Hey, look. It’s an artist’s sketch of a wedding day.
There on the left is the groom, all dashing and dapper in his tuxedo. He’s smiling with that faraway look in his eyes of a man in love. Maybe he’s thinking about the honeymoon.
Firmly planted in the middle is Flower Girl Extraordinaire, also known as the real [...]
I love my little city. It’s one of those inner-ring suburbs revitalized in the last decade by the arts community and the gay community. We have a little inside joke around the ‘hood that goes something like this: Watch out for those damn heterosexuals, they’re bringing down the property values.
Seriously, though, my little town is [...]
I’ve tried out our new digital edition of the Detroit Free Press, which will be the primary way to view the daily paper beginning Monday. Only on three days — Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays — will hard copies of the paper be delivered to my doorstep. The rest of the week involves placing my laptop [...]
– Does this mirror make my butt look big?
I love the window seat. Whether it’s on a bus, car or airplane, I have to have the window seat.
Whether I’m 3 feet or 30,000 feet from the ground, I love to peer out at the world.
Know why? On a clear day, the world seems so still and manageable, especially from above.*
Everything is reduced to form [...]
Long walk. Big park. Pretty sunset. No worries.
I was flashed today.
It happened as I pulled back the curtains on my hotel room window. I was startled to find a set of voluptuous mountains popping out of the horizon. I stared, speechless. The rocky mounds flanked by swaying palms shimmied like some kind of hula dancer performing a show only I could understand.
Yesterday, [...]
… to overshadow all the lame ones.
Lame: Putting a portable DVD player in the pack and play with my then-15-month-old girl to keep her occupied while I took a shower.
Logic: While she’s watching Elmo, I can wash my hair.
Reality: Before I can uncap the shower gel, I hear the sound of something big and heavy hitting the [...]
There are probably 50 reasons why I shouldn’t go on a vacation right now. The biggest one being practicality.
To that I say, pfft!
I’ve had it with practicality. Where has it gotten me in the last few years? We did most everything by the book, played by the rules, and where did it get us? Right [...]
So, yesterday I took my preschooler shoe shopping.
It would have been easier to climb a wall of razor blades. Naked. In a blizzard.
Whatever made me think I could place a 3-year-old girl around shelves lined with pink, purple, glitter and licensed characters beckoning from every box and expect her to pick out something conservative?
What made [...]
