1. That Time Albert Einstein Flossed…
    I am going to attempt to work through my list of ridiculously important things to tell the internets, mostly because you don’t really want to hear about my weekend of lying around in my pajamas, drinking coffee and eating donuts (4.5 total, but who’s counting really?!)(well, besides Mr. Jones the scale)(yes, his name is Mr. [...]
    Filed in Aiming Low, the trips | 16-Nov-09 | 15 comments
  2. I Believe Miss Shauna Glenn calls it Downer Wednesday. I apologize in advance
    One of the BEST things about living in Atlanta is that I have access to the passcode-protected wing of Arbor Terrace to visit with my Grandma and hold her hand and try to make her laugh or smile to eat or drink or notice me at all through the stupid disease that has taken her [...]
    Filed in the trips | 04-Nov-09 | 38 comments
  3. Atlanta is…
    A road trip conversation: him: “Hey…look at that…if it wasn’t monsooning we could totally go and see the original KFC in Corbin, Kentucky.” me: “Why does it not surprise me that KFC began in Kentucky?” him: “Um, Ali? It’s called KENTUCKY fried chicken.” me: “Well,  I guess it should surprise no one, then…” KLASS-AY ******** Sweet Jesus, Atlanta is HILLY.  and this [...]
    Filed in the trips | 31-Jul-09 | 19 comments
  4. I think the cottage-like air is getting to me. or maybe it’s the caribou coffee.
    Well, my smartphone isn’t really as smart as they had promised at the AT&T store…since in the getting-myself-set-up process, I managed to lose 100 emails or so. AND they didn’t make book on their $99 iphone upgrade (well, not until NOVEMBER which seems like an entire lifetime away) so I am using a blackjack, about [...]
    Filed in The Family, the trips | 15-Jul-09 | 26 comments
  5. it’s beginning to look a lot like…
    …we are moving. We have sold some furniture on craigslist. We have given some furniture to my nanny. We have donated baby stuff. ALL of our baby stuff. I have lent some books to my reader friends who will kindly “babysit” them while I’m away. We  left stuff on our lawn in the hopes that someone would take them and [...]
    Filed in the trips | 29-Jun-09 | 51 comments
  6. gifts i don’t get enough
    My sister and i should never be allowed to be alone together. When we are, we do things like get naked and compare our thighs, searching for cellulite (why yes, we were both blessed with lovely eastern european pulkes…oh, yes, the pulkes. thanks, bubbe!). and while those of you without sisters are all head-shaky and [...]
    Filed in The Friends, the trips | 22-Jan-09 | 38 comments
  7. some holiday tips from Ali
    1. when someone gives your three-year-old some paint, do not allow said three-year-old to disappear from sight…because you will be spending the better half of your afternoon on the floor scrubbing the red paint off the bedroom carpet. 2. when you visit the coca cola museum with your children…do NOT allow them to taste every.single.one of [...]
    Filed in The Family, the trips | 31-Dec-08 | 30 comments
  8. it’s only three days in and my j brand cigarette skinnies are already tight.
    do you know how many seats are on an Air Tran 737? well, the husband knew, thanks to the wonder of the blackberry…and because it was Christmas Eve, knowing the answer earned him three business class upgrades. So he and Josh and Isabella sat up front in the land of roomier seats and more drinks, while i [...]
    Filed in The Family, the trips | 28-Dec-08 | 28 comments
  9. what’s a trip to nyc without a little stalkerazzi?!?!
    two words (and they may be an overshare here): gut rot. (i’m going to go with dehydration. four days of walking from morning until night and not enough to drink. unless you count iced coffees…and i don’t think you can) six more words: banana republic outlet bag gone missing. (boo!) my post-trip karma is back, friends. the husband [...]
    Filed in the trips | 05-Aug-08 | 32 comments
  10. ali finally gets to new york.
    do y’all want to hear about part 2 of my trip to NYC…wherein i didn’t actually make it onto the flight that the bitches at air canada so *kindly* put me on? wherein i was told that they overbooked the flight – the one i was guaranteed on because those fuckers cancelled the flight because [...]
    Filed in the bloggers, the trips | 04-Aug-08 | 30 comments
  11. she CAN be bribed…and i would make a good roommate…i swear…
    so, yesterday after getting locked inside my office building (who knew that if you worked until 5:30, you need your employee badge to leave??! um, i guess, clearly someone who has never worked that late…ahem..) and after throwing out yet another one of these… (note: not my actual cup) (which, in case you are keeping track, puts [...]
    Filed in The Baby, the trips | 13-Mar-08 | 31 comments
  12. no pressure, no problem, no service?
    Tova: How are you doing this evening? Waitress at Kimono’s restaurant: not too good actually Tova: really, why? Waitress: i have a migraine. i don’t want to be here. *crickets* Tova: do you want an advil? this is not a joke. this is an actual conversation that took place at one of our dinners. we had read things about Sandals in St. [...]
