Old School Posts

• Help Me!

  If you know me at all, you know that I am not a big fan of the exclamation point. Question marks? I adore them. I would wallpaper an entire powder room in question marks given the opportunity (Hmmm). Sure, I use them from time to time, but usually sarcaustically (intentional misspelling - trying

• Tell Me When You're Sleeping

  The last few days have been a bit heavy, their waters rippled with worry familiar and foreign. Despite the surplus of seasonal sunshine, sogginess has pervaded many moments. Smiles have been there, here, but sometimes forced. There are things, so many things, spiky and scraggly and real, bobbing

• Insecurely Yours

  "Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company." - Lord Byron. Dear ILI readers, As you read this, I am likely doing any of the following things: 1. Sitting in the backseat of a taxi en route to LaGuardia Airport sandwiched between two carseats holding two gir

• Tan Theft

  No, this is not me. But I am equally gorgeous and my face is perfectly symmetrical like hers. My eyelashes are just as long. And I can make this come-hither face too. For long stretches of time without laughing. In all seriousness, there is a lesson to teach you and this picture makes a perfe

• A Tiny Taste...

  I'm already with another man. He touches me. And I let him. He moves behind me. His strong fingertips press into the small of my back. His hold is somehow both delicate and firm. My heart flutters wildly. Only a few minutes have passed, but I'm already glazed with sweat, my own. "At my wed

• Still Snowing

  Cleaning your house While your kids are still growing Is like shoveling the walk Before it stops snowing. Phyllis Diller Toddler, sweet Toddler, sits cross-legged on the hard wood floor, surrounded by scattered strips of stickers. Strips of stickers I very systematically stacked and placed i

• I Need Your Advice

  I need your advice on something. That something? Advice. So, yes. I need your advice on advice. I'm not sure whether you've noticed this, but I try not to give advice on this blog. I do not publish promising posts telling you how to streamline your soul, or declutter your existential closet,

• My Vitamin Gummy Bears

  Two weekends ago, I saw three movies! Please note that I do not like exclamation points, but I feel that one is warranted in the foregoing sentence because, prior to said weekend, I have maybe seen a total of three movies in the past three years. (Cheerio, parenthood!) Well, that's a bit of an e

• Should We Stop Sharing?

  About a year ago, I took Toddler for a "play date" at a prospective preschool on the Upper East Side. Some of you might know that in Manhattan speak, "play date" means interview. Yes, that's right. To get into preschool, my little girl was interviewed and evaluated by teachers and administrators

• Wired and Inspired

  Friday again. Time is flying. Summer is slipping. But the Happy Headache (the untimely-given-this-recession-that-might!-be!-over!-according-to-certain-CNN-folks- -gut-reno of our new place) is at a symbolic standstill of sorts. Husband and I arrived at our weekly site meeting yesterday mornin