A Middle-Aged Woman Laughs (and Grimaces) at "Shedding"--I Mean SHAVING!By: Mary Fran Bontempo “AAAhhhhh…Kelly Clarkson!”With a line now sure to become part of comedic history, actor Steve Carell yelps in pain as hair on his back is “waxed” in The Forty Year Old Virgin. In the film, the hair removal makes Carell’s character more attractive to women, who, apparently, are repulsed by his somewhat “furry” appearance. Since anyone can remember, women have been [...]
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She married her brother at 17 upon the death of their father and were both declared pharaohs, the living gods, and rulers of Egypt as their ancestors had for three hundred years since Ptolomeo came from Macedonia, a general in Alexander the Great army.When her brother drowned in the port of Alexandria, Cleopatra married her eleven year old brother as she was expected. But when the Romans came with their legions intent on [...]
by Chrysa SmithIt hit me this morning while walking the Poodle Posse. As a city girl growing up in NYC, I was skinny. It was after getting married and moving to the burbs in '85 that the ever-since, perennial 20 lbs creeped on (but for an especially ambitious few years of Weight Watchers and regular trips to the gym). And after all these years, and the various exercise crazes that have come and [...]
With all of the anti-aging skincare products out there today, what is really the ‘best buy’? With each company touting their own miracle products, and every woman having her own opinion, we decided to go beneath the surface---and get a look at the ingredients behind the packaging. So we asked a chemist with a background in cosmetics, what realty are the important ingredients that keep skin from aging?by Bob Sandewicz, ChemistJuan Ponce de [...]
A Middle Aged Woman Laughs (and Blanches) at Her Man's MenusBy: Mary Fran Bontempo“Dave? What do you feel like eating?” I called to my husband while en route to the refrigerator for the evening dinner time scavenger hunt.“I don’t know. What do we have?” he answered.Upon opening the appliance door, I knew the answer: some brown, wilted celery, moldy pasta in a container, foul smelling left-over chicken and a half gallon of sour [...]
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