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What’s a Launch Like?

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Part of my job is going to launches, for products, shows, events and for my very talented friends who keep writing books.  I get asked a lot what it's like to be at these events.  Is it as crazy as Ab Fab?  Is it fun? Is it boring?  Is there free food? So I thought the … [Read more...]

Nailing It (Yay, Puns!)

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I'm an unrepentant nailbiter; it's one of my few vices. Gross? Probably, but relatively harmless, as far as addictions go. For years, I held back from manicures, thinking it was a thing that only people with pretty, unbitten nails did. On those rare occasions that I did paint them, I selected the … [Read more...]

Family Ties

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OK - So, everyone has stories about bizarre/strange family ties with siblings, parents, etc. My dad for example has always told us the story how for days before his Bar Mitzvah (the Sabbath coinciding with his 13th birthday) he would wake up in a cold sweat with a recurring nightmare. He kept … [Read more...]

Exerthighs

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I have been attending a boot camp exercise class twice weekly for the past two months and I LOVE it. Initially I had dreams of shedding 20 pounds in 30 days and flaunting my new, sinewy frame in a pair of size two skinny jeans, but the actual results have been unexpected: I have lost 12 inches off … [Read more...]

Little Mysteries

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Looking for some fun new mysteries?Sophie Simon Solves Them Allby Lisa B. GraffFarrar, Straus, and GirouxISBN: 978 0 37437 125 8Audience: grade 2-4There are lots of great early chapter mysteries for the grade 2-4 set, many of them in series. That's the perfect audience for this short and sweet … [Read more...]

What’s a Nice Boy From Winnipeg Doing in a Show Like This?

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  There's an image on line that's gone viral of a guy dressed as a cupcake laughing with Joan  Rivers.  That happens to be Portage & Main's own Thom Allison who's making his Broadway debut in Priscilla Queen of the Desert.  The cupcake is one of many costumes designed … [Read more...]

So Tired

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I haven't been able to post much lately and it's because I'm so tired that I fall asleep with the girls at 8 pm.  Then I'm still tired when I wake up at 6 am.  The odd night I do manage to get up again, I'm too tired to think, TV is about all I can handle, and only until 9 pm.That means I … [Read more...]