As we all know, when you make plans in life, life often has other plans for you. Such was the case for me this weekend. I had been planning for…
Happy long weekend
I’m off, Modern Friends, for a four-day weekend in Memphis where I will participate in the wedding festivities of my 51-year-old uncle (his first marriage). As Modern Roxy mentioned yesterday,…
Because I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Noelle Tannenbaum has alerted our little corner of the blogworld that it’s National Singles Week. I would write my own drawn-out post about it, but she makes so many wonderful…
What makes an ideal husband
Maureen Dowd, whose columns are at times entertaining for her hatred of all sides of the political game covered a different topic Sunday. She took a stab at what makes…
Shower games for the modern bride
Real Simple has some suggestions for games to play for wedding showers to replace those dreaded (not to mention wasteful) dress-the-bride-up-in-a-toilet-paper-wedding-dress ordeals.These activities on their own aren’t that inventive, but…
Back, but not completely
I’ve got a few good things to share with you all soon, but I am still trying to get caught up on my life after spending the weekend out of…
Perhaps I overreacted?
I’ve had two people message me off blog asking me how much I paid for my alterations. Perhaps I overreacted a bit since the average guess was $157.29, and the…
The cost of being a bridesmaid
When my bff asked me to be her maid of honor a while back, I gleefully agreed but also prepared myself for all the expenses that come with being a…
What to give the best friend when she gets married?
I’m two weeks away from the bff’s wedding, and it occured to me that the the Modern Beau and I hadn’t bought her and her fiance a gift. This is…
The cost of an unhappy marriage
There’s a notion that married people are healthier than unmarried people, though the Modern Gal has thought it bunk for some time after observing some of her married friends. Well,…