Dear Boston,

You make me feel sexier than Manhattan ever did. Maybe that’s because New York seems to be overly preoccupied by all those size 0 women, or maybe it’s because Bostonian men consistently give achingly long direct eye contact, double takes, and big sexy smiles instead of leering at your breasts.
I hope this trend continues because [...]

“Correct your dog!”

So we’ve had Hooper for exactly 5 days now and he’s already enrolled in obedience class. Well, puppy kindergarten to be exact. Yes. You heard me right. My dog is in kindergarten. Man, this is a far cry from the days of yore where training a puppy meant a stack of newspaper and then kicking [...]

“Hooper drives the boat Chief”

Hooper, this is the internet. Internet this is Hooper.

As Rockgrrl can tell you, Sean and I obsess over the movie JAWS and have vowed to name all of our pets and children after the characters of the movie (some think that marks us as crazy, but I think of it more as “quirky” really.) We [...]

1 + 1 = Six?

So I haven’t been on lately. Oh, you’ve noticed that too. Sorry about that. Things have been a bit busy, I’ve been hormonal, and as I’ve said before, every few months I get so damn hormonal I don’t even want to deal with myself, which was exactly the case this month. Just like always, the [...]

Summertime, Summertime, Sum- Sum- Summertime

I’d like to take a moment and remind everyone who is going to the beach this summer that when you’re on the beach during a beautiful sun-filled day and you start criticizing your husband about the way he’s putting sunblock on himself, and then he calls you a nag, don’t be so stubborn that you [...]

Smiling on the outside

Have you ever had one of those days where you feel that everything is off? You have the worst hair, your wardrobe sucks, and a bird just pooped on your car window? Incidentally, you’ve also decided that you’re not funny, not pretty; you’re about as much fun to hang out with as a bag of [...]

The Stealth Shopping Bandit Strikes Again

(((A UPS delivery truck pulls up to the house)))
“Hmm. Are you expecting something?”
“Uh.” Long pause. “Yeah.” (Hopping away from my desk to accept my package and conveniently taking the opportunity to carry the conversation on from a different room)
“What did you buy?!”
“I kindda ordered a summer jacket when you were away. Don’t worry; I [...]

21. Dear Local Motorists

Listen, I just talked to the tourists and I think there was a moment where I might have gotten through to them. I don’t want to promise results but we DID have the talk so I’m hopeful something will sink in.
Aside from that annoying carload of people from Iowa constantly stopping when they see water, [...]

21. Dear Tourists

I think you and I need to have a little chat. I know that it’s still relatively early in the high vacationing season, but that’s why I think it would be best that we talk this over now. I know that you’re in a location that you don’t really know all that well and I [...]

iGot One

There has been much hullabaloo and fanfare surrounding the iPhone in the last 6 months. It’s the craziest retail event since moms were having fistfights in Kmart over Cabbage Patch dolls in the 80s. Even I, who does not stand in lines, stood in line to get one a week ago today. As it happened, [...]