On a recent train ride, I pulled out my latest issue of Vanity Fair. I commented to my traveling companion that I enjoyed reading the magazine because I admired the writing in the articles and the in-depth reporting. I also admitted I do skip some of the articles because I think there is a hidden agenda and they can be very one-sided, but I do enjoy most of the articles. I always learn something new about subjects I wouldn’t normally read up on. Just the other night I caught up on Bernie Madoff’s sons, Nancy Reagan, real estate in the Hamptons and scandal at Ms. Porter’s School in Connecticut. As the conversation continued, (my traveling companion also enjoys Vanity Fair) we began to discuss our various magazine subscriptions. I subscribe to VF, Cooking Light, People and US Weekly. Now, before you judge my choice of celebrity fodder, it is my light gym reading. I read the entertainment news while I sweat it out on the treadmill and elliptical. Plus, People has a lot of good human interest stories. I am constantly reading books with heavy subject matter, so it is nice to escape with fluff every once in a while. Cooking Light is my attempt to hone what few cooking skills I actually have. It is funny to hear the magazines to which people subscribe. The list can be all over the board, a variety of subject matters and styles, or all the titles can be similar. I have noticed most people who subscribe to travel magazines subscribe to them all. And over the years, the subscriptions can change rapidly. As a teen, I was a devoted subscriber to YM, Teen People and Seventeen. In my college years, I read Cosmopolitan. Every so many years, tastes change. That is the beauty of magazines. There is truly something for everyone. I almost always have a magazine on me in some way — be it in my car, on my desk or in my bag. And I always have a copy of Global Traveler nearby. So, besides GT, what magazines do you regularly peruse? Are your tastes wide and varied? Or similar in nature? –Kimberly Krol, eFlyer editor, circulation and public relations executive