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Rachel F. Elson
Brooklyn
New York
relson@gmail.com
415-336-5262 mobile

I've been making my living as a writer and editor for more than a decade now, covering a wide range of subjects. To read my résumé, click here. To see some of what I've written, take a look at the index below. It's still a work in progress, so if you're interested in seeing more, please e-mail me.

Business + real estate
The New Pornographers - Curbed.com has mixed neighborhood pride with "Rear Window" voyeurism to become a must-read for New York real estate fetishists. (San Francisco Chronicle Magazine)
Buttoned-up guy - Bruce Klatsky's next task may be his most challenging yet - uniting the cultures of workmanlike PVH and design-obsessed Calvin Klein (New York Post)
Beyond doorman - In a city still looking over its collective shoulder after 9/11, high-end buildings are turning to high-tech security. (New York Post)
From heroes to zeroes - For a while, businessmen had become the new American heroes -- but that was then and this is now (KQED-FM's Perspectives series)
Nonparent trap? - Elinor Burkett argues that family-friendly policies are racist, regressive and, worst of all, anti-woman (Salon.com)

Fashion + design
How to: Pick a perfect sofa - Sofas are all about taking it easy -- so what is it about shopping for them that's so hard? (Washington Post)
Military looks march back to the runway - Fashion companies are preparing for the war the best way the can: dressing for the action (New York Post)
Reebok shoots high - The onetime aerobics queen has tapped into the lucrative hip-hop market to fuel a comeback (New York Post)
Line of Sight (column) - Dior's odd couple; making sense of Fashion Week (Tradeweave Insight)
Creative destruction - Revamped Russian Hill condo combines openness of a loft and privacy of a spa suite (San Francisco Examiner)

Lifestyle
A better amendment - Now that the Iraqis have it, we want it too: A constitutional privacy guarantee. (AlterNet)
Exotic. Erotic. Organized. - Dancers at San Francisco's Lusty Lady strip club join forces with with Local 790 of the Service Employees International Union. (P.O.V. magazine)
Critics bark at fancy digs for dogs - San Francisco's SPCA builds home-like apartments for stray pets and offers to share them with homeless humans. (Baltimore Sun)
Exploring inner space - Tracking the emotional well-being of Mir's oft-challenged crew members (Baltimore Sun)

Sports + outdoor
How To: Score a baseball game - When the Nationals take the field for their first home game, be ready to keep score like a pro. (Washington Post)
The Indie's Indy - At the San Francisco Illegal Soapbox Society, speed is good, but attitude is better.(P.O.V. magazine)
Woman's place on top - review of "Breaking Trail," by mountain climber Arlene Blum (San Francisco Chronicle)
From hot shocks to hot stock? - San Jose company hopes to ride popularity of mountain bike suspension system to successful IPO (San Francisco Examiner)

Travel
Barcelona Reborn - In the years since my last visit, Barcelona has become a new city entirely. (Fodors.com)
Bridge to Brooklyn - A reputation grows in New York borough, especially among Bay Area expats. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chelsea Morning ... Noon and Night - Manhattan neighborhood has become a bastion of high style and all things fashionable (Fodors.com)
Keeping Up with the Jones - A London guide to Bridget's favorite spots (Fodors.com)
Making a Match Online - Vacationers like condos for the same reasons owners do: the kitchens, the space & the perks (Budget Travel magazine)
Santorini summer - I fell for Robert on a sunlit Greek isle, but how could the girl my mother raised give up her voyage for a man? (Salon.com)

Words + music
A ruthless cycle of prostitution - review of "The Dancing Girls of Lahore," by Louise Brown (San Francisco Chronicle)
Portrait of the magazine writer as a young boor - review of "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," by Toby Young (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chasing Steinbeck ... with children - Andromeda Romano-Lax set out to retrace the writer's path to the Sea of Cortez. But while Steinbeck's book bears little mention of his wife, Romano-Lax's is driven by the presence of her family. (Salon.com)
Music review: John Prine - "In Spite of Ourselves" (Salon.com)
Book review: Gregory Maguire - "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" (Salon.com)