I ran a marathon 2 weeks ago. I totally forgot to write about it. Probably because it sucked so bad I just wanted to block it out. …. Last summer, in July 2013, I did the NYC Triathlon. And that was such an amazing experience that at the last minute, I registered for the NYC Marathon. Less […]
Archives for October 2014
Why I Will Never Go On a Cruise
1) I saw Titanic. 2) They ruin other peoples’ vacations. I went on vacation to Puerto Rico a couple years ago, and I took a trip into Old San Juan. My day was ruined by the world’s largest cruise ship which docked there. You know when you go to the beach and all of the sudden […]
Dear Renee
Dear Renée, I saw your picture. The one that everyone is talking about. The one where they say you look unrecognizable. Not that it really matters, but here’s what I think. Either way, you’re kind of screwed. When people see pictures of actresses and models who are showing the signs of aging, they are quick […]
A little too close for comfort.
Do you ever have one of those parenting near misses? The kind where you caught your kid doing something really bad? Something that could have been beyond disastrous? But Thank God, you caught the kid just in the nick of time? But then all you can do is conjure up every single God-awful scenario that could […]
I don’t have a favorite child. But I often have a least favorite one.
I remember an article circulating around a while back written by a woman admitting she had a favorite child. I never actually read it, but I think it pretty much said that we all have a favorite kid. We just don’t admit it. I have been thinking about this favorite child thing for a long […]
Less dictatorship, more partnership.
My husband and I went to our first marriage therapist about two months after we got married. I know. That didn’t take long. But we were two fairly damaged people when we met. I suppose that’s one of the reasons we were attracted to each other to begin with. So it’s not surprising that there […]