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Will someone please nominate me for What Not to Wear ? I have been in a major style rut for the last 18 months. When I first lost my job, with it also went the obligation to “dress up.” (But truthfully I wasn’t so upset about that.) Then I got pregnant – and for the nine months I spent hovering over or around a toilet, I wore nothing but maternity clothes in the form of oversized sweats. So I was pregnant – that was my first excuse. Then I had the baby – and well, the wardrobe didn’t change... Read Full Story

After my cousin had twins 4 months to the day after I had my baby girl, we were comparing gifts. Kind of like, “How many baby blankets? What’s the most hideous outfit?” Finally I ask, “How many baby books did you get?” She says, “What do you mean “baby books?” You mean How to Expect: The First Years?” No, I clarify, “Like a book for you to write down all the stuff. The firsts. First laugh, first foods, favorite toy. A place to put their piece of hair, footprints. Come on, you must know what I... Read Full Story

Last week I decided it was finally time to color my hair. It had been months that the tufts of gray on my temples were bothering me. With the baby, I was always putting my hair up in a ponytail and the clown-like, white bunches weren’t funny anymore (no, they never really were). Most people said they didn’t notice the gray – until I pointed it out, to which, they’d reply “Oh, huh. How about that? Well, it’s not so bad.” Or else they’d tell me how they’ve been dying their hair since they were... Read Full Story

It’s been a full week since I’ve completed the NaBloPoMo challenge . I did it for the whole 28 days, just like I did two years ago . There were things I liked about the challenge – and obviously things that annoyed me. Most of what annoyed me was that I found myself sitting at the laptop around 9:30pm every evening saying, “Shit, I have to blog” and then often pounding something out that was not at all what I would have blogged about had I not been “forced” to put something up. Most times I... Read Full Story

The Oscars tried to market to a younger audience – and they failed. The Academy Awards, as an institution, is not regarded as movie judges for the younger demographic. Hearing a movie is an Oscar-winner doesn’t draw them to the theatres; they are going to see the Twilight movies and the Harry Potter movies – and it doesn’t matter if any of them ever see a gold statue. Anne Hathaway as a host was fathomable, but James Franco was just ridiculous. It was as if his agent offered him the gig and... Read Full Story

It was the perfect night - as we knew it would be. The evening was exactly what this couple needed to celebrate their 6-year-anniversary. After careful consideration, we decided on an evening that was typical for us. We went to our usual sushi place in Union Square - and instead of going to see King's Speech, even though I knew it would win the Oscar, we walked. And walked some more - for almost 3 hours. It was a quintessential winter evening, and what we wanted, more than anything, was to be... Read Full Story

Even though we sometimes sneer at other people's Facebook status when they sound like romantic, corny saps - we both posted something in today's status. I think it says it all - even if we did say it to each other in witness of hundreds of people, most of whom only exist as "friends" on the virtual 'book. This holiday, as special as it is, is celebrated by only him and I. ME: 6 years ago the stars were lined up in the most perfect way - and my life turned onto the greatest road I never knew... Read Full Story

Tomorrow will be six years since the day I met my love . We've spoken about it for the last few weeks - "can you believe it's six years since the day that changed our lives forever ?" We wanted to go to a nice dinner; my sister is babysitting - but none of the restaurants that made the "best of" lists seemed to get either of us excited. Somehow the food was trying to upstage the occasion. We just wanted to be together - out in the streets of New York City - walking, eating, laughing... Read Full Story

Sometimes I sit down to write when I have a few minutes in between the running here or there. Many times I think I'm going to have enough time to write something comprehensive, but often times I have a paragraph or two written in a Word document - and keep it open for days. More times than not, I forget where I was going with any particular random page. Here's something I wrote last weekend that never went anywhere but is a Polaroid of a weekend out of my life, winter 2011. Maybe I was just... Read Full Story

We've recently noticed that our 8-month-old has a fascination with the Optimum Online Triple Play TV commercial. It comes on often during the Today show. They change the commercial every so often - so there have been many renditions - but the jingle stays the same. It's very annoying, yet catchy - it may even make jingle history. The marketing strategy seems to be over-saturation during a short time. My baby would drop anything she was doing if she heard the commercial come on. She would stop... Read Full Story