Monthly Archive: August, 2008

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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.… Read More

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,… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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