Interspecies friends have been scarce around these parts lately, but when a friendship—or at least a compliant canine wetnurse—appears as the result of interspecies (technically intergenus) mating, it does not go unnoticed. Plus, ligers! The […]
There’s one thing I have no doubt about and it’s that Chico’s is a store for middle-aged women. What other brand would proudly use Michael Phelps’ mom as spokesperson? Ok, Coldwater Creek, Talbots, Bolton’s…but I […]
So, I’m still feeling too young for gray hair, but too old for feathers What? You don’t know about the latest hair trend? (This is a bit too close to the feather roach clips the […]
In case you were wondering, I do think there is such a thing as middle age and I will eventually take part in it—just not in my 30s. Maybe it starts at 45? Yes, 45. […]
No matter how much I long to leave Carroll Gardens behind me (I’m still coming to terms with the fact that a new apartment smaller than what I have now rents for $4,400–and that people […]
"A 41-year-old man still thinks of himself as young, but honestly, as somebody near enough that age, I can tell you it isn't. In true math terms, and according to the average life expectancy of […]
What I learned about Portland Timbers fans from the only sports story I’ll likely read all year: “stadium vendors hawk barbecued-tofu sandwiches, spinach salads and chocolate-covered bacon.” "The Timbers are all about helping out their […]
between 1988 and 2008, the fraction of middle-aged men and women ages forty to fifty-nine receiving SSDI benefits rose by 45 percent among males (from 3.9 to 5.6 percent) and 159 percent among females (1.9 […]
Normally when Carrie Bradshaw, all poufs and ringlets, shows up on my TV, I leap for the remote. But when Sexo en Nueva York came on the small screen at my rental apartment in San […]
Moms! Moms are special people with special wants and needs. During my one work day back from vacation I found a treasure trove of press releases about mom-related polls and surveys just waiting for me […]