    Filed in the trips | 12-Mar-08 | 30 comments
  13. things learned while in St. Lucia…
    …you CAN lose things in both the ocean and the pool… …i could look WAY worse in a bikini after birthing THREE children …if you put a giant bed outside by the pool, drunk people WILL do the thriller dance on it. …there is no shame in eating four muffins and a croissant for breakfast…even out of an airplane [...]
    Filed in the trips | 10-Mar-08 | 43 comments
  14. Why Travelocity doesn’t include a forecast with your four star reservation.
    Hi. Casey here from moosh in indy. Anybody else sick of everybody all up in their business about their vacations to sunny spots with beaches and cabana boys? Yeah, me too. And I’ve had to guest post for two of ‘em in the last two weeks. It’s like rubbing tequila, a little lime and a whole lot of salt into [...]
    Filed in The Guest Post, the bloggers, the ranting, the trips | 07-Mar-08 | 17 comments
  15. ali secret #421
    dude. last night i went to sleep at 8:15. i made it through the australian and the dread guy on American Idol and completely passed out. between the carpools (2) the playdate pickups (2) the after-school activity drop-offs (1) and pick-ups (2) i’m WIPED. i feel like a taxi driver, only i’m not getting paid. [...]
    Filed in the girl behind the screen, the trips | 27-Feb-08 | 35 comments
  16. THE ps. a pps. and a ppps.
    it’s a big ps. so big that it deserved its own post. on the way home from Laguardia i was seated in seat 18A. not exactly significant. it was a window. seated in 18B was a stranger. but seated in 18C was someone i know. and someone who knows me very intimately. my. fucking. gynecologist. i swear [...]
    Filed in the bloggers, the girl behind the screen, the trips | 26-Feb-08 | 23 comments
  17. 2 days in the city
    my trip didn’t go exactly as planned… my sister’s plane got delayed in phoenix and she had to sleep in airports and be rerouted several times before she finally made it into NYC, leaving me only a mere 24 hours with her. boo. she made me feed her cats their ‘wet’ food and one of them was [...]
    Filed in The Family, the bloggers, the trips | 25-Feb-08 | 24 comments
  18. the end goal is NOT to look like the Chrismukah ham
    from here on out, the Friday Smackdown will be hanging out over here. so, go there. now! while you’re over there trying to figure out why on earth Zac Efron is CURLING his hair (please say it’s for a part! please!)… i’ll be over here trying to figure out how i can manage to NOT gain 12 pounds [...]
    Filed in The Family, the trips | 21-Dec-07 | 14 comments
  19. safe, sound, and toilet trained
    After the longest day in the world…left the house at 9:30, stopped in Niagara Falls to finish up all of Isabella’s American-izing paperwork, stopped in Buffalo for lunch and some shopping, our flight landed in Atlanta at 9:00pm and the kids finally were all asleep by 11:15. i was asleep by 11:17. Isabella decided that yesterday [...]
    Filed in The Family, the trips | 20-Dec-07 | 9 comments
  20. totally worth every calorie…
    the three pounds i gained in three days were entirely worth it. wanna know why? because that there…that’s Dennis Rodman. he was eating at Goldfish. and so were we. it’s sad that i get excited about seeing quasi-celebrities when my sister lives in NYC and parties with Nigel Barker and the entire cast of the Sopranos. (even [...]
    Filed in The Friends, the trips | 20-Aug-07 | 15 comments
  21. here in the holy land**
    i’ve been here for a few hours. we’ve gotten Emily’s hair cut (so cute!). we’ve had lunch at the cheesecake factory (holy eggplant sandwich. mmm…). I’ve opened up my $25 ipod shuffle (ebay…love!) and my 25 boxes of Girl Scout cookies (no, i’m not kidding. and yes, i am insane). and my JCrew clothing i had [...]
    Filed in The Baby, The Girl, the trips | 29-Jun-07 | 12 comments
  22. i’m back!!
    things i did in new york: saw a show – The Drowsy Chaperone. i highly recommend. hilarious. saw a live show bought something on the street (a hat) took the subway. and saw a giant rat. but no dead people. (my sister swears that she saw a dead person at the subway station. she even reported it.) spent a fortune [...]
    Filed in The Family, the trips | 22-Jan-07 | 11 comments
  23. weekend update…you know you wanted one
    i am so happy that we came to New York. (Emily is fine, by the way. she’s been puke free since 9 am yesterday. and no one else – knock wood – has gotten it. so, it may not have been stomach flu. Isabella DOES have pink eye…but that doesn’t stress me) we had just about one [...]
    Filed in the trips | 18-Jan-07 | 18 comments