What do you do when you get a snide, condescending rejection letter from an editor? You blog about it, that’s what you do. The other day, I submitted a piece to a site and – for the first time in my 20+ year writing career, it was rejected. (Although I was once fired from Sally [...]
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When Your Editor is a Pr#%!
Posted in Rants, tagged critiquing work, editors, writing game reviews on November 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Seeing a Broadway Show: Hair and Hygiene Tips for the Uninitiated
Posted in Humor, Laughs, Rants, Reviews, Travel, tagged Bernadette Peters, Broadway Show etiquette, Night Music on Broadway, what to do at a Broadway show on August 16, 2010 | 62 Comments »
A few weeks ago my fellow blogger and Blogging Angel, Rebecca Levey from Beccarama.com, took me to see A Little Night Music on Broadway. Catherine Zeta Jones starred in the cast of this revival when it opened. And after seeing her inexplicably Tony winning, bird-trapped-in-a-plastic-bag body language performance of Send in the Clowns on the [...]
Southampton Hospital Benefit: One Weird Night Pt 2: Dinner
Posted in Fashion, Humor, Husbands, Laughs, Rants, Travel, tagged Bentley, Hamptons Parties, society parties, southampton hospital benefit on August 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I set the stage: glamorous women, men in plaid pants, fur stoles in August! Yes, it was the 52nd annual Southampton Hospital Benefit, called “Some Enchanted Evening.” Today, I’m continuing the saga as we enter The Dinner Hour!! (cue scary music) The Southampton Hospital Benefit is so huge, so gigantic, that it can only [...]
Put some Clothes On!
Posted in Beauty, Fashion, Laughs, Rants, tagged low-hanging pants, ranting aginst, revealing clothes on July 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I am old. Not because of my saggy knees, or brown spots, or my elbows that look as if they’ve been crumpled up in the back of a drawer for a few decades. No, I am old because I am horrified by what “young girls” are wearing. (plus, I refer to anyone under thirty as [...]
The Comeback Kid – The comebacks I wish I had when I needed them
Posted in Family, Humor, Laughs, Rants, tagged city life, coming up with comebacks, insults on July 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Here are some of the choice things said to me recently by friends and family (and one stranger): As I was on my way to the gym: “I so admire you, Nancy. I could never leave the house looking like that.” As I was entering a dressing room to try on bathing suits: “Are you [...]
If They Pay You/Freebie You/Comp You, Can you Still be a Good Blogger?
Posted in Rants, Reviews, Shopping, Writing, tagged bitmoms, blogging and disclosure, Harry Potter Lego, iGo, Mabels Labels, svmoms, Taga Bikes, using Nintendo Points, Wii and Netlfix join forces on May 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So, this weekend, I went to the SVMOMS/BitMoms brand/blogger roundtable/schmooze fest. (OK, no more slashes for this entire post, I promise.) I had a great time re-connecting with and/or (oops! slash alert!) meeting some very cool blogging moms, like CultureMom, Marinka, Linsey Krolick (finally!) and Mastermind Mommy I also got to meet a lot of [...]
Busy Doing Nothing
Posted in Dogs, Family, Laughs, Neurosis, Parenting, pets, Rants, Working Mom, tagged busy housewife., housework, SAHM, stay at home mom what does she do all day on April 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
At the end of every day, I feel like I have done nothing. Oh I’ve been busy all right. But doing what? So one day last week, I decided to keep track of my day — how could I have been so busy during all those hours when the kids were at school and have [...]
Negative New York: I’m so Over it!
Posted in Rants, tagged Fairyway rudeness, Negativity, New York on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sarcasm. Pessimism. Negativity. I think this city needs an attitudinal makeover. Perhaps the most depressing sign of just how far pessimism has gone is the sign on the scaffolding of the nearly-finished luxury residential building in my neighborhood: “Twenty-First Century Pre-War Residences” it reads. It’s even the headline when you go to the building’s website. [...]
Stomach Flu: Where are you when I need You?
Posted in Diet, Family, Health, Humor, Rants, Weight, tagged Humor, rant, stomach flu, weight loss on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, it’s true – I’ve been gone a while. Why? Oh — I don’t know. Maybe it’s the VIRULENT stomach flu coursing through my entire family. Even the dog threw up. Seriously. First it was my son. On vacation. In Florida. Perfect weather. Beautiful Gulf of Mexico waters. We stayed inside for almost the entire [...]
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Posted in Humor, Laughs, Rants, Uncategorized, Working Mom, Writing, tagged crazy bloggers, crazy comments on your blog, what to do about mean comments on August 18, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Earlier this week my post about how to behave at a Broadway Show got a lot of attention when the lovely now-they’re-my-best-friends people at WordPress chose it for Freshly Pressed, their daily pick of the 10 most comment-worthy posts on the nearly 240,000 blogs housed there. I got a lot of hits (nearly 3000), a [...]
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