Sex and the buggy... Not sure Carrie would approve as Sarah Jessica Parker dresses down for day out with twins

Sarah Jessica Parker looked rather dressed down at the weekend compared with her fashion-mad alter-ego Carrie Bradshaw.
But then it’s not easy pushing a bumper baby stroller in Manolo Blahnik shoes.
The 46-year-old Sex and the City star was spotted on a girls’ day out with her 21-month-old twins Marion and Tabitha in New York City.

Push me mummy! Sarah Jessica Parker enjoys a day out with her twins Tabitha and Marion in New York City

Her daughters with husband Matthew Broderick were born to surrogate mum Michelle Ross six years after the couple had their first child, James Wilkie Broderick, now eight.
And she made sure to have a special mother and children bonding day on her day off from shooting a romantic comedy in New York.

Looking like an every-day mother in grey jeans and a black and white cardigan, Parker took the girls to the Greenwich Village playground in Manhattan.
She pushed her children on the swings and let them have fun on the slide during the sunny day in the Big Apple.
Sarah Jessica is currently filming the sequel to Valentine's Day - New Year's Eve.

In it she plays a mother who relies too heavily on her daughter for company.
Her on-screen daughter is being played by Little Miss Sunshine actress Abigail Bresen, 15.
New Year's Eve is packed with an A-list cast of actors, including Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Biel and Halle Berry.
The Gary Marshall directed film is based around the lives of several couples and singles in New York who intertwine over the course of New Yerar's Eve.
It is set to be released in the UK on December 9.

Taking a tasty gamble on Singapore

I once dated a guy who halfway through our relationship was grumbling about having taken me to the best restaurants in Sydney and the expense that I had incurred on his credit card.

"I should have started in the mid price range and then I could have worked my way up to the top. Now you’ll be expecting five-star three-hat restaurants all the time."

I looked at him like he was crazy. "What makes you think I would have dated you if you had started in the middle range?"

(It’s not strictly true. My first date with Mr NQN was bad take away pizza. But then I thought Mr NQN was much more fabulous than this guy.)

But in any case, I couldn’t help thinking about this ex of mine when I arrived in Singapore to be whisked away to dinner at Waku Ghin, Tetsuya Wakuda’s new restaurant in Singapore. With food completely unlike his Tetsuya’s restaurant in Sydney and only seating a mere 25 people at one time, it was something that I was more than curious about. And when Mr NQN took my place at the Waku Ghin dinner in Sydney there was much gnashing of the teeth and moaning as I was committed to another event. But no matter, I finally got to try it here! It’s no ordinary dinner, costing about $S400 ($A307) per head, but it has a clear emphasis on Japanese cuisine as opposed to the French Japanese cuisine at Tetsuya’s.

We walk into the Marina Bay Sands complex. There are shops from Miu Miu, Gucci, Chanel and the mother lode, a Manolo Blahnik shoe shop. We make our way up to the second floor where we look down and see floors and floors of the casino. I’m not one for gambling, but because they allow for smoking here some of the cigarette smoke does end up in Waku Ghin, so there was a bit of sniffling throughout the night from yours truly who is allergic to cigarette smoke.

There is an illuminated sign above the doors and white drapes on the outside giving it an almost 'closed' look. But then the doors swing open and a battalion of staff greet us. And given that the restaurant seats 25 there has got to be at least 25 staff in both the kitchen and on the floor.

The restaurant experience was said to be one where you move from one table to another, but in reality it is much less complicated than that. There are two seatings, one at 6pm and one at 9:30pm. The diner is led to a room where the savoury courses are brought out (about eight in total) and then you adjourn to another room for the dessert courses. I was envisaging much more getting up and down so I am relieved given my heels!

We are seated in front of a long grill plate and facing a wall with protruding wood blocks. Ghin means silver in Japanese and for this restaurant it is represented in the knives, the grill and even things like fish, which feature prominently on the menu. Shortly after we arrive we settle in with a glass of NV Pol Roger to soothe the nerves after travelling.

The first course is a seasonal Japanese fish called Sayori, or needlefish, with Nanohana and Japanese strawberry. Now I usually run screaming from savoury dishes with strawberry in them. I don’t mind some fruit but strawberries are not a favourite with savoury. This changed my mind completely.

