Joie d'Eve - January 2012

01/26/12

Bar None

I’ve never been a big bar person. In college, I generally opted to stay in and watch "Good Eats" and "Forensic Files" or bake bread or read Judy Blume novels in lieu of going to The Fieldhouse or Big 12 Bar & Grill. I am not a huge drinker; I don’t particularly enjoy the company of drunk people; and I really, really hate vomit.

During a brief period in grad school, however, Points 1 and 2 did not apply, and I started going regularly to a total dive bar called Snapper’s. In a previous life, Snapper’s had been a restaurant that served only soup – Grumpy’s Soup Kitchen or something like that – and after deciding the soup...

Posted at 03:37 PM | Permalink | Comments: 3

01/20/12

Raising Kids With Facebook

When my daughter was born in 2006, I immediately announced it on Facebook, along with pictures of her just several hours old. In fact, she was a Facebook presence even before her birth after a friend of mine “tagged” her in my midsection in a picture of me when I was visibily pregnant. Within the first week of her life, I changed my profile picture to one of me holding her, and as she grew, updated pictures were posted probably every month or so.

Even though she was born in Missouri, my Facebook friends in New Orleans, Chicago, New York and LA got to witness her christening, her first bites of rice cereal, her first plane ride, her first Halloween costume. Family members from North Carolina to Wisconsin got to see her with cake frosting in her hair on her...

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01/13/12

Paper Chase

Two of my very favorite things in the whole world are etiquette and paper. This is a big part of why I love my job in magazine publishing so much and why – despite the fact that I also love the Internet and actually managed my company’s Web site for some time – I really, really hope paper-and-ink magazines never go away. I can see many benefits to a Kindle or something similar (especially since I’m a fast reader and generally have to pack approximately 50 pounds of books to sustain me over, say, a week-long vacation), but I just don’t think I could ever get the same kind of comfort from a computer screen that I get from the feel and smell of a paper book.

As for etiquette, I think this probably started in high school when my best friend and...

Posted at 09:24 AM | Permalink | Comments: 3

01/06/12

The Name Game

I need advice. I’m getting married today, and I’m not stressed at all about the food or the flowers or the cake or anything like that. We have a whopping guest list of 10 people, almost all of whom are very closely related to us (four parents, two kids), so I figure they’ll forgive any little imperfections or mishaps. Besides, I’m not walking down the aisle or throwing a bouquet, and since I’m pregnant, I won’t be drinking, so with those three factors combined, the potential for me to make an ass out of myself is vastly diminished. What I’m stressing out about right now, though, is my name.

This is the exact opposite of my wedding experience in 2003. When I got married for the first time, I was an absolute wreck about the...

Posted at 05:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 5

	01/26/12 Bar None I’ve never been a big bar person. In college, I generally opted to stay in and watch "Good Eats" and "Forensic Files" or bake bread or read Judy Blume novels in lieu of going to The Fieldhouse or Big 12 Bar & Grill. I am not a huge drinker; I don’t particularly enjoy the company of drunk people; and I really, really hate vomit. During a brief period in grad school, however, Points 1 and 2 did not apply, and I started going regularly to a total dive bar called Snapper’s. In a previous life, Snapper’s had been a restaurant that served only soup – Grumpy’s Soup Kitchen or something like that – and after deciding the soup... Posted at 03:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 3
	01/20/12 Raising Kids With Facebook When my daughter was born in 2006, I immediately announced it on Facebook, along with pictures of her just several hours old. In fact, she was a Facebook presence even before her birth after a friend of mine “tagged” her in my midsection in a picture of me when I was visibily pregnant. Within the first week of her life, I changed my profile picture to one of me holding her, and as she grew, updated pictures were posted probably every month or so. Even though she was born in Missouri, my Facebook friends in New Orleans, Chicago, New York and LA got to witness her christening, her first bites of rice cereal, her first plane ride, her first Halloween costume. Family members from North Carolina to Wisconsin got to see her with cake frosting in her hair on her... Posted at 05:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 0
	01/13/12 Paper Chase Two of my very favorite things in the whole world are etiquette and paper. This is a big part of why I love my job in magazine publishing so much and why – despite the fact that I also love the Internet and actually managed my company’s Web site for some time – I really, really hope paper-and-ink magazines never go away. I can see many benefits to a Kindle or something similar (especially since I’m a fast reader and generally have to pack approximately 50 pounds of books to sustain me over, say, a week-long vacation), but I just don’t think I could ever get the same kind of comfort from a computer screen that I get from the feel and smell of a paper book. As for etiquette, I think this probably started in high school when my best friend and... Posted at 09:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 3
	01/06/12 The Name Game I need advice. I’m getting married today, and I’m not stressed at all about the food or the flowers or the cake or anything like that. We have a whopping guest list of 10 people, almost all of whom are very closely related to us (four parents, two kids), so I figure they’ll forgive any little imperfections or mishaps. Besides, I’m not walking down the aisle or throwing a bouquet, and since I’m pregnant, I won’t be drinking, so with those three factors combined, the potential for me to make an ass out of myself is vastly diminished. What I’m stressing out about right now, though, is my name. This is the exact opposite of my wedding experience in 2003. When I got married for the first time, I was an absolute wreck about the... Posted at 05:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 5

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January 2012

01/26/12

Bar None

01/20/12

Raising Kids With Facebook

01/13/12

Paper Chase

01/06/12

The Name Game

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