Caught Man Handed
“It’s the little things you’ll miss…” That’s what people say. People also say things like, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” “Don’t cry over spilled milk,” and “Ouch! GET OFF MY FOOT!” Popular...
View ArticleThe Film Fatales wonder about To the Wonder. Is it Magnifique or pure merde?
IN THEATERS & ON DEMAND. 2012. 112 minutes. Starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdamsand Javier Bardem. Directed by and written by Terrence MalickMichel, Marina and Neil come to...
View ArticleRaising a Glass to Wisdom & Widening Hips
My friends already know: I take great pleasure in my birthday every year. Know why? Well… To paraphrase the perfectly pompous Ron Burgundy, I don’t know how to put this but, I’m kind of a big deal....
View ArticleDoctors Make Strange Bedfellows
I don’t keep strange bedfellows. Practical words to live by. Generally speaking, I follow this rule closely. Well, I guess “it’s more of a guideline than a rule” (to blatantly steal from Ghostbusters),...
View ArticleDeliver Me from Labor
My husband thinks my underwear is sexy. This is a first for me, because I’m more of an underwear “dress-for-comfort” kind of gal. This has always been a slight disappointment to my husband—or any of my...
View ArticleHot Wax
Byline: Amy Vansant Many things seem like a good idea until they aren’t: hiring a birthday party clown; parachute pants; Justin Bieber.But this sort of disappointment doesn’t have to happen to you and...
View ArticleThe Hot Issue - June 2013
Publication Date: 2013-06Byline: Nikki Hardin, Publisher Notes to My Summer Selfread more
View ArticleMeltdown
Byline: Stacy Appel Camp Robin Hood wasn’t at all what I expected. For one thing, no one had happened to mention the heat. In the glossy brochure photos, the campers looked uniformly cool and...
View ArticleSummer Stage
Byline: Stephanie Hunt When her mother died, my friend Becca used the $7,500 she inherited to turn an abandoned schoolhouse in rural Ecuador into Escuela Anne Stevens to carry on her mother’s ministry...
View ArticleZzzzzzzz
ZZZZzzzgtun runetneur hamburger fjes;djhgfsneufitna anyrnd rughrrrrrrrr qqqqqqqqqqq hamburger fuwpantue afntuppgnepa enu402ndpr hamburger.Oops. Sorry about that. I thought maybe I could have my dog...
View ArticleIt's Five O'Clock Somewhere (maybe not Jersey...)
Winds of change, people, winds of change. After thirteen weeks of supreme tolerance (ah, who’s counting?), Grandpa Eggo has left New England for the summer. Adios. Sayonara. See Ya. Ahhhhhhhhhh …...
View ArticleSecrets Revealed: Mom Jeans
I have uncovered a secret. It’s a secret secret that only mom’s and New York French nannys know. I can explain one of the Great Unexplainable Riddles of Life, like who built the pyramids, and why Joan...
View ArticleMom's Passed Out (or ... Vacation Begins)
My family will be taking a vacation soon and there’s not a doubt in my mind I will be the first one asleep on Night One. Why? Because we haven’t even left yet and I am exhausted. Because I’m the Mom....
View Article50 Shades Of Anti-Gray
Byline: Stephanie Hunt I wish I could remember my first time. The moment I crossed over from being an innocent virgin brunette to being a little less virgin and a little more brunette. I wish I could...
View ArticleAny Thing But Blue
Byline: Jen Reeder I was lying on a beach, being “buried” in the sand by some of my nieces and nephews. They were all under the age of 10, still too young to do anything naughty, like give me sand...
View ArticleComing out of the Closet
Dear Wearer -- I am writing on behalf of the entire Closet so that we may address the many comments and complaints dating from 28 September, 2012 to the present. I would like to point out that I have...
View ArticleHilarity on the High Seas
We have returned! As previously reported, we brazenly laughed in the face of odds (and disaster flicks) and embarked on a Carnival cruise. Surprisingly (sadly?) there was nary a floating poop on the...
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