Film star at fashion launch

A HOLLYWOOD filmstar brought a touch of glamour to Bicester Village on Wednesday.

British actress Thandie Newton was at the shopping village to officially launch this year's British Designers Collective, which runs for the next six weeks.

It's billed as a not-to-be-missed opportunity for shoppers to survey the freshest brands in British fashion and pick up key pieces from their previous seasons' collections at an affordable price.

Miss Newton, who a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her role in the film Crash and has starred opposite Will Smith and Eddie Murphy, is a well-known ambassador of British fashion and supporter of UK designers.

She said: “I am delighted to be working with Bicester Village supporting young British designers. The British Designers Collective is such an innovative way of giving new talent such an important ‘window'.”

Set in a specially designed, neon-coloured boutique in the heart of Bicester Village, the British Designers Collective is a collaboration between Value Retail and the British Fashion Council

to introduce emerging designers to a wider audience, who get to see a new generation of designers under one roof and snap up some bargains.

This year's British Designers Collective brings together a mouth-watering collection of some of the hottest names in British fashion, all at the usual Bicester Village reductions of up to 60 per cent off the recommended retail price.

Participants include multi-award-winning Jonathan Saunders, with his signature graphic prints and Felicity Brown's high-voltage glamour, and there's easy-to-wear luxury from Holly Fulton. There's also sequined knitwear from British-based designer Markus Lupfer, razor-sharp tailoring from Todd Lynn and well-cut dresses by Preen.

Other participating designers include Emma Cook, Felder Felder, Goat, Jean-Pierre Braganza, Marios Schwab and Osman.

Accessories include Georgina Goodman's shoes (Georgina has been hailed as the ‘future of footwear' by Manolo Blahnik), Jane Carr's hand-finished scarves, Fiona Paxton's hand-beaded jewellery and statement jewellery by Lara Bohinc.

Shoe Showdown

When it comes to high-heeled shoes, many women seem to lose all sense of reality. A just-released consumer reports Shopsmart survey reveals 60 percent are willing to tolerate painful shoes for fashion's sake.
The shoes on display at this Manolo Blahnik Boutique are quite stunning. You can easily spend a small fortune here. Anywhere from several hundred to thousands of dollars.
To find out if high-end, expensive shoes are worth the high price, consumer reports rounded up more than a dozen eager employees to try out three different pairs.
"We covered up all the labels so the women couldn't tell which were the less expensive pairs of shoes and which were the expensive ones," Mandy Walker said.
The shoes included a $30 pair of Mossimo's from Target, $69 heels from Nine West, and this $575 pair from Manolo Blahnik.
The women walked a defined course twice a day for a week in each pair of shoes. They filled out a ballot each time.
Most of the women thought two pairs looked and felt pretty good, but not the $30 pair from Target.
"I was holding onto the wall when I was walking around the building testing them," Cathy Cotters said.
"These shoes were the most uncomfortable of the ones that we tested," Lisa Gill said.
To size up how well each shoe was made, consumer reports did the unthinkable, cutting the shoes in half.
"Overall the Manolos were a better-made shoe. The materials they were made of were superior, and many of the women liked the styling, too."
Consumer reports says good leather heels need special care. It's best not to wear them two days in a row. That gives the shoes time to dry out.
However, in the blind tests more women thought the $69 Nine West shoes were more comfortable.
Consumer reports says the smart money move with high heels - make fit the deciding factor.
"Determine the style you want, what your budget is, and if they feel good when you walk around in them, buy them," Walker said.
And forget wearing them out in bad weather. One step in a puddle with oil, gas, or road salt and you can ruin them.

Scarves with real-world design making it big

HE'S a 57-year-old architecture professor who makes scarves in his garage during his spare time – not the classic CV for a designer selling his or her wares at a top London department store.

But Richard Weston's creations can now be found alongside those of Alexander McQueen and Manolo Blahnik on the shelves of the 136-year-old Liberty store after appearing on a television talent show to find the UK's next top designer.

Professor Weston, an expert in modern Nordic architecture who has taught at Cardiff University since 1999, makes the scarves in a studio at his home in the Vale of Glamorgan village of Dinas Powys.

