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when brenda and eddie met tommy and gina
Here’s a thought: What if Brenda and Eddie from Billy Joel’s Scenes from an Italian Restaurant met Tommy and Gina from Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer? What? It could happen. Here’s what we know: Brenda and Eddie are from Long Island, the former King and Queen of the Prom who marry against all advice, get furniture from […]
deuces wild
Ever watch couples interact and make up stories about them? (Or is that only me?) For example, those two sitting with their heads together over Caramel Macchiatos? Trying to decide the best way to tell her husband and his wife that they are running off to Tahiti. That distinguished, old-moneyed couple nibbling caviar on toast points? […]
oscar, oscar, oscar
If you’re lucky enough (read “old enough”) to have seen the original Odd Couple TV series, you probably remember this classic line — the three-peat “Oscar, Oscar, Oscar” said by Felix Unger as he bemoaned one of Oscar Madison’s failings (anything from leaving a half-smoked cigar on the dining room table to leaving sweaty socks on the TV […]
write of passage
I can’t speak for other writers, but I myself have a love / not-so-much relationship with writing. On the one hand, it’s a passion — it’s who I am and what I do. It’s how I earn a living and how I get to be creative. And funny. Touching. And conversational. And, hopefully, maybe even a little […]
ghost of a chance
I believe in ghosts in a “sure, why not?” kind of way. Or, more precisely, I believe that ghosts exist — but for other people, not me. Stuff moves around your house of its own volition? Okay, a ghost. Those sounds you hear on a windless night that could only be attributed to gusts of […]
duh-ble trouble
Ever have one of those “aha” moments, those celebrated moments of our lives that are epiphanies, revealing our own truths, our own selves, our own reasons for being? Not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about those times when you finally realize something completely obvious, something that everyone else out there probably has known forever while you’ve […]
when i grow up
While still trying to figure out who I want to be when I grow up, there are a number of women who make me want to say, “I’ll have what she’s having.” First up, Jane Fonda. Seriously, have you seen that woman on the red carpet? She’s absolutely stunning, to say nothing of her talent […]
“s” is for sexy
OMG it’s finally happened. I’m too old for People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. Not to date, to appreciate. With the announcement that Chris Hemsworth has claimed this year’s honor, I find myself completely unmoved. Not that Mr. Hemsworth isn’t good-looking. It’s just that he’s young — far too young for my appreciation meter to move even one […]
wood-a, shoulda, coulda
I love nature as much as the next person (ok, to a point), and a walk through the famed monarch butterfly preserve near Santa Barbara is always a treat. From November through February, this eucalyptus grove is host to what seems like millions of monarchs on their annual migration. So there we were this weekend. Picture it — […]
rice on your head 