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Os editor at large shares what shes loving this month.

i have a neW favoRite dRink

the meal I had at Joanne Trattoria in manhattan, the new restaurant owned by Joe and cynthia Germanotta, also known as Lady Gagas parents. They worked on the menu with oprahs former chef art Smith, and when cynthia invited me to a tasting, I couldnt get enough of papa Gs chicken so tender it fell off the bone. Im still thinking about it! that Steve harveys book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man inspired a hilaaarious new movie, Think Like a Man, starring Gabrielle Union, Kevin hart, and more. The film is really clever about bringing the relationship advice to lifethings like, you can tell how into you a man is by how he introduces you to his friends. So true!

i Went gaga foR

The half circle from the Lobby Lounge at manhattans mandarin oriental hotel is so delicious, I got the bartender to share the recipe: half pomegranate juice, half pineapple juice, with a splash of Sprite. as a nondrinker, I finally feel like I can hang with the grown-ups!

i Was excited When i heaRd

Your presence is a unique gift to the world.

I just love this quote, which a friend e-mailed to me after seeing it on a shop window in Beirut, Lebanon.

i cant take off

these oxford platform pumpstheyre like my version of Dorothys ruby slippers! They also helped a good cause: Scarlett Johansson designed them with Stuart Weitzman, and proceeds benefited ovarian cancer research. In my opinion, red is the new black, so I can wear them with everything!
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when I bumped into Good Morning Americas robin roberts on a flight to my mothers funeral in 1994, and how kind she was during that difficult time. So I was thrilled when I heard she wrote a book with her own mother, 88-year-old Lucimarian roberts. My Story, My Song details Lucimarians struggles with an alcoholic father, racial prejudice, and hurricane Katrina, with robins perspective at the end of each chapter. What struck me was how the hymns Lucimarian learned as a girl helped pull her through these hardships.

ill alWays RemembeR

her first album, AM/FMwhich she named after the songs she loved on the radio as a girl includes covers of 60s hits, like my favorite, Walking in the rain, originally sung by the ronettes. I listened to ritas rendition five times in a row. It makes me happy every time!

Who kneW Rita Wilson could sing?