Based on the patterns found in naturally-occurring crystals and fossils, his designs now sell for up to ￡210, with Liberty expecting his range of scarves to turn over ￡170,000 over the course of this year.

"It's lucky I'm used to not thinking in the box," said Prof Weston. "Being involved in architecture, it's something you get used to."

The designs for the scarves are based on the high-resolution scans of minerals, fossils and stones, making the images unique.

"You can't beat nature at doing certain kinds of things. If you want subtlety of colour and intricacy of pattern and variation, nature is it," he said.

He picked up his first mineral in 2003 when a chunk of ammonite in the window of a crystal shop in a Cardiff arcade caught his eye.

He used a scanner to transfer the swirling pattern to his computer, and was stunned by the result.

He said: "I started off buying cheap pebbles for ￡5 or ￡6, and each time they became more and more interesting. I'd pick up minerals and stones every time I went on holiday, or to a conference. I've got about 40 boxes at the moment."

After his initial fascination with creating electronic images of microscopic patterns in various crystals, it was two years before Prof Weston discovered that new technology would allow him to print the images onto fabric.

In 2005 he sponsored students at Newport Art College to use silk emblazoned with his designs in their end-of-year fashion show.

Then, in early 2010, his interest was pricked by an interview with Liberty's managing director Ed Burstell on Radio 4's Today programme.

The newly-appointed Mr Burstell wanted to find the next big thing in retail by holding an open day at the store.

Prof Weston added: "It was a kind of X Factor for design, so I signed up.

"I had a terrible cold and missed the first audition but I applied for the next round, and it was lucky I did because it was then discovered that there was going to be a programme filmed at that round."

The programme would end up as the BBC's Britain's Next Big Thing, which airs in April, hosted by Dragons' Den entrepreneur Theo Paphitis.

But, despite Prof Weston catching the eye of Liberty's buyers, he had a lot of work before the end product was suitable for sale on the prestigious shelves of its store in Great Marlborough Street, just off London's Oxford Street.

"At first I was making long narrow scarves, because people said that square ones would not sell," he said.

"But Ed Burstell said immediately that he wanted the biggest squares possible.

"But it was so difficult to get square silk prints with a design, and to get them hand-rolled was impossible. I could get it done in China, but they wanted large quantities."

Prof Weston ended up travelling to Lake Como in Italy to source the perfect silks on which to print his scans of minerals, a trip that will be shown on Britain's Next Big Thing when it is aired from April 12.

"They are at the forefront of digital printing, and they offer an all-in service, something which, sadly, is not available in the UK."

But, despite his success, the academic is still not convinced he is ready to commit to fashion for good.

"I did say to someone the other day, ‘I think this is the rest of my life beginning'," he said.

"In terms of my professional career, I've spent nearly 30 years in academia. And, as an architect, I still want to build, I still want to design. But now I've got this whole other thing starting in scarves – and even in fashion, heaven help me."

The heart and sole of Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo's heart and soul — and sole, too — belongs to a woman. Tamara Mellon is growing the luxury brand that has built its reputation on towering high heels into a full-fledged fashion house.

She works on it every single day, she says, and she lives it, too.

She is jet-setter, with her stylish leather luggage (and the wet wipes tucked in her weekender — as she's also a bit of a germophobe); she is business executive, recently named a business ambassador by British Prime Minister David Cameron; she's an eager creative sponge, one season becoming an expert on the life and times of Blondie's Deborah Harry, who was her inspiration; and she's a single mother who wears Uggs or Wellies, depending on the weather, to the park to play with her 8-year-old daughter.

However, as a can-do person, Mellon tackled that whole comfort-mom wardrobe thing head-on, working with both Uggs and Hunter to develop Jimmy Choo cross-branded products that would meet her own style standards.

Her shoes, wardrobe, hair and makeup — each time she walks out the door — can't be an afterthought, says Mellon. She's wearing a leopard-print sheath and pointy-toe patent pumps on this day for an interview in a plush private room at the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship on Fifth Avenue before a public appearance to promote the new Choo fragrance.

"I do have to think about how I look — and it's really in you or it isn't if you care — but I have to be the brand," she says. It's not all black tie and red carpet, mind you, she says, although those are the photos people will see. But when she goes to the office, the outfit will still be chic, fashion-forward and "on the right side of sexy" — complemented with her biker boots.

