A few observations for you while I accompanied Daphne to several NYC change rooms during US Thanksgiving. Our first change room was at H&M, 5th Ave. The following are my observations, or quite possibly, the job descriptions these staff are working towards: If you stand around complaining about the mess customers have made, it gets......
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I was called a Tiger Mom by another mother the other day and had to look it up. Here is what the all-seeing oracle, Google, said: “A mother who is overly strict with her child in order to foster an academically competitive spirit. This form of upbringing is intended to direct a child towards financially successful careers......
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I live in a very conservative area of Toronto. By conservative I mean white. I was recently talking to a woman in the neighbourhood who follows my blog (you rock K!). She said that she liked what I wrote because it really does happen to everyone in our neighbourhood but nobody talks about it.......
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We spent the entire morning in the trees. The ten of us climbed from tree branch to tree branch, tethered with safety harnesses. It was exhausting work and great fun all at once. After three or more hours in the trees I was really ready for lunch. “Let’s go to East Side Mario’s. They have a......
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On a recent Girl’s Weekend we had one of our, far-too-numerous-to-mention, talks about boobs. You would think a group of straight, married women would not have a lot to say on this topic. You would be wrong. It started when the birthday girl showed us this diagram on Pinterest on bra sizing. She said......
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