Favorite (Exhausted) Auntie in New York

I’m catching up with my sister and her four kids and I’m wiped out. Oh, did I mention the new dog they have, too? So make that four-and-a-half kids. They’re all incredibly sweet and cute, but still exhausting. I sometimes think my apprehensions about having kids have to do with seeing what it really takes. [...]

Packing for New York!

I’m determined to pack light for my almost-month long stay in NYC. Am so excited to be going back “home.” Even though it’s not really home anymore but you really can’t take New York out of the girl.
Have already got my lists of things to do:
Massage with Eric. Dr.O. Shopping. Brunches. Run in Central Park. [...]

Bonkers for Bengals

I feel myself turning into a Crazy Cat Lady.
The other day, I saw (and heard) what looked to be a little tiger being carried by a couple on the street. I had to ask, “Is that a cat or a tiger?” The woman explained that it’s a Bengal cat. And I have to say that [...]

Top 10 Reasons I’ve Turned Into a Schlump

Yesterday, I put on a little sundress, some cute ankle boots and applied some lipstick and mascara. Dman looked at me and said, “You haven’t looked this nice in a long time!”
This got me to thinking why I’ve turned into such a schlump.
10. MARRIAGE. Now that I’m married, I really don’t have as pressing a [...]

Tivo and Meatballs

Ok, so I have to take back what I wrote about the French not having Tivo yet. They do. It’s just that Dman didn’t realize we had it on our DIGITAL TV system. I found it by accident today as I was looking through the on-screen guide FOR THE FIRST TIME and immediately discovered that [...]

How the French Watch the Olympics

They don’t. Or perhaps they do a little bit, but it doesn’t seem to be as huge of an event as it is for the Americans.
First off, they show the sports live, so what that means is that some of my favorite events (gymnastics, swimming, diving) are happening at 4 am French time. And I [...]

Just What Is Victoria’s Secret, Anyway?

If anyone should know the answer to this question, it should be me. I was once a copywriter for the catalog and judging from the copy I wrote, Victoria’s Secret was all about being “sensuous, seductive, sexy, sleek and soft.” The FIVE S’s… we weren’t supposed to use those descriptors too frequently. (“Silky” came in [...]

You Were Right But I’m Never Wrong

That’s a line from my song “Lullaby” which, yes, will be on the new record.
I’m thinking about that line because that seems to be the biggest problem in relationships. Everyone wants to be right even when they know they’re probably wrong. And it seems rare that anyone is 100 percent wrong or right in a [...]

To Market, To Market

I have to faire des courses today—go grocery shopping. After five days in the country, the fridge is pretty much vide and it usually falls to me to fill it back up. Now how I wound up with this duty, I’m not entirely sure, but it’s a mixture of me wanting to have all bio [...]

Normandy, So Nice (What’s Up W/the Bathtubs?)

I’m in the country (a la campagne) right now and have been for three days. Took the train to Dieppe in Normandy to meet up with my belle-mere (mother-in-law) and her only other Brooklyn-Jewish-French friend here. So three displaced New Yorkers in Normandy… you should hear the accents flying around.
I got some yoga and writing [...]