

JEN LANCASTER, (WEB) M.D.
Setting: Starbucks, last week, with my friend Laurie. Me: "... so that's everything that happened while I was in New York." Laurie: "Sounds like you had a great time!" Me: "Yeah, it was super-fun. Well, except for my cancer scare, of course." Laurie: "Wait, what happened?" Me: "Well, I discovered a black spot inside my cheek." Laurie: "Oh, my God, how did you notice it?" Me: "I was looking at my throat, like I always do." Laurie: *puzzled* Me: (clarifying) "In my magn


ESPRESSO YOURSELF
Early last month: I stay in a hotel in Scottsdale with a cool little espresso maker in my room. I drink fifteen thousand of them because they are free and the process to make them is easy and at no point am I able to shut my eyes while in the state of Arizona. When I leave the following morning, I'm pretty sure I'm capable of flying to my next stop under my own steam. The rest of last month: Hem and haw over whether or not I should buy the cool little espresso maker. In