Anamaria Wilson, fashion news director for Harper's Bazaar, says Mellon's stamp is all over every piece. "The collection is chic and refined, but with a sexy sensibility — much like Tamara herself."

If she wouldn't wear something, there's really no point in offering it to other women, right? Mellon wonders aloud. "If you think you can rely on some sort of science for all this, you will make a mistake. Fashion is about emotion. It's about, ‘What do I want?' and ‘What do women want?'"

Considering the number of shoppers lined up to speak to Mellon on Saks' first floor — definitely dozens — it seems Mellon hears regularly from customers. They want fashion advice, style tips and even guidance on what shoes to wear for their wedding day.

Her answer — to all of them: "My favorite thing to tell people is, ‘Dare to do it and don't be afraid.'"

Mellon was accessories editor at British Vogue back in 1996 when she sensed the opening for a new collection of luxury-label shoes to rival the likes of Manolo Blahnik. Jimmy Choo, the man, had a reputation of craftsmanship for his small couture-level business based in East London.

They launched the brand together, moving production to Italy and courting retailers as well as opening their own boutique. Equinox Luxury Holdings bought him out of his share in 2001, and in 2007, a private equity firm bought a majority of shares, although Mellon retains creative control.

She knew she had a success on her hands, er, feet, when, in 1998, a flood of boxes arrived at the Motcomb Street store and she was surrounded by what she felt were little works of wearable art. "That's when my vision came to life," Mellon says. "I can still get that excited — you know, when you get that rush, when you feel you've got it right."

Mellon says it took years to develop the fragrance because it had to be the perfect blend, one that she thinks she and her customers will want to wear on a daily basis for years to come. She wanted it "sensual — and not weak in any way," she explains, ultimately settling on a scent dominated by orchid and patchouli notes.

She'll spray it on every time she's about to disembark a plane to her next destination, hoping it'll become part of the signature style that is Tamara Mellon — and Jimmy Choo.

Grace Coddington Once Buried Manolo Blahnik In The Sand

Admit it — you didn't know who Grace Coddington was until you saw The September Issue. But that's OK. Since the movie came out she's been making up for decades of denying that she's a celebrity and doing things like an interesting profile in Intelligent Life, a supplement to The Economist.

The profile, penned by former Coddington assistant Julie Kavanagh (who's now the London editor of Vanity Fair), details Coddington's decades in fashion, and explains how she's transformed from one the most quietly influential people in the industry to one of its stars. A lot of it comes from hard work, and some of it comes from working in the industry for so long, both as a model and as a fashion editor. But mostly, it's from her looking at fashion as something magical and fun rather than as a business. Below, some of our favorite bits of the piece, including the time she did a beach shoot with Manolo Blahnik, the time she quit working for Anna Wintour and why she needs to slow down — just a little bit.

On playing on the beach with Manolo Blahnik.

    For a cover, she got David Bailey to shoot the actress Anjelica Huston enfolded in the arms of the shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, in a kitschy pose against a Corsican coastal sunset. Grace bursts out laughing when I remind her. "It was pretty ridiculous—there's no one more camp than Manolo. He brought his own clothes and took far more of my time discussing what he was going to wear than Anjelica did. To shut him up we buried him in the sand, with only his head and spotted handkerchief showing."

That time she quit working for Anna.

    At British Vogue, Grace creates a startling series of "sprawling, National Geographic-style photo essays—more than 20 pages long—in which the clothes were so smoothly integrated they barely registered as fashion photographs at all", as the fashion writer Michael Roberts put it. In March 1986, Anna Wintour becomes editor-in-chief. Grace resigns in December: "Anna was much more into ‘sexy' than I was." (Coddington rejoined Wintour at American Vogue in 1988.)

On getting older.

    "I got really sick last time in Paris, and I was on antibiotics for two months. I push my body too hard, and do have to stop myself now from jumping on a plane. It used to be me who got sent to Russia and China while the older editors like Sheila Whetton stayed behind: but I'm one of those older ones now."

Tamara Mellon is at the heart and sole of Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo's heart and soul - and sole, too - belongs to a woman. Tamara Mellon is growing the luxury brand that has built its reputation on towering high heels into a full-fledged fashion house.

