Hinda Mandell | December 31, 2009
This bit was cross-posted with the Forward’s Sisterhood blog.
A post-Chanukah, pre-Christmas epiphany has guided me to a new understanding about Jews and Gentiles: While we both love a deal, there’s a difference in how we snag it.
I arrived at this inter-religious realization at the tail-end of this holiday shopping season, when newspaper circulars, emailed [...]
Hinda Mandell | December 29, 2009
By Faigel
At Christmas Eve dinner my nephew sits to my right, staring at me as I pile potato dumplings, sauerkraut, and some sort of casserole involving Cheese Whiz (this is the Midwest, after all) into my mouth.
“What?” I ask, annoyed.
“You’ve got some gray hairs,” he responds nonchalantly, motioning to the [...]
Hinda Mandell | December 28, 2009
Home for the holidays.
A phrase so simple, so idyllic and so normal.
A phrase that so completely manages to bypass the family neurosis that comes with it.
A quick Google News search of “family stress” reveals 9,769 hits. (As a point of comparison, fruitcake nets a mere 1,155 and eggnog scores 3,144.)
Newsday’s article on coping with family [...]
Hinda Mandell | December 22, 2009
Hinda Mandell | December 21, 2009
By Faigel
One of the perks of being gay is that when you date someone, you stand the potential for doubling your wardrobe. No matter how you slice it, this is aces. Dating a jock? You’ll never run out of comfy t-shirts or ankle socks (how are socks always disappearing anyway?). Dating a business exec? I [...]
Hinda Mandell | December 15, 2009
Only once did someone tell me I resembled Barbra Steisand. But once is enough. Telling a 29 year old that she resembles a 67 year old famous for her shnoz is enough to humble an ego fit for Alexander the Great. And my ego is more on par with a muppet’s.
Perhaps I’m a masochist. Or [...]
Hinda Mandell | December 10, 2009
I am certainly not the worst gossiper on the planet. But I do generally like to talk. While I know there is a fundamental difference between talk (“Mom, will you please pass me a fork?”) and gossip (“Mom, can you believe the Goldbergs use plastic forks on Passover?”) the two forms of chatter often converge.
And [...]
Hinda Mandell | December 4, 2009
Hinda Mandell | December 4, 2009
I’m three weeks older than the former first daughter, Chelsea Clinton, but we have more than a February b-day in common. We have, historically at least, our looks.
Check out the slide show of Chelsea through the years.
Now as you can imagine for an awkward, gangly 13-year-old (I’m talking about myself here), it was a self-esteem [...]
Hinda Mandell | December 4, 2009
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