On Purim, Jews celebrate Persians trying (but not succeeding) to kill us, on Channukah, we commemorate how the Greeks tried (and failed) to kill us, and on Passover, we celebrate escaping being killed by the Egyptians. All this, Shalom Auslander points out in his novel, Foreskin's Lament. And all Continue Reading
I love vanity sizing. Why? I am not a size six. Even on a good day, I'm a size 8. (And mostly, they're not good days) But in the world of Vanity Sizing, I can wear a six. I know it's bull. I know I'm the same size in a 12 as I am in a 10 as I am in an 8 or a 6. But I don't care. I LOVE Continue Reading
I didn't hit CES2014. I don't think I missed anything. For the past several years, I have made the annual tech trek to CES in Las Vegas. For the uninitiated, CES is the Consumer Electronics Show, once a trade show exclusively for electronic retailers to make their biggest yearly merchandise Continue Reading
Yes, it's true. In the late 80's I lived in Paris and made my living as a Bar Mitzvah band singer. I sang in Hebrew, Yiddish, French, English and Arabic. Here's the proof. Not long after this photo was taken, the guys in the band (a dentist, an accountant, and IT guy...) all started wearing gold Continue Reading
Hello, my name is Ashley, and I'll be your server this evening. This summer, our chef has a season long special: WeinerSpitzle. WeinerSpitzle is an only in NY combination of hubris, stupidity, perversion, and blatant disregard for the law. We take a little bit of working class Continue Reading
Ryan Reynolds had a real conversation with a real kid and the media world went bananas. Early this week, I brought a pint-sized KidzVuz reporter to the Red Carpet for the premiere of Turbo. Our ten year old first-timer interviewed Ryan Reynolds, Michelle Rodriguez, Luis Guzman, Ken Leong, race car Continue Reading
The kids are at camp, and Bentley has been looking like this pretty much since they left. So sweet. Continue Reading
Not because I look like hair (frizzy hair, big nose, I know) but because, while preparing for the kids' B'nai Mitzvah montage I've been feeling the urge to sing the great Streisand classic: Memories from The Way we Were. Continue Reading
"AHHHHHH! My pictures are gone!" If, like thousands upon thousands of other parents, you have allowed your under 13-year-old child to be on Instagram, you may well have heard that cry over the weekend. Why? Because, per its Terms of Service, Instagram does not allow children under the age of 13 Continue Reading
While my kids are studying their Torah portions, looking for relevant things to say in their speeches (you try to relate skin disease (the subject of their portions) to 21st century tweenagerdom!), I have no less daunting tasks: Planning a party that is neither over the top nor lame. (so far, not Continue Reading