Now’s the time of year at my work when otherwise moderately level headed parents lose it completely. Here is an email I received last week that is an example of such nuttiness:” Please ensure my daughter does not receive less than a D on any of her final exams. She has been studying very hard […]

I was once persuaded by a sales woman at Banana Republic in Manhattan to buy a jacket with the statement that “Every cosmo girl in New York needs one of these”**. In the moment, I nodded my head in full agreement and decidedly handed over my credit card to purchase the beautiful white wool trench […]