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Happy Birthday!

August 18, 2011

Blind item! This little girl has a pretty big, round-number, important birthday today: Can you guess who it is? I’ll give you a hint. She’s made me everything that I am today. Can you guess now? Let’s try again. Better. Happy Birthday, Mom!  

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I don’t feel safe in Center City Philly after dark

August 9, 2011

Two Fridays ago, Mr. B and I took his mom out for her birthday, to Alma de Cuba in Center City Philly around 7:30 pm. The goal was for her to relax and enjoy.  We had an excellent dinner, followed by frozen yogurt down the street. A mojito and two cocktails later between the three of us, we were pretty relaxed. By the time we were leaving to head back to our car, parked in a garage at Liberty Shops,  it was ...

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Russian Medical Advice, Part Two

July 18, 2011

This Saturday was a gift to me from Calliope.  Because I think she’s been reading my blog posts and has been kind of annoyed at the low quality of content lately.  (Calliope doesn’t understand that sometimes even the best journalists make lists as fillers for traffic. C.F. All of The Huffington Post.) So Mr. B and I were at my parents’ for my dad’s birthday party and all was well and good until my mom almost murdered him.  I mean ...

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Accidentally Phone Tapped

May 4, 2011

Heart rug is hearted. Sometimes I listen to Elvis Duran in the morning, and the best part is the Phone Taps, where they prank-call someone, playing up on their most reactive qualities. Ever since we bought this house (a week ago), I’ve been unintentionally phone-tapping my dad.  You see, every day this week, we’ve been going over to the house and doing something to it to make it habitable, then collapsing in a heap when we get back to Mr. ...

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How Much Does it Take to Plan a Vacation? Two (Jewish Moms) and Three (Months).

March 28, 2011

This is my mom, on the left, and Mr. B’s mom, on the right. They are depicted here,  hunting for mushrooms. This weekend, though, they were hunting for bargains. Because, you see, my parents, Mr. B’s mom, and my aunt and a couple others are going on a cruise together in May. ( Mercifully, Mr. B and I can sense chaos from a mile away, and we opted out of this Fabulous Vacation Opportunity. )  But if you have never ...

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