She works on it every single day, she says, and she lives it, too.

She is jet-setter, with her stylish leather luggage (and the wet wipes tucked in her weekender - as she's also a bit of a germophobe); she is business executive, recently being named a business ambassador by British Prime Minister David Cameron; she's eager creative sponge, one season becoming an expert on the life and times of Blondie's Deborah Harry, who was her inspiration; and she's single mother, who wears Uggs or Wellies, depending on the weather, to the park to play with her 8-year-old daughter.

However, as a can-do person, Mellon tackled that whole comfort-mom wardrobe thing head-on, working with both Uggs and Hunter to develop Jimmy Choo-cross branded products that would meet her own style standards.

Her shoes, wardrobe, hair and makeup each time she walks out the door can't be an afterthought, says Mellon. She's wearing a leopard-print sheath and pointy-toe patent pumps on this day for an interview in a plush private room at the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship on Fifth Avenue before a public appearance to promote the new Choo fragrance.

"I do have to think about how I look - and it's really in you or it isn't if you care - but I have to be the brand," she says. It's not all black tie and red carpet, mind you, she says, although those are the photos people will see. But when she goes to the office, the outfit will still be chic, fashion-forward and "on the right side of sexy" - complemented with her biker boots.

Anamaria Wilson, fashion news director for Harper's Bazaar, says Mellon's stamp is all over every piece. "The collection is chic and refined, but with a sexy sensibility - much like Tamara herself."

If she wouldn't wear something, there's really no point in offering it to other women, right? Mellon wonders aloud. "If you think you can rely on some sort of science for all this, you will make a mistake. Fashion is about emotion. It's about, 'What do I want?' and 'What do women want?'"

Considering the number of shoppers lined up to speak to Mellon on Saks' first floor - definitely dozens - it seems Mellon hears regularly from customers. They want fashion advice, style tips and even guidance on what shoes to wear for their wedding day.

Her answer - to all of them: "My favorite thing to tell people is, 'Dare to do it and don't be afraid.'"

Mellon was accessories editor at British Vogue back in 1996 when she sensed the opening for a new collection of luxury-label shoes to rival the likes of Manolo Blahnik. Jimmy Choo, the man, had a reputation of craftsmanship for his small couture-level business based in East London.

They launched the brand together, moving production to Italy and courting retailers as well as opening their own boutique. Equinox Luxury Holdings bought him out of his share in 2001, and in 2007, a private equity firm bought a majority of shares, although Mellon retains creative control.

She knew she had a success on her hands, er, feet, when, in 1998, a flood of boxes arrived at the Motcomb Street store and she was surrounded by what she felt were little works of wearable art. "That's when my vision came to life," Mellon says. "I can still get that excited - you know when you get that rush when you feel you've got it right."

Mellon says it took years to develop the fragrance because it had to be the perfect blend, one that she thinks she and her customers will want to wear on a daily basis for years to come. She wanted it "sensual - and not weak in any way," she explains, ultimately settling on a scent dominated by orchid and patchouli notes.

She'll spray it on every time she's about to disembark a plane to her next destination, hoping it'll become part of the signature style that is Tamara Mellon - and Jimmy Choo.

Manolo Blahnik for TOUS: The Campari Shoe as Jewelry

Designed in 1994, the Campari shoe from Manolo Blahnik—made famous by Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw—is now available in jewelry form, thanks to a new partnership between the shoemaker and the jeweler TOUS.

The Manolo Blahnik for TOUS Campari shoe pendant necklace is available in sterling silver, vermeil, and 18k gold, with suggested retail prices starting at just $155. Moving forward, Manolo Blahnik boutiques and will also carry the piece.

TOUS announced the collaboration in January, but is just now releasing photos of the jewelry, which went on sale this month in 300 TOUS boutiques worldwide, including in Mexico and the United States.

Designed in 1994, the Campari shoe from Manolo Blahnik—made famous by Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw—is now available in jewelry form, thanks to a new partnership between the shoemaker and the jeweler TOUS.

