Don’t worry, this has nothing to do with seat belts. I always wear mine and routinely lecture about their importance.  My belt issue is strictly a fashion one.  Today’s belt pushers are everywhere and they are pushing the limits.  Apparently, wearing a belt will make you look like you have a waist.  The good news for belts?  They don’t have to match the outfit and they’re not just for belt loops anymore.  I used to love belts, but frankly, that was a thyroid ago.  

Today on Today, Stacy London showed Ann Curry how all women can achieve the “Women of Mad Men” look.  It involved, of course, a belt.  Now I trust Stacy and I’m all about giving it up to the experts when it comes to fashion.  But I draw the line when it comes to drawing attention to something that makes me look heavier.  For my not-so-tiny waist, cinching isn’t a cinch, it’s a showcase.  Read more »

A new Harris poll reveals that women are still loyal to the Duchess of Windsor’s mantra that we can never be too rich or too thin, or we are just more shallow than we like to think. Maybe we all like to be seen as politically correct and protest, “Not me! I would rather be smarter and money and thin-ness don’t matter.” But let’s face it, most of us think we are already pretty darn smart (or smarter than the next guy) and young is so elusive, that even Miley Cyrus is old, so why try? Interestingly, women rated ‘thinner’ higher on their lists than men did. Guess men are more comfortable with their bodies…as any walk on a beach will confirm. Speedos, anyone? ~Mary Lou

If today’s news is accurate, there’s one major theme. Someone else is to blame for all of the misfortune hitting Hollywood (And given the long list of celebrity motor vehicle escapades and alleged Mel-type moments, my verb choice might be a good one.). So, the word is out! All appearances this week are somebody else’s fault. Lindsay blames bad role models, like Britney, for her rehab appearance and Paris’s poor handbag decision is the reason for a cocaine appearance. Might very well be true (Although in a town where women collect handbags like merit badges, what would possess a socialite to seek a loaner?). Still, as a parent and educator, I’m groomed to be Read more »

Nancy and Mary Lou discuss old boyfriends, no boyfriends and bad hair decisions.

 

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A couple of nights ago Joe and I went to one of our favorite restaurants for a lovely, romantic dinner to celebrate our anniversary. Picture a pretty, intimate, countryside, and relatively high priced restaurant situated right alongside the Delaware River. We scored a corner table right by the windows, which were open for the night so that the town’s fireworks could entertain us by the time dessert arrived. From the get-go, we saw that the tables next to ours were pushed together for a group of 8. The eight arrived soon after our Happy Anniversary toast– four couples, friends from school or the military and in high spirits even before they had their first drinks. Read more »

Today, one of my Twitter friends asked for people’s favorite pick-up lines. Cool! Going down that road would be a frivolous trip down a younger and thinner memory lane. I tried to jar my memory and take a trip on the wild side, but all I got was a Bee Gees’ flashback and the whiff of some bad 80’s perms (I’ll post that one day when I get over it). Insecurity hovered. Wasn’t I worthy of some great pick-up gems? And no, “Don’t I know you?” doesn’t count! It’s boring and so generic you could use it in church. Before I took the bridge or dove into my book of Cathy cartoons, I realized there were pick-up lines galore flying around my life but I was the one uttering them.

“Can you pick the kids up at the high school?” Read more »

Mary Lou and Nancy review the book, the movie and all things Liz Gilbert

 

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