Dog University

I have a good new friend who is really, really busy. She has a number of businesses, a fab husband, two very small children and two dogs, one of whom died. Her to do list is like mine, longer than her life span. She has zero time for herself and takes care of way too many people.

So, the dog dies and  what does she do next? Three days later she posted on facebook that she got a new puppy. Then ...read more

Movie Review: Sex & the City 2

I have to start this review with the fact that everyone said not to bother seeing it; that the new Sex and the City was not as good as the first one and it’s a flop. So, after seeing it, I did go look at some of the reviews and shook my head in wonderment. If you have a man review a picture made purely for women (ok, and gay men), then you will never get an understanding of the ...read more

Ironing Boards

My friend Maria was visiting me last week into Memorial Day weekend. On her first morning, she came upstairs and the following conversation ensued.

“Can I use your ironing board and iron?”

“Sure, if I had one, you could surely use it.”

“You don’t have an ironing board?”

“No.”

“Do you have an iron?”

“No.”

“Really?”

“It’s early Maria and not the time of day I make jokes. I do not have an iron or an ironing board. Do you find that odd?”

She just looked at me like ...read more

Our Moms and Dads

I got the following email from a friend yesterday.

Did I tell you about my mom?  She uses a walker, but for some reason decided to try the tread mill at her apt building last week, hit the wrong button, sped up, she went flying, got battered, had to have eye surgery last week for a torn retina ….laugh or cry?

I read it and started laughing with the image of this older woman on a walker headed to the treadmill, and then as I ...read more

Sandra, Tiger, Jesse, Elin and so on...

I was with a friend this weekend and talking about the Tiger Woods scandal and the Sandra Bullock nightmare. She was out to dinner with friends a week ago, and one of the guys said the following relating to Sandra and Jesse.

“Good girl meets bad boy.”

“Bad boy marries good girl.”

“Good girl continues to be good.”

“Bad boy continues to be bad.”

He then shrugged his shoulders like, “Where is the surprise?”

It’s come out in the news that Elin asked Tiger before they ...read more

The Golden Globe belonged to Meryl

I love Meryl Streep. I love that her nose is too long. I love that she looks down shyly sometimes before she speaks, and I love that she wears clothes that I would wear to awards shows that I will never be invited to attend. I especially love that she is fearless on the screen showing things about herself that are less than flattering. Last night, at the Golden Globes, the night belonged to Meryl.

Her comments about her role in ...read more

Man of the Year - Yet Again

It’s not that I’m against Ben Bernanke. Well, that’s a lie. Even when he was re-appointed by Obama I was unsettled. It reminded me of the arsonist who is a firefighter, lights the fire, then puts it out and wins a medal. Correct me if I’m wrong – I’m so not a finance girl – but wasn’t he in charge of the country’s finances a year and a half ago when we all fell into the abyss? And, wasn’t he ...read more

Movie Review. Precious.

I really hate it when Oprah tells me I have to like something. I get her exitement. But, first of all, her track record in film is less than stellar, and she pushes, pushes, pushes. And, then she calls someone in the film and tells them they will be nominated for an Academy Award. Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. No offense, and I’m an Oprah lover, but she needs to not jinx people with her methodology of ...read more

Movie Review. Whip It. An Education.

Whip It and An Education both have much to offer – especially to us women. I’m reviewing them together because I happened to see them both within a week of each other, and the parallels are striking.

An Education takes place in middle-class London in the sixties and Whip It takes place in present day rural Texas, which eerily looks to be the same as middle-class London in the sixties. (It’s not about me and George Bush, I promise.) It’s about the backward approach ...read more

Women's Health. Pap Smears. Lying. Health Care.

In the car, with a bunch of women going to New York City, the topic of women’s health came up. Horror stories, some with happy endings kept returning in between laughter and personal insults. The fact that you can have a ton of pap smears, and still have undetected cancer was mentioned.

“You have to have a sonogram to detect some of those things, not a pap smear.”

“Yes, but no way my insurance will cover it.”

“All you have to do is ...read more