Archive for the 'Mommy ‘hood' Category



Random Summer fun not yet posted…

Published on September 3, 2008

Tweet I take photos all the time and just can’t blog every one of them. So above you have in no particular order photos from the summer. Mouse over the pics for the captions…Enjoy!


A funny photo I forgot to post from awhile back…

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Tweet …when our toddling critters were tiny babies. This is Kit, hanging in the atelier, watching her little Stella Frances play with my critter. What’s funny, you ask? Look at Louis xiv’s face and the object in front of Kit, of which she is completely unaware. Oh by the way – Kit works on the […]


Oh and P.S….

Published on September 2, 2008

Tweet …I called my fabulous mommy friend from Baby Class Dr Leila the day after I saw the last MDL episode. Turns out her first cousin is Roya, the very lovely and civilized wife in the clients of Josh who purchased the house on Walden.


More fun with puppets and prerecorded music…

Published on August 6, 2008

Tweet I just used this to give the Critter his first lesson in the rap / hip hop genre. I hope The Husband doen’t mind – he would prefer the Critter only learn classical, Sinatra style and Journey. But Critter already has his hands up in the A-yuh!


Abundance of riches – torpor of spirit

Published on August 3, 2008

Tweet Right now I have a couple of hours to do anything I want to do. I have before me: • Beverly Hills Community Services Bulletin – and pore over pages six and seven – I can stress about whether the Critter is properly stimulated prior to entering preschool. • Read I, Rhoda Manning, Go […]


Critter’s first trip to the zoo…

Published on July 13, 2008

Tweet Critter and Miss Strawberry discover what Mommy and Daddy really mean when they say “you little monkey!” This was my first trip to the L A Zoo, too. And you know how hard it is for me get excited about going anywhere out of Los Angeles proper. While it was fun to finally check […]


The Critter is one year old TODAY!

Published on May 5, 2008

Tweet I was steadfast in my resolve not to have an out of control event with dogs, ponies and magicians – I figured that I’ll wait for that when he can actually remember it. We did however have a wonderful birthday picnic with all the Mommies and babies (who were also turning one within the […]


Attention ECatherineGrey and City Mommies:

Published on May 1, 2008

Tweet THIS is a glamour shot. Circa 1989. I got them for my gay friends for Valentine’s Day.


The Croup

Published on April 22, 2008

Tweet As a child, if I had a one of those nasty coughs little ones get, I can remember my mother occasionally commenting that I sounded like the croup. I never actually had it, I only sounded like it. Now that the critter has experienced this malady twice in the last two months, I state […]


Artist / Mom?

Published on April 18, 2008

Tweet When I was expecting the Critter, I was haunted by the voice of Louise Nevelson in a documentary I saw in design school. I can’t quote her, but she was talking about having children when you’re “on this search” for art and that it’s unkind to put children in in the position of coping […]