The Frumanista

"Why don't you get a smartphone like everyone else?"  Why don't I? Despite my verbosity I have difficulty adequately ...

She looks worried, and I'm not sure why.  "Well, um . . ." she begins, "that guy I was telling you about? It seems that ...

When I first read the play Pygmalion I was in high school, and had already memorized My Fair Lady . It was then that I first came across th...

I have noticed that after men marry, if they find themselves alone they are frantic. If they were so unfortunate as to lose or misplace a sp...

It is getting incredibly tedious, but I it appears I am stuck in the roundabout of redt ing.  E very time the phone rings, it is for on...

I had come across Busy in Brooklyn's recipe for cheese latkes , and decided I was going to make them for a family Chanukah brunch. This...

A few weeks ago the NY Times Magazine had a cover, "Do You Have to Be Superhuman to Lose Weight?"  The story within, "...

Sleeping used to involve a level of steps.  I could only remain on either my left side or on my back. I can only fall asleep on my righ...

Cooking shows, while being informative, can leave one with a flayed ego.  Chefs condescendingly prattle about species of squash I nev...

"Can you cook?" he asks casually.  I pause in middle of twirling my pasta. Uh-oh.  "I can cook," I attempt to...