Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic's Blog, page 4
March 4, 2013
Of Pompadours, Chamois Skin, and Jockey Club: Trying to Be Betsy Ray
Just like any romantic girl in the 1980s who drowned her room in doilies and subscribed to Victoria magazine, I tried to find ways to be a girl from the 1900s.
February 28, 2013
Why I Write for Free
Unless they�re independently wealthy, I don�t believe anyone should work for free. However, I will admit that I have written for free. And I continue to do so somewhat compulsively.
February 26, 2013
2nd Labor and Terrified
It's not that anything major happened during my first labor. That is, not when I compare it to some of the stories my friends have where blood and placenta spattered the walls of the delivery room and an exorcist was summoned to haul off a doula run amok.
February 18, 2013
Downton, Carson is waiting for you! (UPDATED WITH MUSIC)
Don't hang around and let O'Brien confound you/There are Turkish bros, Downton/Maybe you know some little bedrooms to go/To where they shed their clothes, Downton
February 12, 2013
Helicopter Parents Are Just Lazy
It's far too easy for me to see how dressing my son, brushing his teeth, cleaning up his toys, can snowball into completing his science projects, writing his college essays for him, and haranguing his college professors if he's unhappy with his grades. Because it's just so much easier if I do it.
January 30, 2013
Downton, Carson is waiting for you!
Don't hang around and let O'Brien confound you/There are Turkish bros, Downton/Maybe you know some little bedrooms to go/To where they shed their clothes, Downton
January 23, 2013
The Belly of the Sky: Kids Make You Do the Darndest Things
It's not that I don't understand and/or appreciate poetry -- I mean, I have favorite poems -- but I don't get all soulful and earnest and starry-eyed about it. In fact, before becoming a mom there wasn't much that got me soulful and earnest and starry-eyed.
January 22, 2013
Pregnant Women Don't Waddle Because We're Fat
We waddle because the head of a 6-10-pound baby is always pressing down on our pelvic bones, deliberately, constantly, persistently separating them like the slowest wishbone pull ever.
January 15, 2013
Picky Eaters' Book Dinner at Woodwards Garden
Mark your calendars, summon your appetites, and please join me on February 8th at Woodwards Garden in San Francisco for a Picky Eaters' book dinner at 6PM.
January 12, 2013
Top Ten Most Romantic Tony, Phil, Emily, Carney, or Tacy Moments
I was so into Betsy and Tony in "Heaven to Betsy" that when Tony fell for Bonnie's reforming schtick, like Betsy, I also wanted to crawl into my bed on the pretense of a busted ankle while I miseried out my stay of grief. I clearly still have Tony Markham issues.
