Author of the hilarious memoir Be Pretty, Get Married, and Always Drink TaB, Washington Post special correspondent Gigi Anders and her parents were born Jewish in Havana, Cuba. The trio fled Castro's regime for the United States in 1961. After six months in Miami Beach, the family moved to Washington, D.C., where Gigi came of age and eventually turned to writing. She has written for Glamour, Allure, Mirabella, American Health for Women, USA Today's USA Weekend, American Journalism Review, Hispanic, Latina, and First for Women.
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Uno is number one, he's the first guy who comes to the forest. And he loves it, it's a beautiful forest! But others follow .. [and] slowly forget why they came there in the first place... But the reveal is that meanwhile, Uno has made a difference. He's kept a garden, Uno's Garden.
Men May Come and Men May Go ... But I've Still Got My Little Pink Raincoat
Cuban-American journalist and author Gigi Anders brings fashion sense to her search for Mr. Right in a collection of spot-on, hilarious vignettes based on her own obsessions. Recalling a variety of clothing and accessories, Anders tells of her sartorial sojourn in a book called "Men May Come and Men May Go ... But I've Still Got My Little Pink Raincoat."
Uno is number one, he's the first guy who comes to the forest. And he loves it, it's a beautiful forest! But others follow .. [and] slowly forget why they came there in the first place... But the reveal is that meanwhile, Uno has made a difference. He's kept a garden, Uno's Garden. 
