Then and now and then again
BLOG | For the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about blogging – trying to blog – about the past 10 years. That’s probably why it’s hasn’t really been working. How do ...
Smeetchy at the Movies: Finding Dory
MOVIES | Finding Dory toddler review. Well, it appears I haven’t had enough to do. Or rather, I’ve had way too much to do, so I decided to panic/procrastinate/put my head in the sand ...
Review of Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
BOOKS | Review of Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) | David Sedaris | Little Brown. It took me a very long time to get through this book. That’s not a criticism. For a couple of weeks, ...
Scrappy little nobody review
BOOKS | Scrappy little nobody review | Anna Kendrick, Simon and Schuster, 2016. Who the fuck is Anna Kendrick? I’m pushing 40, so when I picked up this book at the thrift store, I had no ...
You may ask yourself, how did I get here?
BABY | Elizabeth Murray was born on a Sunday. She came into the world just after six am, weighing around six and a half pounds. And at this very moment, she is nearing six months old. (Now we are ...
Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp, review
REIVEW | Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp | Picador. Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp is a novel. This may surprise you, since Crosley is famous for her essays. The Clasp is also the first thing ...
35 weeks and all’s well
PREGNANCY | Hey yo. So let’s start right off with the good stuff: I’m officially 35 weeks along and my evil spawn continues to marinate. After the whole saga with being hospitalized, ...
Birthdays all around
BLOG | It’s my birthday. I am 35 years old today. Jen Selk is 35. THE BLOG jenselk.com IS TEN. Believe it! We are both sailing into our twilight years, Internet people. We are riding the ...
The New Bohemians book review
DESIGN TOME | The New Bohemians book review | Justina Blakeney | Abrams Books. I wanted to like The New Bohemians a lot more than I did. Look, Justina Blakeney is great. Her aesthetic is great. ...
Beauty’s religion
Let’s go Rome! For those of you who don’t know, I am off to England and Italy tomorrow for three weeks of social and quasi-religious fulfilment. (Read: seeing friends, drinking cider, and buying ...
We could lay our heads down or be forever sleepless
First off, a note to the slowpokes: the Weekly Scoop story mentioned in my last post has already been replaced by the current week’s issue, so you missed the boat. HOWEVER, I will probably post a ...
Backbeat, the word is on the street
Another one of my Weekly Scoop stories hit newsstands this week. It’s about Paris Hilton and how she’s, like, so totally over, you know? The issue is dated Feb. 6, 2006 and features the ...