Wedding season is once again upon us and lucky me, I’m in the thick of it. No, I’m not a bridesmaid again. And no, I don’t have a series of weddings to attend this year, though there are one or two on the horizon. I’m in a calligraphy class. Platinum Weddings edition. I promise you, [...]
I’ve been to see “He’s Just Not That Into You.” After having read the book and immediately returning it years ago (I was deep in denial when nearly half the book pointed out that my long term relationship was with someone who apparently wasn’t “that into me”), I was prepared to hate this movie. In [...]
So the other day I received a package at work. I tend to have stuff mailed there as opposed to my apartment address because, well, shit happens. But this wasn’t something I had ordered. It was a gift. From Mara. For Christmas. Huh. The day it arrived (last Friday), I was home sick with the [...]
We’ve discussed this before…just not with the scary alien-looking hand hardware or all that fearless hip gyrating (seriously, isn’t she afraid something might, uh, slip out?).
Best Friend Ever got married over the weekend, and in her true tasteful style no less (strapless sweetheart neckline, mermaid silhouette, raw ivory silk, a single gardenia in her hair). Although I seem to have been in quite the pitiful state when they got engaged on Easter last year, and despite the irony of my [...]
Now that I’ve had the (perhaps requisite) time to reflect upon the black taffeta bubble-skirted wedding hoopla, I’m at last ready to regale you (if anyone actually still frequents this sadly kept blog) with the details. Think: pork, country music, grown men in shorts and tennis shoes, a bride mandated dance routine, and koozies. Oh [...]
Oh holy hell, here we go. I got an “invite” in the mail from Mara’s soon to be mother-in-law for the rehearsal and dinner, and caught myself shaking my head at the saddest thing ever. The whole idea of sending an invite when I’m a bridesmaid struck me as odd too, but that’s beside the [...]
