We’ve all been there. You’re at a restaurant with your little munchkin and she innocently leans on the table- perhaps a bit too zealously. It tilts… and all the plates, glasses, and silverware start sliding down. Just as the image of your entire meal crashing to the floor flashes before your eyes, your semi-decent parenting [...]
Perhaps I need to find a new hobby because I seem to spend most of my days wondering if I am a good-enough mom. When the gift of introspection meets an inherent tendency to beat myself up mercilessly over the smallest thing (real or imagined), my maternal angst blossoms. The fact that I am clinical [...]
I totally get it. Christmas trees are beautiful….the aroma, the sparkly ornaments, the beautifully wrapped presents underneath. I would be lying to say that at this time of the year, there isn’t a small part of me that wishes that I could partake in the Christmas festivities, too. But I don’t because I’m Jewish.
Many of [...]
On of the best pieces of parenting wisdom I ever heard from Betsy Braun Brown, a best-selling author and parenting expert. Out of desperation, I went to her for a consultation. Yes, I know how neurotic and indulgent it may seem to run to a Parenting Expert for advice about how to deal with your [...]
I recently went to one of my favorite stores- American Apparel- to do some shopping. I love American Apparel- the unadorned super-soft cotton tees are not only comfortable but cute and cheap. Additionally, the clothes are made in the US and the company employs fair labor practices. Yes, the average age of most of their [...]
It started with a miniature Mr. GoodBar on Halloween night. I mean, Mr. GoodBar is a nostalgic candy- it reminds me of my childhood (circa 1983) walking down to 7-Eleven with my brother Jeff on warm, summer nights. How could I resist perfectly roasted peanuts in creamy, Hershey’s milk chocolate?
Then I moved on to the [...]
If you are interested in watching me make an ass of myself on stage, please come watch me perform an original monologue in the play “Expressing Motherhood” at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood in January. Click here for tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/88255
Did you guys know that I graduated from NYU Tisch School Of the Arts with a Degree [...]
What a wonderful weekend! I am so blessed that my family and closest friends joined us for Haley’s Bat Mitzvah. It was truly a beautiful day and I am so proud of Haley for everything that she is and all that she has accomplished. Here is the blessing I read to her during the ceremony:
When I [...]
Today I decided to embark on a new experience- the Korean Spa. I am generally not a fan of spa treatments. They actually seem to have reverse effect on me- instead of getting relaxed, I tend to get freaked out as some stranger massages me either too hard or too soft. Then I begin to [...]
I have come to believe that no male physician, no matter what his education, training, and experience, can truly understand the angst a woman experiences when her vagina gets sick. Consequently, when I am having an embarrassing female issue, the last thing I want to do is seek help from some asshole doctor with a [...]
