June 2009

Tennis Officials Call Serena Williams Ugly, Send Her to Back Courts

June 30, 2009

Quick, name this profession: long, slim, toned bodies poured into tight fitting – but adorable! – clothing and jumping around in front of a bevy of overeager photographers, magazine editors, and camera crews. Oh yeah, and there’s a lot of “grunting” involved (oh, the scandal!). Did you say modeling? Actually, it’s tennis. With East European beauties such as Maria Sharapova, Anna Kournikova and Elena Dementieva ruling the press coverage of the sport, one would think they must also be ruling the courts. Not so, say many tennis insiders. Often the best courts and play slots (and hence the better media [...]

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The Problem With Lying About Your Age

June 28, 2009

photo credit: Dina Goldstein I’m 31 today. Not 29 for the third time. Not “a woman of a certain age.” And I’m certainly not “the new 20.” I’m 31 and I’m totally okay with that. I was not in a very good place when I was 20. You couldn’t pay me to be 17 or 13 or even 8 again. 30, and so far 31, have been very good to me. I’m finally learning to measure my years not by my accomplishments but by the quality of relationships in my life. I’m very blessed to have a loving family and [...]

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The Winner of the $60 Gift Card Is…

June 28, 2009

aboyn3girls! Not only did they answer my questions, but I also got a free parenting tip (that I don’t know if I’m brave enough to use): “We try to always eat on nice stoneware/china, yep, even the kids. It causes them to behave better and all of us to feel a little more proper at the dinner table. When I break out the paper plates, messes and poor dinner behavior ensue. Oh, and FYI, buy an extra set or 2 of your dinnerware when it’s on sale, then there’s no problem when a dish is broke hear and there.” E-mail [...]

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The Furor Over Frankenfoods – Hype or Legitimate Horror?

June 26, 2009

Do you like scary movies? Chalk it up to a bad experience with The Changeling (not the Angelina Jolie version but the really old 80′s one) or just an overactive imagination but I normally stay as far away from the scary stuff as possible. The other night however, I found myself parked in front of my computer glued to the scariest movie I’ve seen in the past decade. It had all the makings of a horror flick: wickedly powerful bad guys, gruesome deaths, a citizenry unaware of the disaster just around the corner and just a handful of helpless good [...]

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What’s In Your Water Bottle?

June 25, 2009

I got an interesting e-mail about a week ago from “Tammy”. She started off good, telling me how funny I am and how much she loves my blog (flattery will get you everywhere with me) but then took a sharp turn off into Marketing LaLa land. You might recognize this place – land of fabled 6′ 120 lb supermodels who eat cheeseburgers instead of salads & drink vodka at 9 am in the pool while the rest of us are working & then walk their dogs if they get to feeling a little puffy. If there are any children present, [...]

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Can Changing Your Dishes Change How You Eat? (Giveaway Post!)

June 24, 2009

“Country Blue” melamine flatware is what I grew up eating off of. You will excuse my parents for their apparent lack of taste – it was the ’80s so both melamine and country blue were omnipresent and with three little kids they were just being practical. Eventually they moved on and my mother purchased a set of beautiful white and red stonewear that looks much better in the family holiday dinner pics. The problem? I haven’t moved on. That’s right, I am eating off the same dishes today that I did as kid. Those little blue plates, now slightly chipped [...]

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Weight Gain in Pregnancy: What’s Normal and What’s Just Celebrities

June 23, 2009

It’s official: I am half way done with my pregnancy! With 20 weeks under my metaphorical belt – like I could get an actual belt on these days – and perhaps less to go if the universe loves me, I feel pretty excited about this milestone. As I’m looking obviously pregnant now, there are many upsides – I’m starting to look cute in maternity clothes, hopefully we’ll find out the gender soon (my ultrasound is on the 30th) and I get to park in the mother-to-be parking spots without feeling guilty. (Side note: pregnant women do not need special parking [...]

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The Problem With Personal Blogging

June 22, 2009

I am not prone to cursing but this weekend this blog had me all up in 4-letter arms. I sometimes forget that even though I’m surrounded by my warm, cozy, supportive group of about 30 or so regular commenters that tens of thousands of other people read this site. Some of them very strange people indeed. You know what? I don’t mind the strange ones. I certainly don’t mind people telling me I’m wrong. I love a debate. But someone telling me I should be murdered? I mind. And it’s not just for myself that I am concerned but for [...]

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Ruining Perfectly Good Food

June 19, 2009

Nothing says yummy like Tom Selleck’s chest hair! Coffee cake is one of life’s nicest niceties. Not only does it have crunchy brown sugar streusel layered with moist cake and topped with icing but it also evokes images of tea parties and twee hats and gloves and dresses with nipped-in waists and Peter-Pan collars. Fun. So when Gym Buddy Lisseth waxed rhapsodic about the best coffee cake ever, which she had made the night before and eaten for breakfast this morning, you will understand why my mouth began to water. The Gym Buddies and I have an interesting post-workout tradition. [...]

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What Not To Wear: Gym Edition

June 18, 2009

A woman in step class was wearing a black lace bra. Not underneath anything, as bras are generally meant to be worn. Not even on top of something, Madonna-style (is it just me or is she coming up an awful lot on here lately??) which quite truthfully would have been preferable. Nope, it was black bike shorts (Spanx?), a large expanse of untoned pasty flesh and then black lace, delicate straps and underwire. In the gym. I’m Too Sexy For My ShirtIt was as if she had rushed to the gym, forgetting she wasn’t wearing a top. Except that the [...]

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