“This house IS NOT a democracy!” How many times did you ever hear your parents say (or scream) that? And how often do you say it now?

LIZZIE
Well, Jane and I are feeling quite official as book reviewers now–seems our piece last year on Kevin Roose’s Unlikely Disciple was unearthed by a marketing director at Henry Holt Publishing.  And, as a result, …

Jane
So I have to admit, before I even began to read this book, there has been a tremendous amount of conversation going on around me regarding Elizabeth Gilbert, and Eat …

Jane
At the end of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, HBO aired the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 25th Anniversary concert.   I usually approach these sort of things with a modicum of wary disdain – …

…is what makes life so sweet," wrote Emily Dickinson (one of the literary luminaries Jane and I both believe worthy of goddess status).  So true, Emily.  
(Jane: so true, Lizzie!  LOL)  
And never is the "unrepeatable" …

Dear Readers, 
Wow, it’s been a long time since we’ve been here.  We both miss you, and posting here, terribly.  Jane and I talk over the phone fairly frequently, and in amidst our respective trials and …

I am designing a blog for a woman who wants to have a category for "parenting horror stories."  Which got me thinking, oh gee, I have PLENTY of those.  Which then led me to further …

LIZZIE
Dear Brooke,
I first “met” you when we were both 12 years old. I was sitting in my orthodontist’s office, getting ready for the next wire-tightening that would rein in the ambitious, odd-angled teeth that were …

JANE 
I am a frequent, if not daily reader of Salon.com and the other day I came across this article.  It was an excerpt from the book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest …

JANE
I love to read.  I don’t get to read as much as I’d like, because I am a mom.  Laugh all you will, but I miss my hour long commute into The City by train. …