Meanie Head Mom is back. She is forcing her boys to watch a movie, in the theatre with popcorn. It’s a day before the Academy Awards and Lincoln is the only movie mom has not seen of the Best Picture line-up. She calls the movie Stinkin’ Lincoln because she’s tried...
I know this is strange. But I really think Tim Gunn and Emily Post have reincarnated themselves into teenagers. Tim Gunn is alive, his stylistic eye on the stars. But like the designers making their mark at Target or Kohl’s, he’s figured out how to bring his talent to...
Passing time in the checkout line, what do you do? Sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting for your name to be called, what do you do? Waiting for your son to get through his orthodontist appointment, what do you do? I crack open People magazine and never that...
By My Littlest Angel Bon-Bon Day turned into a two-week tour. Menial tasks went MIA for a few days, then turned into seven days and then seven days times two. Seventh Heaven? I skipped exercise and cooking. I slept in and ate sweets. What seemed impossible and...
Bon Bon Day What does it take to give mom a day off? Say a day to eat bon bons and wear a dressing gown and feathery high heels. That’s a dream day my mom romanticized while I was growing up. I’m in. And here’s another million-dollar question, to...
It’s my favorite celebration of the year: Mother’s Day. Next to the first day of school, it’s one of my happiest happenings. And it’s a real holiday, sanctioned by the government back in 19O8, at the request of Anna Jarvis of West Virginia. She wanted all of us...
