Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

Rooibo Bourbon.  1 Tsp ~7 min.That’s what the instructions say on my Alice’s Tea Cup bundle of tea.  Though it sounds like a song Crash Test Dummies would sing.  It’s pouring here, and without exception, it’s a tea day.  "Please,"…

My favorite bit of the Oscars, aside from what she wore, is who died and hearing how loud the applause gets for each face of Hollywood.  It must say something about me, something morbid, maybe.  I’m not sure how the…

I needed to get the hell out of the house.  I walked to Union Square, swiped my card, smuggled my steaming Chai tea into my handbag, and then I sat–no, I reclined in the plush stadium seating where all the…

I can’t go on a vacation, away from you, soon enough.  I want to travel alone without being told what to do, who to call, how to live. "I’m a big girl" I remind you, but then you use it…

I’m watching The Fantastic Four right now.  I’m lying on the floor, on my stomach, typing this.  The Suitor is on the sofa, watching me and the movie.  We’re at the scene where Plastic Man says to the sometimes-invisible Jessica…

Aside from Pride & Prejudice (where Ms. Keira giggled entirely too much), I’ve had a bad run at movies lately. The Weather Man, Shop Girl, The Ice Harvest… they were all sub-par.  I broke the streak with Walk The Line,…

MORALE WAS LOW AT WORK, so I wanted to do something fun.  The company encouraged us to be creative, which really meant cheap.  I cleared my idea with HR.  Our “interactive inning because this place is too cheap for an…

For starters, Padme stands for "pedicure manicure."  It’s so Yoda to say it all backwards, but that’s just what it means.  And, while I’m on the subject, that Natalie Portman, the woman who played Padme, was flat.  I’m not talking…