by Barbara Spanjers
The annual Academy Awards were bestowed recently, with all the accompanying glitz and glamour. For any black tie event, attendees dress to kill. But this being the Oscars, where the fashion expectations are exceedingly high, what actors wear to the awards ceremony is...
by Barbara Spanjers
Spoiler alert: this post is not about THAT [giggle] book. But the recent release of the movie about your favorite abused-child-who-grew-up-to-be-a-Dom got me thinking. Thinking about how our wishes are so often black and white, while the world operates in grey....
by Barbara Spanjers
As a little girl, I wanted to be an emergency room doctor, a police officer, a rock star, an Olympic gymnast, and a quarterback in the NFL. All ambitious choices, but not nearly as ambitious as the plans I also had to be a saint. (Catholic school scared me on a daily...
by Barbara Spanjers
It’s amazing what you notice when you become aware of the cultural messages about food we take for granted. Most of the year, we are expected to control our hunger and eat only healthy foods (with an occasional treat thrown in if we’ve been good). During the holiday...
