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Tag Archives: moms
Nobody Thinks Your Baby's As Cute As You Do
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
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'The Kids Are All Right' Has Our Oscar Vote
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
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Our Anonymous Astrology Guru Confirms We're Still Pisces, Says to Ignore Daily Horoscopes
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
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Handling Holiday Hassles Part II
5 days ’til Christmas… for some of you, that makes your heart rate increase and your palms sweat. But do not fear. I advise here on even more holiday gripes so you can keep your sanity and make it to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Religion
Tagged 2011, advertising, ADVICE, APARTMENT, bell ringers, christmas, commercials, corporate America, ellyn rice, family, gifts, holidays, miriam datskovsky, moms, santa hat, siblings
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Please Help Me Not Kill My Boyfriend, Thanksgiving Edition
Dear Miriam, Holidays are doubly stressful when you’re in a couple. Shaun and I have to celebrate with four families in three states (since both of our parents are divorced), plus visit home friends within a very short span of … Continue reading
Posted in Cohabitation, Family, Holidays
Tagged ADVICE, boyfriend advice, boyfriends, christmas, cooking, DRIVING, ellyn rice, food, Friends, hanukkah, miriam datskovsky, moms, presents, thanksgiving, tofurkey, vegetarian
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We Miss/Missed the '90s!
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
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Blonde v. Brunette, Ellyn v. Miriam
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
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Cooking Confessions of a Reluctant Housewife
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
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Us (But Were Afraid to Ask)
What did your mom say the last time you spoke to her? Ellyn: Lecturing on the hazards of diet soda: “Same thing goes for drinking. It’s usually the stuff you mix it with that makes you sick.” Miriam: “Do you … Continue reading
Posted in Cohabitation, Los Angeles, Moms, New York
Tagged about us, Annie Hall, boyfriends, cohabitation, ellyn rice, family and other accidents, JFK, LAX, Los Angeles, miriam datskovsky, moms, New York, Shari Goldhagen, Woody Allen
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