The Frumanista

I was reading Anya Seton's Foxfire , and this passage jumped out to me. The book takes place in the early 1930s. Dart shared with...

I will be out of town for the next week and a half; I am not sure if I will have internet access where I am.  However, posts shall b...

(While eyeshadow is not, of course, a Shabbos specific step, I shall just label it such. Feel free to use in the weekday).  This is very...

As my background is Brooklyn in origin, there are a few givens. One of them being, stockings on Shabbos.  I loathe the term "panty...

A friend of mine, a listed reference, was called by the mother of a boy.  "Does she have a television?" My friend, hesitant, dec...

When the Words Don't Fit by Sara Healy is a pleasant debunking of Disney myth.  She begins her tale as young, sweet, 21-year-old; o...

Today's hair has it rough.  If it's lucky, it has been merely curled, ironed, blown, and permed. The hair needs a pick-me-up afte...

The humid summer season has blessedly left us, meaning my harsh hair treatment can be laid aside as well. I iron to defy humidity and its f...

I mentioned beforehand of my mother's interest in cooking shows, and while as a kid I would beg her to put on something more entertaini...

Shopping is not a fun, casual outing meant to kill time. Oh ho no. Those who sleepily roll out of bed at 11 and leisurely consume breakfast...