The Girls: Hampton’s Sleepover Birthday Party
I love sleepover parties for adults that don’t involve the walk of shame come morning. When you’re dating, you have the extraordinary ability to experience several adult sleepovers, even on school nights. You can…
Archive | June, 2009
sleepover parties for adults
living in the moment, when the moment is about to pass you by
June 28, 2009
The Boys Watch The Game
I’m just back from dinner with my father, Carol, Lea, and Phil. One of those dinners where we started out big, ordering as many appetizers as we could see. And when one of us was…
thriller
June 25, 2009
An Amazing Loss
I was in my kitchen when I heard the news. I’d turned off the TV earlier, and the only music we heard was from the bite-sized voices in the living room: my children. Phil was out, picking…
no more white trash water sports
June 25, 2009
Livin Large
"So, I think maybe we should lay off the white trash activities around here, no? I mean, they’re fully dressed in their clothes out there, and she’s spraying them with water," Phil observes through the window of our…
when being a fatass can do a heart some good
June 24, 2009
Part of the New Orleans Collection
Back when Phil was still The Suitor he invited me to join him after one of his business dinners at Lure Restaurant on Mercer. "After" never came. When I arrived fashionably on time (late…
achieving balance for a work at home, stay at home, hot mama
June 23, 2009
Now, pay attention. Again. What does the 3rd C stand for?
I should warn you that I’m delirious right now, and the screen is kinda looking like she’s posing for a series of "glamour shots." Even as I type this…
the happiest of father’s days
June 19, 2009
My father is coming to town this week, so we’ll be able to celebrate the day properly, even if belated. Oh, but what to get the man who has everything?
The man’s into golf, but has always warned, "Don’t bother…
living… room
June 18, 2009
When our monsters are fast asleep, our conversation makes me wish I was too
"So come on, tell me."
"What?"
"Have you noticed any of these good changes the doctor mentioned might be springing up in Phil?"
"Fuck, no."
Okay,…










June 30, 2009
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