Category Archives: Moms

The Trouble With (Girl) Love

Posted on December 20, 2011 by miriamdatskovsky

Last weekend I did something stupid. One of my oldest and closest friends, who also happens to be going through a very tough time right now, came to visit. And all I did was chatter about relationships and weddings – … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Girls, Moms | Tagged bridesmaids, college, female friendships, friendship, girls, miriam datskovsky, mothers, sororities, weddings | Leave a comment

Growing Up Is Hard to Do

Posted on February 11, 2011 by miriamandellyn

This week we were G-chatting about how hard it is to be grateful and happy in our fortunate lives in NY and LA. We’re trying to decide how to stop missing what we had or looking forward to things we … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Los Angeles, Moms, New York | Tagged 20-something advice, 20something, ADVICE, change, discontent, dreams, ellyn rice, Europe, Friends, friendship, goals, Los Angeles, miriam datskovsky, New York City, relocation, South Park, success | 3 Comments

Nobody Thinks Your Baby's As Cute As You Do

Posted on February 1, 2011 by miriamandellyn

Especially not us. I (Miriam) swear the most effective way to prevent teen pregnancy is to put a bunch of teenagers on a plane and surround them with screaming babies. On all sides. For hours. Over multiple flights. Because that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Girls, Moms | Tagged adoption, Angelina Jolie, babies, boyfriends, children, ellyn rice, Facebook, gift of life, miriam datskovsky, mommy forum, moms, moms on facebook, pregnancy, teen pregnancy, ultrasound | 12 Comments

'The Kids Are All Right' Has Our Oscar Vote

Posted on January 25, 2011 by miriamandellyn

Full disclosure: We wrote this before the Oscar nominations were announced. Also, we have nothing to do with the Academy. Except when it comes to snarky fashion commentaries. Miriam: When Ellyn and I were first brainstorming for this blog, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Moms, Writing | Tagged Academy Awards, affair, annette bening, divorce, ellyn rice, family, film review, Julianne Moore, lesbian couple, Mark Ruffalo, marriage, miriam datskovsky, moms, Oscars, postmodern family, relationships, screenplay, The Kids Are All Right | 4 Comments

Toddlers & Tiaras: It's Vegas Babies!

Posted on January 21, 2011 by miriamandellyn

http://static.discoverymedia.com/videos/components/snag-it-player.html?network=tlc&clipRefId=f350bd4b18359a75fce99086ce6fe6de72306524&auto=no Ellyn: My first reaction was OH MY GOD. Are you kidding me???? And the little infants were so embarrassing. They can’t even walk, and you’re toting them around the stage in a showgirl outfit in Las Vegas? Miriam: I … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Fashion, Girls, Moms | Tagged Barbie, beauty pageant, ellyn rice, fake teeth, Las Vegas, miriam datskovsky, My Strange Addiction, pageant, parenting, spray tan, stripper, TLC, Toddlers & Tiaras | 2 Comments

Our Anonymous Astrology Guru Confirms We're Still Pisces, Says to Ignore Daily Horoscopes

Posted on January 20, 2011 by miriamandellyn

When we heard the news that the Zodiac had change, we both flipped. After all, we’d always sort of assumed one of the reasons we share so many eerily parallel life experiences was the fact that we were born just … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Cohabitation, Girls, Moms | Tagged about us, anonymous astrology guru, astrology, cohabitation, daily horoscopes, Eastern Zodiac, ellyn rice, female friendships, friendship, Mars, Mercury, miriam datskovsky, moms, monthly horoscopes, Neptune, pisces, relationships, Sun, synastry, trusting daily horoscopes, Uranus, Venus, Western Zodiac, Zodiac | 2 Comments

How Not To Be A Skank: LA Edition

Posted on November 15, 2010 by miriamdatskovsky

When I was little, I was not a fashionista, I was a trashionista. There was a time when both the models in Land’s End catalogs (my mom used to dress me) and Alloy (and then I rebelled and encountered black … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Girls, Los Angeles, Moms, Uncategorized | Tagged Alloy, Forever 21, Juicy, LA fashion, Land's End, miriam datskovsky, North Face, Skanks of LA | 1 Comment

We Miss/Missed the '90s!

Posted on November 8, 2010 by miriamandellyn

Kids these days don’t know what they’re missing. The ’90s were the best, and I’m not just saying that because I was five in 1990, therefore those were the wonder years for me personally, I’m thinking they were the wonder … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Moms | Tagged '90s, Babysitter's Club, ball pit, BookIt, chuck e. cheese's, dunkaroos, ellyn rice, gum, gushers, McDonalds, miriam datskovsky, moms, neon, Nerf, nickelodeon, orthodox jewish, Pizza Hut, pop qwiz, ring pop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TGIF, trapper keeper, WWF | 5 Comments

Blonde v. Brunette, Ellyn v. Miriam

Posted on October 28, 2010 by miriamandellyn

To Dye or Not to Dye… ELLYN: DYE! My live-in boyfriend met me as a blonde and hasn’t seen anything else yet. He’s afraid. He’s begging me not to do what I’m about to do… which is go brunette. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cohabitation, Girls, Moms | Tagged 20something, blonde, boyfriends, brunette, college, dyeing, ellyn rice, hair, miriam datskovsky, moms, prom | 1 Comment

Cooking Confessions of a Reluctant Housewife

Posted on October 22, 2010 by ricellyn

This week I took a cooking class with work. When my sales rep suggested it, I agreed immediately and with gusto. Side effect of cohabitation: I now apparently cook and bake…a lot. It’s almost embarrassing to admit, because I went … Continue reading →

Posted in Cohabitation, Family, Girls, Moms | Tagged 20something, APARTMENT, baking, boyfriends, cohabitation, cookbook, cooking, Easy Mac, ellyn rice, housewife, Miette Culinary Institute, MILF, moms, Pop-Tarts, soccer mom | 2 Comments