Halloween Is Not For The Faint Hearted

Oct 31

Halloween Is Not For The Faint Hearted

Where are you when: You wear your flashiest outfit and you are underdressed? The piano player arrives late but the party starts anyway? Your head is spinning and you haven’t even finished your martini?  You’re not in Kansas anymore. You’re at Moonstruck — on Halloween. “When Too Much is Not Enough.” So what’s a girl to do? Go...

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Come to the Cabaret!

Oct 25

Come to the Cabaret!

Ain’t We Got Fun? Well, yes and no. Life these days hasn’t exactly been a cabaret, old chum. The death of one parent, taking care of the other, is not exactly something to sing about. Unless it’s I’ve Got A Right To Sing The Blues. You could also get . . . bitter, but where’s the fun in that? There’s a better way. Life IS A...

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Stubble Is Trouble

Oct 18

Stubble Is Trouble

I hate this stubble thing. At the Oscars and the other 38,000 award ceremonies, cute guys like Jake Gyllenhaal look like they’ve been marrooned on a desert island — for a very short time — then plunked into their tuxes before they had a chance to shave. Am I the only one who doesn’t like perpetual stubble? Please say no. All the stars are into it: they...

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Stubble Is Trouble

Oct 18

Stubble Is Trouble

I hate this stubble thing. At the Oscars and all trillion other award ceremonies, good-looking guys like Justin Timberlake look like they’ved been marrooned on a desert island — for a very short period of time — then plunked into their tuxes before they had a chance to shave. Am I the only one who doesn’t like the look? Please say no. All the stars are...

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Too Easy Chicken

Oct 10

Too Easy Chicken

Chicken Recipe, Anyone? I have a foolproof recipe for roast chicken, but that’s not the point. Although if you want to, you can skip to Read More, grab a chicken, and have at it. As for the rest of you, this isn’t really about chickens, but  about expectations and reality. About the saying, “Be careful what you wish for because you will surely...

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