Family Ties
As I go through a phase where I am aging and closer to dying and therefore debating whether or not I should be closer to the remaining members left on my father’s side of the […]
Full Sail Ahead
Essie’s lightly shimmering periwinkle polish, Smooth Sailing, not only conjures up the yacht rock classic Sailing with a touch of Come Sail Away, I’m declaring it the nail polish of not-quite-summer-despite-97-degree-heat. But really, it’s not […]
A Brush With Reality TV
I was never a big watcher of Too Close For Comfort, so it might not be surprising that I have absolutely no recollection of the infamous Monroe rape episode. Yes, that would be a young […]
Dumb and Dumber
I totally forgot how to write. Like you know when you become conscious of your breathing and tense up or think too much about swallowing when drinking water and gag? Ok, maybe that only happens […]
Lions, Ligers & Dogs, Oh Yeah
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 […]
Still Too Young To Settle Down
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 […]
Tigers Don’t Cry
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 […]
Our Age
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. […]
Queens For a Day: Brown and Out
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 […]
The Middle Ages: 41
"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 […]