When I started dating my husband in 2001, when we were sophomores in college, neither of us even had a cell phone. It would be three years before we even had our own flip phones. We flirted over Instant Messenger, called each other’s parents’ phones when we were home on breaks, and went on dates... Continue Reading →
I did not think Katie Couric's "Martha Speaks Her Mind" episode was going to be the exact perfect thing to take me out of the funk I was in, but it turned out to be an absurd, surprising ray of sunshine listening to Katie Couric sip espresso and eat what sounds like the world's most... Continue Reading →
In one of my favorite new podcasts, By the Book, real-life friends and co-hosts Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer read a self-help book and then try to live by it to the letter for two weeks. They record their struggles, victories, and unexpected reactions and then recap in a funny, smart podcast that’s as much... Continue Reading →
Marabel May, the narrator of The Complete Woman, is a character I was instantly addicted to and obsessed with. She’s a 1950’s housewife who talks dirty to her appliances, knits hats for her husband’s testicles, and makes to-do lists for herself that sound crazed, but still cheerful. She does it all in a Jackie-Kennedy-meets-Lucille-Ball voice... Continue Reading →
