I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
Update: Apparently Dove realizes that this ad is not particularly friendly to the “unreal” among us and did not sanction the ad. But someone out there wrote and it it needs to be addressed nonetheless. I was trolling the interwebs for blog fodder when I happened up a casting call ad from the fine folks at Dove. Now, I have nothing against Dove. I’m pretty sure I’ve used their products in the past and never…
OK, the beauty quest continues apace, folks. I took all the comments from last week into consideration and set my mind to making my curls work for me since so many people thought they looked good. But I did not go so far as to start showering in the mornings so that I could manage the curling process because that would have resulted in being late to work. One of the main goals of this…
Many thanks to Twitter Pal @FamilySizedFun for tipping me off to the recent alterations to Kate Gosselin’s face and inspiring this post. Dear Kate, Can I call you Kate? How about Katie. Or Kath. Or Miss Kitty. I want to call you Miss Kitty so I’m going with that. Don’t get too excited that I’m writing to you, here, Miss Kitty. This letter should not be taken as evidence of a slavish adherence to news…
Sometimes my taste in books, movies or theatre is a little highbrow. My taste in tv? Is the opposite of highbrow. Lowbrow? Idiotic? Laughable? Any of those words will apply. Here’s a short list of what I’m watching lately. Bridezillas: This is the most delightful of trainwreck tv shows, if you ask me. I sit there in front of the screen, gape-jawed wondering “Who are these woman? And who wants to marry them?”. They scream. …
Well, this is an intriguing prompt from Mama Kat. 1.) The Love List. Write a list of 50 things you look for in a man. I’m going to start with the basics that I looked for when I was 23 and started dating after being dumped by breaking up with my college boyfriend. 1) Single 2) Straight 3) Old enough to buy beer 4) Gainfully employed 5) Does not live with parents 6) Has own…
Dear Miley, Let’s get right to the point. You. Are. Not. All. That. Am I being clear? Good. Because let’s get real, kiddo, you’re a 17 year-old girl of moderate talent who got picked up by Disney because you’re related to a famous guy who was willing to be on a sitcom with you and because you, like Hillary Duff before you, are pretty enough not to crack a camera lens but not so pretty…
So, the beauty adventure has begun! I dedicated this past week to making my hair look cute. Now, I have a few factors working against me The first is my hair. It’s curly with a chance of frizzy. Double the frizz potential when the humidity gets over 20%, which is every day in the summer in DC. Then there’s the fact that my hair is fine, which means my frizz can reach really epic heights.…
1) Cancer Advocates: A Couple of times each year I have the unequaled privilege of working at events where hundreds of cancer survivors, their families, and caregivers, come to Washington to meet with Members of Congress about how to improve cancer research, prevention, early detection and treatment. These people are unquestionably the bravest, most committed, strongest souls I have ever met. It is extraordinary to listen to a person who overcame this terrible disease and,…
Somewhat ironically, I have a post up at DC Metro Moms today. This may be my very last one over there so check it out!
Mama Kat is timely, as always. 1.) The popular girls. For maybe the first time in my life, I finally felt like I was sitting at the popular girls’ table. A few months ago, I applied to write for the DC Metro Moms blog, which is part of the massive internet dynasty of Silicon Valley Moms Group. SV Moms Group has 13 regional blogs, connections to major brands, hundreds of writers (including Katie Couric) and…
