the end was just the beginning
Wow, it really was the week of the celebrity bub, with everyone from Alec Baldwin, to Fergie, Michael Buble and Jamie Lynn Siegler embracing parenthood. Talk about a heart-starter every morning, getting the stories "live" nice and early for my day job at iVillage. Congratulations to all the lucky parents! And welcome to my weekly... Continue Reading →
There was a flutter of excitement in the playground at school pick-up yesterday. It's Book Week and the kids have been asked to bring in their favourite book for News. Lots of Enid Blyton from the girls, books about sharks and dinosaurs from the boys. Until Wednesday, when one little bloke brought in "Where did... Continue Reading →
Normally I try to separate church and state ... except on Sundays when I sum up my week. But today - forgive me followers - I am going to be shameless. Something very exciting happened on Monday. The website I edit, iVillage, hit 10,000 likes. And things have been steam training ever since. We're about... Continue Reading →
Working in "new media" means associating with lots of young people. Lots of very, very young people.You realize just how young when you strike up a conversation about your evening plans, happen to mention you're having a drink with someone you've known forever and somehow the phrase "we met during the Recession" exits your mouth.... Continue Reading →
Every now and then something pops into my Facebook feed that stops me in my tracks. Yesterday, someone shared a link with a site called Our Small Moments. The author, Courtney, describes herself as "a wife, mother, grad student, photographer, writer, and teacher, trying to live now, figuring out each day as it comes. Â Every... Continue Reading →
Hollywood went totally ga-ga this weekend, and it had nothing to do with wacky singers in meat dresses ... It's a girl for Alec & Hilaria! Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Thomas Baldwin have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. The 29-year-old yoga instructor gave birth at Mount Sinai hospital in New York on Friday. Hilaria spread the... Continue Reading →
Back in 1992, the Queen famously announced she'd had an "annus horribilis", admitting: "1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure." Which kinda sums up how I feel about week 34 of 2013. The Queen - as eloquently summed up by Wikipedia - had quite a few setbacks in... Continue Reading →
It's tough being a gossip columnist some weeks ... like the ones where you have to watch videos of Alexander Skarsgard in the nuddy ... I don't know how I cope ... This item was our most popular gossip post of the week and revealed that the actor filmed a full-frontal nude scene for the... Continue Reading →
OK, I know this post is a little left field and totally breaks all the rules about what a blogger is supposed to do (be known for something, stick to a theme), but hey I've been eclectic from day one so why stop now ... After yesterday's funniest movies post I decided to find something... Continue Reading →
We're up to our sixth day with sick kids underfoot and the TV is getting a MAJOR workout. After endless episodes of X-Files, Doctor Who and Living With Boys I felt like lightening up. So I rented Galaxy Quest. It wasn't quite as good as I remembered, and the seven year old was totally confused... Continue Reading →
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