June 7, 2015

The Art of Oversharing

I’m no Picasso, but I must say I’m quite good at the art of oversharing. (pause for hysterical laughter) The reason is simple: I have no filter. A lack of filter/talent for the art of oversharing is different from not being able to keep secrets.  I’m actually quite good at keeping secrets BUT I need to be told explicitly to keep my mouth shut.  Why?  Because in regards to my own information, I will happily discuss the insertion of IUD devices with everyone on the whole internet or my latest thyroid maladies with my cleaning lady (she doesn’t speak English so who know what she thinks I’m talking about anyway,…

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June 6, 2015

How to Beat the Heat

 how to beat the heat

Here is a fun little fact I learned this weekend before I had properly considered how to beat the heat: Spanish summer heat induces panic attacks.  Most importantly, Spanish summer heat induces panic attacks in me. A friend asked me (at 9 PM, when it was safe to venture out-of-doors) if the temperature in Madrid wasn’t comparable to the heat in New York City.  I responded by glaring at her while I violently rubbed ice cubes over my wrists calmly saying I thought the type of heat must be different.  Or the weird, Franco-induced Spanish time zone must make the afternoon hotter. Or something.  Because I havenever in my life felt…

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June 1, 2015

How to Get a Manicure

 Getting a manicure

Any New Yorker worth her salt knows a thing or two about how to get a manicure. Unless you have been lurching around under a rock for the past week, I assume you have read the New York Times nail expose.  “The Price of Nice Nails” and “Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers” hit a chord with me as a die-hard, manicure-loving New Yorker.  The picture included in the article (see link) highlighting the staggering abundance of nail salons “in one New York City neighborhood” is actually a picture of MY New York City neighborhood.  As I grew up I watched David’s Cookies shops and locksmiths and crackhouses where homeless people hung…

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May 29, 2015

Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona

 person taking video of music

Congratulations! If you read the title of this post, you now know how to say “Coachella” in Spanish. Primavera Sound Festival is going strong this weekend in Barcelona.  Quickly becoming one of the biggest music festival in Europe, the headliners for 2015 include Interpol, Ratatat, Belle & Sebastian and Babes in Toyland.  With more than 100,000 people in attendance, the weekend is epic.  I’m sure. Personally, I am enjoying the epic nature of Primavera Sound Festival live-streaming on my laptop in my pajamas.  But I did go to Barcelona LAST weekend and was thinking of all the party happy anddrunk serious and dedicated music fans the whole time.  I came up…

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May 28, 2015

The Baby Question (Part 2)

 pink stethoscope

Any post about the pain of childbirth should start with the following sentence: Just back from the gynecologist! Ahhh…I love the internet. How was the doctor, you ask?! (If you haven’t changed the channel web browser internet setting by now.  It was PAINFUL!! I went to have an IUD put in.  (See “The Baby Question: Part 1” to get all caught up). How was the doctor, you ask?! (If you haven’t changed the channel web browser internet setting by now.  It was PAINFUL!! I went to have an IUD put in.  (See “The Baby Question: Part 1” to get all caught up). So the The Baby Question: Part 1 has been answered,…

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May 27, 2015

How to Improve Memory

 Keeping memories on a disk

Instead of ‘How to Improve Memory’, maybe the title of this post should be phrased as a question: How can I improve my memory? And, more importantly, why is my memory SO BAD?! Let’s work backwards through the above list of inquires. 1. Why is my memory so bad? Yesterday…sure, yesterday existed.  I have no idea what I mindlessly searched around for on the internet important projects I completed at work. Or how much wine coffee almond milk I drank. Or what I saw on reality TV while I was out enjoying a healthy jog.  The events of 48 hours ago might as well have taken place in another lifetime.  What’s the…

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May 25, 2015

Living Abroad

 Sometimes living abroad is hard

There are some difficult things about living abroad. In fact, recently I have been in a sort of anti-fabulous funk.  It might even be referred to as feeling…ordinary. Gross.  The kryptonite of fabulous.  I work, I cook dinner, I desperately try to make time to exercise….boring, Boring, BORING. Deep in the wallows of self-pity and trying to consider things that may make me feel more fabulous, my mind wondered to living abroad.  The question of the day: Is living abroad really all that fabulous? Travelling is fabulous.  Exciting flights, new people, duty-free shopping important cultural experiences, etc.  But in order for actually living abroad to be fabulous you need to…

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May 22, 2015

Emojis I Wish Existed

 Emojis are life

A quick Friday list of emojis I wish existed: 10) Screaming face.  Even a screaming baby would be pretty good.  For those days when you want to convey that you just can’t deal. 9) Troll.  Very descriptive for both people and situations. 8) Rolling eyes.  Maybe this would work if the eyes were looking up and off in the same direction?  See Liz Lemon photo. I would use it at least once a day. 7) Pedicure.  TOTALLY different than manicure and deserves it own emoji.  Also, it would then be easier to convey the concept of a “fish pedicure”. 6) The finger.  There is a thumbs-up. How often do you…

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May 21, 2015

Know Your Limits

 How to make decisions when surrounded by choices

I made an important decision this morning:   I’m canceling my hair appointment.     Why?! You are dying to know!!    Here it is: The idea of going to sit in a salon for 4 hours this afternoon after working from 6 AM-6 PM simply makes me want to cry and I’m not going. To you, this may sound like a relatively insignificant confession.  One hair appointment.  Sure, I may be a little scraggly looking “boho chic” looking, but that is the epitome of spring style! (Other ways to look “boho chic” include general refusal to plug in an iron for either hair or clothes and infrequent showering practices.  We LOVE…

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May 20, 2015

The Baby Question

 To ponder the question Do you want kids?

Pop quiz: Do you want children?  More importantly, do I want children?! AHHHHHHH!!! The plaguing question of the 30-something, strong, independent woman army.  After a “cervical massage” at the doctor this morning and some pillow talk about my current sexual relationship, my new gynecologist brought up the idea that I may want to switch from a bill control pill to an IUD.  Because apparently it’s inappropriate to be on birth control for 12 years.  (Seriously, it is.  It causes melasma, those dark pigmentation spots.  NOT fabulous). Anyway, the point is an IUD will work for up to 5 years. And that sounded totally appropriate to me. I said to myself,…

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