People seem to be fairly passionate on the issue of public breastfeeding. More and more workplaces are now offering breastfeeding rooms so if employees need to pump their breast milk they are not stuck sitting on a toilet seat in the restroom. In Pittsburgh there is now the Milk Truck, which bills itself as a [...]
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I recently came across an article that focused on one of the latest smart phone app, Crash Corsage. This app allows users to locate weddings nearby, then provide the address and the dress code – so that if you crash the wedding you can dress to fit in. At my first wedding, I actually invited [...]
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A few weeks ago some friends of mine were returning from a lovely dinner out in New York City, and enjoying the evening on their walk back to their apartment. When they were close to their apartment, three young men attempted to mug my three friends. Attempted. They weren’t successful because my friend Rose Fox [...]
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Let me first start this out by saying that I love baseball. If you’re out with me and there’s a television showing a baseball game, especially if the World Series is on, you may have a difficult time getting my full attention. When I travel, I love to be able to catch a game in [...]
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Have you ever helped a friend through a difficult time? Sometimes I worry that I don’t always know the so-called “right” thing to say, and for many of life’s events there just isn’t a Hallmark card for the occasion. When a good friend of mine’s daughter passed away at only a few weeks old, I [...]
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Recently a friend of mine was shocked that she knew a couple in their 50s who divorced – they’d been married for more than 25 years, so she could not imagine why they couldn’t “make” their marriage work. I do think it’s incredibly difficult to start over at any age, but especially after spending so [...]
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I recently read Dr Lissa Rankin’s book (What’s Up Down There: Questions You’d Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend) and really enjoyed it – it’s written exactly how I tend to talk to a friend, so it felt like less of a book and more of reading emails from my best [...]
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I came across a neat little web site today called I Just Made Love!. I Just Made Love! allows you to where you’ve had sex, and also add when. You register for the site, and then add the location as well as the gender of the participants. Apparently my neighborhood is just not romantic – [...]
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Ever have a day where you could use a smile? If love stories put a smile on your face, get ready for lots of smiles! This site boasts 60 “tiny love stories” that range from making me smile a little to a huge grin across my face. I’ll freely admit that I am a romantic [...]
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At a certain point, all department stores (and heck, sometimes even all stores) start to blur together. Sure, if there’s a sale I can usually squint hard enough to tell them apart. However, I recently read some news that made me a Macy’s fan. Macy’s apparently has a policy in every single one of its [...]
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