Tag Archives: Women

Egg Cells – Fresh or Frozen (Fertility, Part 2)

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Sabine Muscat

Sperm is a simple commodity compared to the much more delicate product that is traded on the second floor of the building that houses the Fairfax Cryobank. Oil paintings with flower motifs decorate the salmon colored walls of the Institute … Continue reading →

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A Sperm Donor Who Looks Like Matt Damon (Fertility, Part 1)

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Sabine Muscat

The basement of the Cryobank in Fairfax does not look all that different from a hobby brewery. Except that the stainless steel barrels don’t contain beer but nitrogen. They feed big white tanks to keep the temperature at below – … Continue reading →

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A Rockefeller Who Hates Oil (Gentlewoman Farmers, Part 2)

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Sabine Muscat

“I hope you brought something warm,” said Eileen Rockefeller after we had sat down for an interview for a Capital series about the world’s most famous families in business history. A chilly November wind was blowing around her white farm … Continue reading →

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Offroad with Sandy Lerner (Gentlewoman Farmers, Part 1)

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Sabine Muscat

“I am not someone who gets stuck in the rut,” Sandy Lerner had told me as we talked about the impressive range of her interests and activities during a drive across her farm – from computer programming to novel writing to organic farming. But … Continue reading →

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