My litmus test for what would make a good blog post or column is simple: Would I tell this story to my girlfriends? It’s no more complicated than that. If it’s a story I’d tell over martinis on a girls’ night out or between the swings with my mom friends at the playground, then I […]
September 27, 2007
> This column originally appeared in the Nashville Scene. In summers past, my family could be found frolicking on the white sands of Destin, deep-sea fishing off the panhandle, or swatting no-see-ums at some beachside seafood buffet. This summer, however, we were forced to forsake Florida for Forever 21, spending our vacation money not on […]
September 16, 2007
As some of you know, once I left my job reporting television news, I worked for a while as a writer and producer of television shows, mostly for Nashville-based CMT. That meant I interviewed celebrities. Lots and lots of celebrities. A migraine-inducing amount of celebrities. As a reporter, if a celeb had given me attitude […]
August 30, 2007
>At Parents.com, find out what my older girls brought home with them on the first day of school. It wasn’t pretty. And over at the Nashville Scene, Mommyblogging 101 and homage to blog queen, Busy Mom. The full text of the column is below… Famous on the Internet My friend Elizabeth is the quintessential Nashville […]
August 16, 2007
>This post originally appeared in the Nashville Scene. In the heart of suburban Nashville, a group of women meets each Tuesday night at a local Starbucks. Seated in a hastily formed circle of chairs, husbands and children noticeably absent, their sole purpose in gathering is to bitch about being stay-at-home moms. “My husband gets home […]
August 8, 2007
>“I’m going to write a Nashville Scene column about what happened when I had Punky tested for the gifted program,” I told Hubs. “What?” he asked incredulously. “You’re going to tell everyone what you did? You can’t write about that!” “Oh yeah?” I said. “Watch me.” Read this week’s column below… She’s with Stupid Every […]
July 19, 2007
>Hot moms are all the rage right now (I guess that’s a “nice” term for MILFs), but do any of us really feel qualified to be members? Find out the results of my hard-hitting hot mom investigation in this week’s Nashville Scene edition of Suburban Turmoil. Here it is in its entirety… The Hot Moms […]
July 5, 2007
This column originally appeared in the Nashville Scene. “I just don’t know if I’m ready to date again yet,” a recently divorced mommy friend of mine sighed not long ago. “I don’t even know where I’d find a man.” “How about Library Pete?” I suggested helpfully. “Or The Professor? I know you’ve been wondering what’s […]
June 21, 2007
