Exactly nine years ago since the last issue of Being A Broad magazine, who would have thought there would be a re-launch?! For the past nine years, I have been consistently asked to bring back the magazine by countless people: men and women, foreign and Japanese. In January this year, I finally decide that it [...]
How did you get started in Pilates and then make the transition from practicing to teaching? I started dancing when I was five, doing ballet, modern dance, and jazz and then I moved to Boston for college and majored in dance. It was in Boston that my professor incorporated Pilates into our warm-up and I [...]
BY KARRYN CARTELLE Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live somewhere else in Asia? Sure, it’s all fun and games on holiday, but what is the daily reality of life for foreign women in nearby Asian countries? Karryn Cartelle reports on a few women living the dream in Hong Kong, Thailand, [...]
Living in Japan, it’s hard not to think about fashion. We’re living in the land of man-purses, diamond-clad dog collars (on actual dogs!), and gravity-defying heels, even on grannies. This may inspire some of us to hide away, but some foreign women rise to the occasion and use their time in Japan to flaunt their [...]
BY ELISE MORI The holidays are a perfect time for indulging, but sometimes you just want a decadent home-made dessert. This is challenging—but not impossible—if you don’t have an oven. Tiramisù and ice cream are perfect recipes to test out when you have a bit more free time over the holidays. Tiramisù is like poetry, [...]
From September 1997 to November 1998, the original Being A Broad magazine was a source of entertainment, information, and inspiration to foreign women living throughout Japan. When co-publishers Caroline Pover and Emily Downey decide to re-launch the magazine, former readers, contributors, and fans sent their words of encouragement, found below. But don’t get the wrong [...]
BY LAURA RAFTER I admit it—the first time I tried yoga I could not stop laughing. To be fair, I was 15, with a bunch of girlfriends and it was Wednesday afternoon high school sport and, well, constant giggling was one of our most common past-times. I also thought concentrating on breathing and slow movements [...]
BY LAUREN SHANNON The holidays… for many of us it just feels like one long rush from early November to the end of the New Year’s Shogatsu week in Japan. We’re busy with work events and closing out the year, or planning and balancing family travel plans, sending all those holiday cards and emails back [...]
First of all, thank you for your continued support. Girls’ Night Out has been attracting more and more visitors (who can say no to a free drink?) and we’ve been so excited about the subscriptions and interest in the magazine. Keep it up! Non-Tokyo residents — please don’t think that we’ve forgotten about you. You [...]
BY CELIA MULDERRIG The holidays can be both exhilarating and exhausting for broads in Japan. Luckily, Celia’s done the hard part for us, and put together a great selection of dirty diversions. We know that not everyone has a secret Santa to foot the bill, so we’ve been sure to include affordable, but fun ideas [...]
