Neighborhood Watch
The only thing worse than angry NPR letter-writers may be Brownstoner commenters. Sure, I complain about Carroll Gardens all the time, but it's because it's so damn nice that it's overrun (I prefer crappier and […]
It’s All Gone Pear-Shaped
By the way, I wore that green Kate Spade dress last week and I still love it but didn’t realize until walking around in it that it’s too loose on top and will have to […]
Hair Apparent
How did such a hot teen devolve so rapidly? I felt kind of dirty in my 20s being attracted to a sandy, toothy, crook-nosed kid. He was still doing it for me after he was […]
The Middle Ages: 35 & 42
"Gently, after a four-year absence, the Farrelly brothers return to a comedy field they once dominated with sticky-sweet gross-outs like 1998’s There’s Something About Mary. And wouldn’t you know it? They’ve become elder statesmen: Hall […]
The Middle Ages: 35-40+
“Perhaps even more encouraging, an increasing number of middle-aged consumers are shopping online—a sign that Canadian ecommerce is becoming mainstream.” From a report (subscription-only) recently published my deparment at work. As a peer reviewer I […]
Royalty
I’m happy to be alive during an era when a blue this cobalt is being sold by a drugstore brand. I salute you, Revlon’s Royal. (I haven’t tried it yet, but this is what it […]
Collared Greens
There is a problem that has developed and it’s that if I see a true, Crayola-green dress in my size, then I buy it. I wore a vintage emerald green cocktail dress at my […]
The Middle Ages: 58
It’s not only my imagination that what’s deemed middle-aged has shifted younger recently. Faye Dunaway’s hard-ass, ratings-obsessed character on Network refers to Max (played by a William Holden at 58), the coworker she’s having an […]
The Rage Virus
I’ve always suspected there was something wrong with me and now I have a name for it: "intermittent explosive disorder!" But seriously, this article about sidewalk rage fills me with even more rage because it’s […]
Would You Rather
When I read results of “would you rather” polls, I usually have an extreme reaction one way or the other. I’m a black and white person and one choice just seems obviously better. (Fox 5 […]