Thoughts On…Routines (Prompt)

Ever feel like you need to get something off your chest? Sometimes I’ve just gotta talk it out. That’s why I’ve decided to do a monthly feature called “Thoughts On…” At the beginning of the month, I’ll provide a prompt to stimulate discussion. The point is to get us to put our thoughts out there…

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Book Review: Primates of Park Avenue

Wednesday Martin’s memoir about life as an Upper East Side mommy made waves across Manhattan and the nation.  She was an inhabitant of the trendy West Village until she and her husband decided to make the pilgrimage uptown to raise their son, where it is more conservative and label conscious.  Martin feels utterly out of place and…

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Thoughts On…Derogatory Names (My Response)

Ever feel like you need to get something off your chest? Sometimes I’ve just gotta talk it out. That’s why I’ve decided to do a monthly feature called “Thoughts On…” At the beginning of the month, I’ll provide a prompt to stimulate discussion. The point is to get us to put our thoughts out there…

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Monday Reads

It wasn’t just fun and games: it looks like the ice bucket challenge raised the money that helped lead to a scientific breakthrough. Scientists are now much closer to slowing the progression of ALS. The key to getting single mothers out from below the poverty line is to get them educated; however, the welfare system…

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Monday Reads

You could argue that the best relationship advice comes from those whose marriages have stood the test of time. Here’s 5 bits of advice from couples who have been married for over 40 years. A study shows sarcasm may get the creative juices going…yea right. (See what I did there?) So often I want to…

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Thoughts On…Derogatory Names (Prompt)

Ever feel like you need to get something off your chest? Sometimes I’ve just gotta talk it out. That’s why I’ve decided to do a monthly feature called “Thoughts On…” At the beginning of the month, I’ll provide a prompt to stimulate discussion. The point is to get us to put our thoughts out there…

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Book Review: Bittersweet

By the sheer luck of being Ev’s college roommate, Mabel gains entree into the Wislow’s blue-blooded world.  The Winslows are society folk of Kennedy – nay, Vanderbilt – proportions.  Mabel does not just want to spend time with them, she wants to be one of them.  When Ev invites her to Winloch, the Vermont camp/estate where…

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Thoughts On…Maiden Names (My Response)

Ever feel like you need to get something off your chest? Sometimes I’ve just gotta talk it out. That’s why I’ve decided to do a monthly feature called “Thoughts On…” At the beginning of the month, I’ll provide a prompt to stimulate discussion. The point is to get us to put our thoughts out there…

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Book Review: Luckiest Girl Alive

Ani has carefully curated a perfect life for herself.  She’s an editor at a top magazine where her bosses adore her, she has a closet filled with all the top labels, and she has snagged herself a Kennedy-esque fiancé.  She worked hard studying the lives she wanted to emulate and made it happen for herself,…

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Monday Reads

You know that cute thing kids do when they’re concentrating and stick out their tongues? There is a link between this quirk and the evolution of language skills. Heroin use has risen in the last decade, but the demographic has changed as well. It used to be all inner-city male, but now users are now…

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