Watching Dance Moms and Toddlers & Tiaras is always interesting for me– both because the shows are often entertaining (if only in a horrifying way, like the recent T&T episode that featured Heaven, a modern day Violet Beauregarde with her incessant gum chewing, and Honey Boo Boo child and her TLC crossover extreme couponing momma [...]
This group of outstanding teenagers might make you feel bad about yourself! They all have found ways to achieve in distinctive and varied ways– from sports to extreme activities to academics– at such a young age. Here are some impressive feats they accomplished in the past month or so (Note: I think it’s important sometimes [...]
As he has been brought into the covenant, so may he enter into Torah, huppah, and ma’asim tovim. I’ve been remiss in my blogging lately as I spent some extra time bonding with Little Man, taking him on his first important outings (i.e. the bookstore, the New England Aquarium, the jewelry store…) and throwing him [...]
A feature story I wrote on afterschool math enrichment centers appeared in today’s The Boston Globe Magazine. You can read it online (and see additional links below) by clicking here! I researched and wrote this in the last month or so of my pregnancy, so joke that now I know which math programs my son [...]
As promised, here are some of my thoughts on this year’s Miss America Pageant. 1) This year’s Pageant was a real Pageant, complete with an entertaining production. The crowning moment of Miss Wisconsin, Laura Kaeppeler, captured this well. Yes, those are mascara-tinged black tears running down her face. My first reaction via Twitter (I LOVED [...]
I normally have friends over to watch Miss America (this year will just be me and my men though); they often wonder how I so accurately predict members of the Top 15 at the start of the pageant. I have two “insider” tips: 1) Follow who wins the preliminaries during pageant week; 2) Read some [...]
I know Amanda Scott as a fellow Gates Cambridge Scholar. But I can’t run like her! A very impressive person. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE ON BLOGHER SPORTS! 2012 is not only a leap year, it’s an Olympic year. That means that in the next few months thousands of hopefuls are gearing up for [...]
One week ago I gave birth to our precious son, Carston Cook Levey Friedman. We have been affectionately referring to him as Little Man. During labor I spent a good amount of time on Facebook and Twitter. It was amazing to feel like so many friends and family were part of the process. A Twitter [...]
Tyra Banks has invented her own version of Hunger Games. No, not her competitive reality TV show America’s Next Top Model, but Modelland, her debut novel about a mythical world where girls compete to become supermodels with superpowers. Modelland, which came out in September, is pure Banks. It’s a bit overblown and overly long, with [...]
During this time of year, we know that heroes are among us and “ordinary” people do extraordinary things (like “layaway angels“). Sports figures tend to be inspiring heroes to many throughout the hero, whether that adoration is deserved or not. One female athlete who definitely does deserve to be called a hero– for her performance [...]
