A Lesson from Ashley Dupre
January 27, 2010
Just call me your psychic friend.
When the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke, I wrote a column called, “Here’s How It’s Gonna Happen” (March 27, 2008), where I predicted that despite Client 9’s “activities” while he represented us, he would be welcomed back somewhere. That place may be as New York state comptroller.
I also saw a future with the face and words of Ashley Dupre splashed all over it in the form of an album, memoir or made-for-TV movie. I think getting her own weekly advice column in a major daily newspaper comes pretty close. [Read more]
Back to Basics
December 31, 2009
We’re a decade into the millennium. How’s that workin’ out for ya?
Since 2000, social networking is our new way to reach out and communicate. Devices such as the iPhone have lightened our load by placing in the palm of our hands a phone, camera, computer and various applications, all at once. And we made history by electing the first black president. [Read more]
Economy Size Me
November 19, 2009
I came. I saw. I Costco-ed.
This famed membership warehouse club has descended upon Manhattan at East 116th Street and the FDR Drive. Dedicated to bringing its members the best possible prices on quality brand-name merchandise, Costco sells everyday items in bulk. [Read more]
Checking in with Hollywood
November 4, 2009
Once again, my life as a New York City mother has been portrayed on the silver screen. This time it is called Motherhood. I feel that I owe it to myself to see movies about women who live in Manhattan so that I can gauge how I am being portrayed to the world. [Read more]
Talk Ain’t Cheap
October 23, 2009
Let there be peace on earth. If only saying it made it so. But just saying it can get you a Nobel Prize.
A lot of people are still up in arms because President Obama was rewarded, not for accomplishing peace, but for simply talking about how he’d really like to make that happen. I think many of the disgruntled probably don’t live here, because in New York, talking up (as opposed to actually accomplishing) your agenda is a common way of getting recognition.
Take for example, our Real Housewives, who will return soon—God help us—to represent New York City to the rest of America. [Read more]
A ‘Fame’ Face Off
October 7, 2009
Baby, remember my name…when people ask who that lone person was who preferred Fame 2009 to the original movie from 1980.
I have now seen both and have also read the reviews. I believe that the producers of the updated version will probably wish I were a critic instead of a columnist.
I will not argue that the first one is a cinematic tour de force—better written, directed, acted and choreographed; rightly lauded with Academy Awards for its gritty portrayal of the students who attend one of our city’s most prestigious public high schools, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (where apparently now, as back then, no one is actually allowed to dance on the tables in the cafeteria). [Read more]
No Props for the Eco Girl
September 23, 2009
It’s not easy bein’ green.
I must confess, I am not an environmentalist by nature. But after careful consideration I figured I would give ecology a go, beyond the mandatory bottle and can recycling demands of my co-op.
When I go grocery shopping, I’ve started using my many free cloth bags that I’ve accumulated from various street fairs, my husband’s job and a couple of clothing stores that encourage the demise of the plastic menace. I am also making a conscious effort to remember to fold one up and carry it in my handbag, in case I make an impromptu Gristede’s pit stop for milk or bread. Sure I want to help maintain the planet, but I’m also in it for the acclaim, which I thought came with the territory. [Read more]
What Would Anna Do?
September 10, 2009
The “Devil” made me do it.
Since reading that book and seeing the movie version, I’ve based my opinion of Anna Wintour on fiction, as well as what I now deem biased reports in the press. So I ventured to the theater to see The September Issue, a documentary about Vogue, whose offices loom large over Times Square. [Read more]
Hos, Hags and Skanks, Oh My!
August 26, 2009
This headline-making, cyber-turned-street feud between some model and a blogger is the latest in how people in New York waste their time. We live in the city that never sleeps, remember? There is something to do and somewhere to go every second—even if it’s simply to Central Park to hang out on the grass. Yet talkin’ smack over the Internet, then having the scorned party track down the offender, seems to be how some of our denizens choose to while away their hours. [Read more]
In Defense of Ruth
July 29, 2009
I feel sorry for Ruth Madoff. There, I’ve said it.
Her husband Bernie is a bad guy. If you hate him, join the club. If you think he deserved every day of his 150-year sentence, who’s arguing? If you’re glad he’s going to die in jail, here here. [Read more]
