08/05/2009 by Sarah Elbert
Our editor maintains that, in general, a third of a magazine’s readers know less than its editors, a third know just about the same amount and a third know more than they (OK, we) do. Of course, some know more about certain fields than others, and our sources and writers come almost exclusively from the last, smarty-pants category. Occasionally (though not often), we also happen upon readers who also fall into this last category, finding nuggets that escaped even our tenacious fact-checkers.
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08/03/2009 by Deborah Caulfield Rybak
Here’s one for our “You never know who might be reading” file. In June’s issue, comedian Robert Klein pleaded guilty to a 30-year-old crime: He’d stolen a towel from the Holiday Inn during one of his tours. It wasn’t just an idle confession either; Klein’s people had actually checked with us beforehand to see if we saw any legal ramifications to him making such a statement. "Sure, go ahead," we said cavalierly. I mean, how long could the statute of limitations be on Grand Theft Towel?
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07/22/2009 by Deborah Caulfield Rybak
Part of the fun of going along on the "Fame Exchange" shoot with Quiksilver’s Bob McKnight and IMAX film director Greg MacGillivray (see this month’s issue) was the chance to visit one of my favorite seaside towns in all the world: Laguna Beach, California.
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07/17/2009 by Sarah Elbert
I wouldn’t call myself a runner. I can comfortably run three miles
several times a week and feel good that I’m doing something to work off
my addiction to animal crackers from the office vending machine (low in
fat, a little sugar, quite filling . . . perhaps a slight hint of
cardboard, but otherwise a good snack).
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07/06/2009 by Deborah Caulfield Rybak
Our fantasy abut the actors we see on screens big and small is that they lead lives exotically different from our own. When it comes to Jerry Ferrara, who plays Turtle on HBO's hit series Entourage (and appears in this month's Sky), one would suspect that his real life involves a lot of the perks enjoyed by his alter ego, such as spur-of-the-moment trips to Vegas or Hawaii on private jets. That's why I was so amused when Jerry mentioned during our interview that he wasn't really a big vacation guy. In fact, he said, until recently, "I hadn't been anywhere except to Florida to visit my grandma."
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06/25/2009 by Deborah Caulfield Rybak
When it came to his participation in Sky’s New York issue, Donald Trump embodies the old adage, “if you want something done, get a busy person to do it.” Of all the folks we contacted for our June issue, the Trump Organization was astonishingly prompt in accepting. Despite the number of balls its CEO has in the air at any given time and the number of media requests that must pour in on a regular basis, his supremely efficient staff answered our query within 24 hours and responded to our questions within days of submission. I don’t think his demands for speed, accuracy and intelligence on NBC’s The Apprentice are reality TV hype.
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06/23/2009 by Sarah Elbert
Some people may feel as if the place in which they live is absolutely perfect for them, which means that it actually is perfect or they’re simply easy to please, or perhaps it’s just always been home and they haven’t had a good reason to leave. For the rest of us, there are tradeoffs.
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06/17/2009 by Jane Di Leo
Owning a vacation home, for most people, is a dream that doesn’t often turn into a reality. There are those pesky little details—maintenance, affordability, location—that hold us back. Instead, we often venture to hotels or rental property for a quick trip to our destination of choice. There is, however, a new kid on the block, so to speak—a new way to get your dream and vacation there, too.
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06/16/2009 by Deborah Caulfield Rybak
What do actors do when they’re not working? Ask most of them, and you’ll undoubtedly get some publicist-approved answer involving underprivileged children or educational travel. Not so with John Gallagher, Jr., whose 2008 Tony win certainly hasn’t gone to his head. When I queried him about his current projects while writing his profile in this month’s issue of Sky, he started laughing.
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06/11/2009 by Deborah Caulfield Rybak
It was a real pleasure to talk to Edie Falco for Sky’s New York issue. She’s a brilliant actress and just a class act, all the way around. Very down-to-earth. It became clear as we talked that she was not going to be the source of a lot of tips for where to buy fabulous shoes or the latest hot designer—unless, of course, we were talking about children’s shoes and designers.
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About Sarah Elbert
As executive editor of Delta Sky, Sarah Elbert lassos the best writers she can find to cover the world—as well as contributing some prose of her own. Before coming to Sky, Sarah was editorial director of magazines including Northwest WorldTraveler and Carlson Wagonlit Travel's Postcards. She has been a newspaper editor, a freelance writer and an Associated Press reporter, riding with the White House travel pool (back in the Clinton days) and covering everything from natural disasters to a cat kidney transplant. Sarah has written for The New York Times, the New York Post, the New York Sun—but not the NY Daily News. She now lives in Minneapolis, which she finds lovely and underrated, but does occasionally miss Manhattan and the Staten Island Ferry. Sarah would like to think she could again go backpacking across Europe, and she still loves to travel, but she knows that train has left the station. It's just so much quicker to fly.
About Deborah Caulfield Rybak
Senior editor Deborah Caulfield Rybak interviewed the Who’s Who of Hollywood during her years as an entertainment industry reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She still prefers writing about the arts to almost any other journalistic activity, so it’s a good thing we’ve got her on that beat at Sky. She’s pocketed numerous journalism awards and co-written three books.
But that’s just her journalistic cred: she’s also worked as an FM deejay in Aspen, a speechwriter in Washington and an environmental film festival director in Colorado. She considers herself happiest when she’s out of town—and out of cellphone range. She’s hitchhiked across Kenya, spent the night atop a pyramid in Central America, hovered face-to-mandible with giant manta rays during a night dive in Hawaii and hiked the High Atlas mountains in Morocco. Still left on her to do list: Bhutan and marlin fishing.
About Liz Doyle
After a few years navigating the trenches of New York's fashion scene as a stylist assistant at Harpers Bazaar, fashion editor Liz Doyle is excited to be back in her childhood hometown of Minneapolis. When she isn't scouting the latest trends in fashion and travel, she moonlights at a local Parisian brasserie where she says "welcome" and "enjoy" a lot and occasionally tries to improve her French. Though her foray to the editorial side of the magazine industry is a new one, she welcomes the challenge and can't wait to see what this new adventure holds.
About Amanda Welshons
Associate online editor Amanda Welshons maintains the web and social media presence of Delta Sky. She enjoys using new media and exploring how different platforms enhance the reader experience. Based in Minneapolis, Amanda has several destinations on her bucket list including London, Paris and Sydney. She just spent a blissful week in St. Lucia for her honeymoon, and can't wait for upcoming trips to Chicago, Seattle, Vancouver and New York. When she’s not in the office, she's a pop culture junkie, soaking up as many movies, television shows and magazines as possible.