You know, for a city with such a badass reputation (“New Yorkers are mean,” “New Yorkers are rude,”), New York sure is populated with a bunch of wusses. Before someone beats me with a stale bagel or run me over with the crosstown bus, lemme ‘splain. This morning, I was watching NY1, my favorite channel… Read More Egads! The end is nigh…ish.
Every weekend, I revel in living in a metropolitan area with diverse cable access programming. I watch shows like Namaste America, Showbiz India, and AVS. I devour them like people devour Extra and Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight. I get my desi fix. Except this weekend, where I tuned in and got a good half… Read More The Love Guru: Harenmakeester and a bee in my bonnet.
In between unsuccessful attempts to get some writing done, I finished reading two new romance novels: The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn, and The Charm School, by Susan Wiggs. Quinn’s work offered up one of the most engaging heroes I’ve come upon in a romance in a while, Jack Audley, while Wiggs’ gave… Read More You probably don’t know Jack.
So, I started watching GUIDING LIGHT again this week. Yes, it appears we’ve kissed and made up. Mind you, I’m still seeing DAYS OF OUR LIVES at random hours and in between seeing ATWT. (I’m so promiscuous!) At any rate, now that GL and I are on again, I’m heartbroken by the fact that Bill… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
My parents were in from Ohio a few weeks ago, so we did a bit of the requisite touristy-ness: the Central Park Zoo (LOVE the monkeys!), the Natural History museum, a Broadway show (Hairspray), and a trip on the Staten Island Ferry so we could admire the Statue of Liberty without paying a dime. Of… Read More Wherein carbs are not the enemy.
It’s not surprising that GENERAL HOSPITAL submitted last February’s Metro Court hostage crisis episodes to the Emmys. That’s the last time I found the show truly engaging. Every day of that story was must-see TV…and no, not because of the fancy explosions (or because I heart Sebastian Roché). It was because of cast integration, because… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
This past Tuesday, I was lucky enough to jaunt down to AS THE WORLD TURNS’ studio to interview Cyndi Lauper and watch her film scenes (and songs!) that will air in July. Cyndi. Lauper. I can’t even tell you the surreal awesomeness of that. In fact, I still haven’t even processed that I actually MET a music… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
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