Manolo Blahnik Campari shoes

The Manolo Blahnik for TOUS Campari shoe pendant necklace is available in sterling silver, vermeil, and 18k gold, with suggested retail prices starting at just $155. Moving forward, Manolo Blahnik boutiques and will also carry the piece.

TOUS announced the collaboration in January, but is just now releasing photos of the jewelry, which went on sale this month in 300 TOUS boutiques worldwide, including in Mexico and the United States.

There are three different sizes of sterling shoe pendants, priced at $155, $249, and $279.

There are three different sizes of vermeil (18k gold over sterling) shoe pendants, priced $279, $409, and $499. An 18k gold shoe pendant with a diamond accent on the strap is also available for $1,449.

New Yorkers and theatre goers may be interested to know that the small $155 silver necklace is being sold at Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical at the Palace Theater on Broadway. A full 100 percent of the proceeds benefits Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reclaiming and restoring New York City parks, community gardens, and open space. Midler is one of the show's producers, and Manolo is one of the show's opening-night sponsors. Yet another fun tie-in: Manolo unveiled an official stiletto—a silver, patent-leather Priscilla Mary Jane—for the production; a portion of sale proceeds also benefit Midler's charity.

Singapore Has a Manolo Blahnik Crisis

Singapore. Shoe lovers may not be able to get their hands on a pair of Manolo Blahniks in Singapore for a while due to the fallout from a divorce.

Permanent liquidators have been named to wind up the only company that sold them here. It means that until another company buys the exclusive franchise, shoppers who want a pair will have to travel abroad to places such as Hong Kong.

The shoes are named after Spanish designer Manolo Blahnik - who is famous for his stiletto heels - and they can cost up to S$1,000 a pair.

They were sold at two shops, at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Hilton Hotel, owned by Cloud 9 Lifestyle.

The firm is run by Jamie Chua, 36, who is locked in a bitter divorce suit with businessman Nurdian Cuaca, 46. Cloud 9's majority shareholder is a firm called D'League, which is substantially owned by Cuaca.

Chua had appointed temporary liquidators to wind up Cloud 9 Lifestyle. But D'League voted last week at a creditors' meeting to replace them with permanent liquidators Chia Soo Hien and Leow Quek Shiong from international audit firm BDO.

The shoes have been removed from the rented space in the two outlets and warehoused.

Chua's lawyer, Salem Ibrahim, said the franchise comes to an end the moment the company is put into liquidation.

The Singapore franchise was obtained from Hong Kong-based Manolo Blahnik supplier Larry Fong, 55, who also helps the brand's London head office find new franchisees in the region.

Fong, who owns and has run the Manolo Blahnik outlets in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, described the turn of events here as "unfortunate and embarrassing."

This is the second time a Manolo Blahnik outlet in Asia has closed. The first happened last October in Jakarta. Mr Fong said he is in talks with several companies which are keen to buy and run the franchise in Singapore.

"Customers can definitely look forward to a new outlet with a new franchisee and a new supply of shoes as soon as possible," he said.

"For the time being, they could go to Hong Kong or some other place." He said the date that the outlets reopen here will depend on how quickly the choice of a franchisee and the legal terms of operation are settled.

Cloud 9 Lifestyle owes more than $1.6 million to D'League alone, official company records show. Other creditors include landlords MBS and Hilton Hotel for the shop space as well as staff who are owed wages.

Contacted yesterday, Ms Chua said: "All my hard work has gone to waste and I am very disappointed."

High-Fashion Books: Christian Lacroix And The Tale Of Sleeping Beauty

Christian Lacroix is the subject, inspiration and collaborator of the first iconic-designer-meets-fairy-tale book by Camilla Morton. The book, illustrated by Christian Lacroix himself, weaves in the designer's biography into the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. Morton tells of a world where a young boy draws, creates and designs for as long as he can remember himself, inspired by anything and everything around him and dreams of great things and a princess who is saved by couture from a lifetime of boring outfits. The last few pages list Lacroix's actual biography timeline. Even if the story itself is superficial at times, the book's illustrations alone are worth it and give an insight into the drawing process of one of the important couturiers of our time.

The book is one of Morton's firsts and will be followed by similar designer-illustrated fairy tales by Manolo Blahnik and Diane von Furstenberg.

Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty: A Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir is available on Amazon.com, $14.95.