeit Possibly Inappropriate and/or Offensive Remarks—If I Want To

31 What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting

32 Supper at Satan’s

33 What Did Dorothy Parker Know, and When Did She Know It?

34 That Man, Morris Aaron

35 It Had to Be You

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

About the Publisher