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My Dog Doesn’t Eat my Underwear Anymore
or How my dog drove me to get Botox. In past years having my period at work meant I regularly employed the old tampon up your sleeve on the way to the rest room routine. But of late I take a different tack. In my dotage, I march towards the restroom twirling my tampon […]
Continue readingActivism Boot Camp: Are High Schoolers our Hope for the Future?
This is not a photo of kids waiting for a bus Oh, I know what it looks like. It looks like a photo of a bunch of teenagers waiting on line for a bus. But in fact, it’s a photo of hope. It’s a photo of the future. It’s a photo that reassures me that […]
Continue readingMuseum Hack: A Whole New Way to Go to the Museum
What it was like to be a Bad Ass B*tch at the Metropolitan Museum with Museum Hack. Back in the 1970’s, my mother got me a spiral bound, probably mimeographed workbook of Metropolitan Museum Treasure Hunts. I still vividly remember the bright turquoise cover with its hand drawn Met hippo, the black type, and black […]
Continue readingjimmyCASE: My Favorite New iPhone Case
I was given a jimmyCASE to facilitate this review. Although I don’t post a whole lot on my blog anymore, I still regularly get pitches from PR companies wanting to send me stuff to review. Go figure. Mostly, it’s stuff I would never want: diaper bags (my kids are teenagers), car seats (did I mention […]
Continue readingWe’re Walking Here: A Behavioral Guide for Tourists to NYC
With high-tourist season about to begin, a New Yorker tells visitors how to navigate New York like a native. Or close enough. NYC has a love/hate thing with tourists. We need you. You stay in our hotels, you buy stuff, you fill the seats at Broadway Shows starring b-list celebrities. You go to the Olive Garden. […]
Continue readingWhy Donald Trump’s Leaked Comments Won’t Change A Thing
Embed from Getty Images I wouldn’t shake that hand! Who knows where it’s been? The news world is all aflutter: Donald Trump was heard on tape saying vile and disgusting things about women! Ratings galore! Pundits never-ending! The left is all excited: this is it! This will be the thing that FINALLY (finally!) convinces people […]
Continue readingBright Star: A Great Mother’s Day Gift of a Broadway Show
Mother’s Day is around the corner. And what better gift than tickets to a warm, funny, moving Broadway show, starring an incredible newcomer: Carmen Cusack. Tickets to Bright Star, which opened on Broadway this season, would make the perfect Mother’s Gift this year. Bright Star, written and composed by Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin), […]
Continue reading#goEnjoy ENJOY: Personal Tech Service #Coupon #DiscountCode
I love me some new technology. I love marveling at what these new-fangled contraptions can do. How they work. Their simplicity. What I don’t enjoy is having to figure out how they do what they do, and set them up myself. Enter ENJOY, the new home tech delivery service I tried out last week. ENJOY […]
Continue readingHow Not to be “That Person” in Your Co-Working Space
WeWork. NeueHouse, Grind, The Yard. If you’re a small business or start up owner, chances are you are either already in one of these hip or pseudo-hip shared office environments, or thinking of joining one. Want free beer? There’s a co-working space for that. Want foosball tables? Check. Want camaraderie, parties, inspiration, motivation? Check Check […]
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