I was a dinner last night at my cousin's house when the phone rang.  Over the speaker of the answering machine came a woman's voice.  She was calm, authoritative, and pre-recorded.  She wanted to let us know that, as of today, there have been no documented cases of Swine Flu in… Read full post »

It must be the Fourth of July as the local realtor has kindly put a plastic flag in my yard to remind me to be patriotic and to list my house with her when it is time to sell.  Unfortunately for her, I rent.  Every year these flags arrive in my… Read full post »

"Would you do that when you are dining with the Queen?" was a common question asked in my home when I was growing up. My grandmother, whose penchant for etiquette came from her own Victorian mother, insisted that all her children and grandchildren be prepared for this inevitable dinner invitation.… Read full post »

When the news broadcasts announced that Chastity Bono was in the process of becoming Chaz Bono the other morning my first thought was “Good for him!”. I can’t imagine living through the internal struggle of being mentally and emotionally one gender and trapped in a… Read full post »

When I was about nine my cousin Mary taught me how to shave my legs.  She was very clear about the fact that you only needed to shave the front of your legs, because no one was going to see the hair on the back.  Our mothers had a good old… Read full post »

I've always been a bit of a voyeur.  I'm a people watcher by nature.  My husband always gives me the seat at the table with the best view of the crowd in the restaurant, and doesn't complain when I lose track of the conversation because I've noticed some spectacular feat of… Read full post »

As I mentioned previously my younger sister Terese is engaged to her girlfriend Elizabeth and I'm lobbying for the key role of Wedding Planner. My first proposal wasn't vetoed outright - Elizabeth seemed rather excited at the whole idea of hoopskirts and Kyle, my sister's Maid of Honor, has been… Read full post »

So my little sister Terese is finally taking the plunge.  A few weeks back she proposed, giving her girlfriend Elizabeth my grandmother's engagement ring. Now mind you, she generously gave me the diamond from the ring when I got married and it sounds like my mother replaced the stone with a… Read full post »

The British have been running an incredibly graphic PSA about the realities of texting and driving. And while excerpts have appeared on CNN and other news outlets. Early reports indicate that the PSA is considered too graphic for primetime American television audiences.

Really? It doesn't play in P… Read full post »

We've all had those days when our hair won't behave, and we've all had those dreadful haircuts that make us want to take a pair of scissors to our hairdresser.  My first bad haircut was in the fifth grade when the Dorothy Hamill wedge haircut was all the rage.  Unfortunately the… Read full post »

First, let me go on record as saying I've got nice tits.  You can ask my husband, he'll vouch for them.  My tits are natural, no silicone or bags of saline or peanut oil or whatever they are putting in implants these days.  Not to mention, they come complete with a… Read full post »

Remember that episode of Friends when they are sitting around trying to come up with the list of 5 celebrities they can sleep with without upsetting their partner?  Chandler chooses: Kim Basinger, Cindy Crawford, Halle Berry, Yasmine Bleeth, and Jessica Rabbit. Rachel lists:  Chris O’… Read full post »

The whole episode in Pittsburgh is just plain tragic.  The deaths of the women in the gym, the women who were wounded, and the overwhelming terror for those who managed to escape.  I've found myself staring around the gym the last few mornings wondering to myself if it could happen here.&nb… Read full post »

I'm really thinkin' that our Governator needs to give her a job in state wide strategic planning.... Read full post »

Before you get your knickers in a twist, let me make a few points of clarification first.

1. If you have Erectile Dysfunction, I am not mocking you.  That totally sucks.  Although I don't have a penis and can't imagine what it would be like to discover it doesn't work properly,… Read full post »

So this morning I'm having my coffee and watching a little Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera.  (Anne Curry freaks me out with her breathy voice and need to touch every guest she interviews so I try to ignore her.) And on comes Dr. Nancy Snyderman.  Now I don't dislike Dr. Nancy,… Read full post »

One of the trickier aspects of getting married is picking out the rings. It is one thing to commit to another human being for a lifetime, but quite another to make the same commitment to a piece of jewelry.  The ring that you are offered can speak volumes about your partner's… Read full post »

Obviously it sucks for him to be married to me - that goes without saying.  He didn't actually intend to propose to me.  For years I teased him mercilessly by saying "When you're ready to propose you just take yourself right on down to the local Target and get me one… Read full post »

I took a risk this weekend. I veered off course from the lighter side of OS and ventured to comment on DktrShe's post about breast-feeding in public. Bad idea. Now, here is an even worse idea. I am going to blog more about it.

What I really took offense to… Read full post »

Lesson 1: All-Inclusive Is The Same Thing As All You Can Eat.

Let me tell ya, doesn't matter how many stars a hotel is sporting and how pretty to view from your room, three weeks is a long time to spend in a resort.  While it is nice to have… Read full post »

The other day after reading Scott Christian's post about America's excessive addiction to 3-ply toilet tissue in which he postulates "At the end of the day though, cleaning your backside really shouldn’t qualify as an area of luxury...", I posed this question to him: "Dude, have you ever had he… Read full post »

It seems that I am continually waging war between my personal quest for self-improvement (screw self-acceptance) and my limited budget.  For example my breasts, which seem to have appeared fully formed as a D-cup when I was 10, have met with the effects of gravity.  While I have no desire t… Read full post »

Years ago when I first started working in event production for the entertainment industry we teasingly called my girlfriend Carol "Star Slut" because being incredibly beautiful and incredibly outgoing she could easily snare the attention of nearly any given male celebrity around us.   One d… Read full post »

Now normally I am not a mustache loving girl.  Tom Selleck never did a damn thing for me, which is probably because he is the poor man's Sam Elliott.

Whether playing a cowboy

or a biker with a heart of gold

the man exudes… Read full post »