Category Archives: My Blog

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  Response to Babble Essay

  Posted on April 25, 2012 by gilliantelling in My Blog

  A couple of weeks ago I wrote an essay for Babble.com that was also picked up by the Huffington Post. You can read it here: http://www.babble.com/mom/money-savings/financial-dependence-stay-at-home-parent/) The topic was about money, and how awkward I felt now that I wasn’t bringing in real dough like I used to and had to depend on my husband [...]

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  Your dinner on Facebook looks like barf

  Posted on April 19, 2012 by gilliantelling in My Blog

    I am not going to be as obnoxious as to refer to myself as a “foodie,” but I really like to cook, I love to eat, and I’m adventurous and gluttonous. Like most people, I very often enjoy looking at pictures of so-called food porn and salivating over them. However — just as I [...]

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  The Fugs New Pant From American Apparel

  Posted on April 18, 2012 by gilliantelling in My Blog

  I just saw an ad for these pants while I was on some website, and did a double take because they were so unattractive. They are called the “EASY PANT.” This is the description for them on the American Apparel website. (I shit you not, friends. I shit you not.) “Finally, the high-waist, ultra-slimming, suck [...]

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  Sexism is Alive and Well!

  Posted on April 3, 2012 by gilliantelling in My Blog

  Here’s a little background info about my parents. They both live and breathe the game of golf. (I once wrote an essay for Golf for Women about how my sisters and I grew up “Golf Orphans.” Check it out in the Essay section of my articles.) Their entire lives revolve around the club, their tournaments, [...]

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  I Need This Dress

  Posted on March 28, 2012 by gilliantelling in My Blog

  I’m just kidding, I don’t need this dress. And actually, it’s not a dress at all. It’s a…wait for it…DESIGNER HOSPITAL GOWN. A woman in my neighborhood is selling it. It is for pregnant women, so they can deliver their babies in style. The website actually says something like “It’s your big day. The baby [...]

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