An American learns to eat in England
After moving to the UK, I discovered that I didn’t know how to eat in English—in public, anyway. My first …
Category Archives: Previously Published Work
Ten things I loved about you, 2015
What’s the best thing about renting a house for the holidays? Between my jeans with stretch lycra and the fact that …
Thank you so much Donald Trump for ruining my Christmas
I wish I could explain to Donald Trump what I told them. “There’s no such thing as Politically Correct. It’s just your way of saying that a big issue doesn’t exist because you don’t value it. So you deflect the debate onto what constitutes humor, or workplace camaraderie, or whatever else you want to call it. But to paraphrase the Bard—A turd by any other name would still smell like crap.”
You call them holiday letters…I call them revenge.
[NOTE: another repeat post from a few years ago. Because some of us haven’t finished our Christmas shopping. From last …
Of Thanks & Turkeys & Brave Cats …but NOT sweet potatoes…
Giving thanks (again) for Thanksgiving Oddly enough, here in the UK there isn’t much interest in celebrating the American Pilgrims’ survival …
#Bookreview: Let’s Compromise and Say I’m Right~ cartoons by Mel Calman
Can an American get British humour? We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language –Oscar …
Miracle of Motherhood? Myth Meets Reality
In my mother’s day, pregnant women only appeared in maternity dresses made by Omar the Tentmaker out of 75 yards of black polyester with a contrasting bow at the neck.
Pastblast Repeat: Valentine’s Day BC (Before Children) vs AD (After Delivery)
This is a repeat from Valentine’s Day past. Happy Valentine’s Day and wishing you much chocolate! In the years before …
The Twelve Days, Deconstructed (By Me. Really)
After some requests, I’m re-posting this blast from the past. This originally was a piece I wrote for the Wall St. Journal …
Homage to @ SoVeryBritish
Friends and I were talking about the new book, Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at …
Barb Taub 