In the annals of reality television, perhaps no show is as weird as My Strange Addiction, the show about people addicted to things like eating toilet paper, eating glass, licking their cats. Really. But one of the weirdest — and one of the only episodes I’ve ever seen – featured a man who was having “an […]
Continue readingGimme a Head of Hair, Long Beautiful Hair…Secret Extensions
If you get the reference in the title, then you’re either a musical theater person, or of an age when long hair just seems, well, for younger people. I happen to be both. As I’ve inched nearer and nearer to the half-century mark, my hair has gotten shorter and shorter. It’s sort of the unspoken […]
Continue readingNews Flash: Middle Aged Woman Buys First Car!
I’ve never seen a porno, and I’ve never bought a car. Now, I’ve got to do one of those. Guess which? The car! Gee, what did you think? If you don’t live in NYC, which I have for my entire adult life, the fact that I’ve never bought a car will be the more surprising […]
Continue readingCE WEEKin NYC: Some of my Faves
CES is a massive, miles long, completely insane, totally exhausting labyrinth from which it feels you may never escape. CE WEEK, however, held each week in smaller venues across the country, is an interesting, manageable look at the latest in tech. In my case, it even comes with a fab lunch, courtesy of Techlicious, at […]
Continue readingToddy Gear Review
Full Disclosure: To facilitate this review, I received the products pictured. As usual, all opinions expressed are my own. Fingerprints. Gunk. Grime. Sticky Stuff. That’s what ends up on my phone screen ALL the TIME. That’s why I was so excited that Toddy Gear to get a box of well-designed screen cleaning products from […]
Continue readingThe Kids are at Camp, And EVERYBODY’s Happy
This is a post from last year that I thought I’d put up again, as yesterday, my kids left again for summer camp. This year, despite still agreeing with everything I wrote here, I had a harder time saying goodbye to my kids, and was weepy much of the day. But photos of the […]
Continue readingIn Defense of Matt Lauer
Yesterday’s keruffle over Matt Lauer’s dubious line of questioning with Mary Barra, the first female CEO of automotive giant GM, on the Today Show gave Lauer haters new fuel. (In a nutshell, he asked Barra if she thought she could be both a good CEO and a good Mom. You know, just like he always […]
Continue readingIceland: Greenest Family Vacation Ever
Last week, my family and I vacationed in Iceland. It wasn’t icy at all. As a matter of fact, temperatures in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital, and the city you’d be most likely to visit, are generally mild year-round. They’re less cold in winter, and get less snow than NYC, plus, they have milder summers, too. Who […]
Continue readingHey New York! Do you know your zone?
If you live in NYC, it’s hard to avoid the bus stop ads telling us all that “call grandma” is NOT an emergency plan. And if you’ve lived here for any length of time, you’ve lived through enough disasters — both man-made and natural – that you know you really do need a plan. Really. […]
Continue readingConfessions of a Swag Hound: BirchBox, Chaise Fitness and More
Being a blogger has introduced me to so much. I’ve made good friends, used my social media influence to help raise money for charities like K.I.D.S, R Baby, The Lamp, Mothers2Mothers, and Women in Need. Sometimes, I’m amazed at how bloggers give back, like Jennifer James and her initiatives for women in Africa, or Elena […]
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