Lifestyle Duana Names: Prescription for Pettiness Hi Duana, I have what I feel is some petty bitchiness going on, and I need an independent third party to either validate my feelings and offer a solution, or disabuse me of my opinions and give me a reality check. My husband and I are expecting our first child, By Duana • Nov 11, 2016 04:18 pm
TV Updates Gilmore Girls just got way more important I’ve always loved the factoid that economy influences fashion: When times are tough, formal stuff, like military influences or higher heels, are in– if you don’t have a lot of money to spend, you want each thing to look like a million bucks. During flush times, though, looking By Duana • Nov 10, 2016 01:36 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Never In A Million Years! Maybe. Hey Duana, My work bestie is having a baby due in December, and while there is plenty of time, she (and myself) have been racking our brains at work everyday throwing out names and evaluating. She doesn't know what she is having yet. She also has a daughter By Duana • Nov 08, 2016 01:41 pm
TV Updates Six Week Checkup, Pitch Edition Have you been wondering how you’re feeling about Pitch? A little bit, right? You enjoy watching it while it’s on, and you like it while you’re watching it, but you can’t exactly call it one of your favourite shows, even though you’d love to, right? By Duana • Nov 08, 2016 12:39 pm
Equality Issues Keira Knightley is Tragically Normal The other day on our group text, Lorella investigated a picture of Gwyneth Paltrow standing in front of some bookshelves, and discovered there was a book in the background, assumedly in G’s house or office, devoted to napkins. “Napkins with a Twist”. This is a book most of us By Duana • Nov 04, 2016 12:05 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: To Pin Down The Twang Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first baby in early November and are hitting a bit of a wall on names. We were in agreement about baby girl names for the most part (Dorothy/Dotty as a front runner) and only found out the gender because we By Duana • Nov 02, 2016 04:49 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: A New Name Dear Duana, My name is Laura and I am writing to you about a bit of a downer - still with joy and excitement in my heart, and a little off topic. Maybe a lot off topic. I don't need help naming a baby - I need help By Duana • Oct 31, 2016 05:12 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Necessity of Name Hacks Dear Duana, I wrote you a while back in a panic because after what felt like an exhaustive search over the course of a few months, we had zero names for our daughter arriving in November. I'm pleased to report, we finally have a list of names, albeit By Duana • Oct 28, 2016 04:49 pm
Cringe Tween Grossness, amplified in Interview You know how there are some words you forget how to spell, no matter how many times you use them? Despite being a consumer of all the publications, podcasts, and clickbait you can send my way, I forget constantly that Interview magazine is not just an interview with a celebrity, By Duana • Oct 26, 2016 10:47 am
TV Updates Road to Gilmore Girls: Trailer of Melancholy I love the way the fans are being treated with the Gilmore Girls revival. There is a treat every other week. It’s kind of ironic, because wild horses couldn’t drag these fans away. And this trailer delivers all the goods. Every face you wanted to see, right? There’ By Duana • Oct 25, 2016 01:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Simple Is Not So Simple Hi Duana, We are expecting our second child around Halloween and to everyone's surprise, it will be a boy! I love the combination of a simple first name with a unique middle name. Our daughter is Laura Solveig D----n (a nod to my husband's Norwegian background) By Duana • Oct 24, 2016 04:58 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Help Us Not F*ck This Up Baby number 4 is coming in a few short months... Totally unexpected. My husband and I had our first at the tender ages of 18 & 19, we named her Vaira. We love the name, she loves the name, and nothing anyone says will change that. But fast forward 10 By Duana • Oct 21, 2016 03:50 pm
Theatre Nerd Six Degrees of….Allison Janney? If there is anyone in the world who doesn’t love Allison Janney, I don’t know about it or they have been sent into deep, deep hiding. Everyone loves her—because she can do everything. Beloved prestige dramas? Of course. Gigantic Chuck Lorre sitcom that’s one of the By Duana • Oct 20, 2016 11:05 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Olivia, “Olivia”, and great baby names? You know those bots on Twitter that are basically jokes? Like @ProbsAFeminist retweets people who say “I’m not a feminist, but…”? I wonder if there’s one for platitudes? Because I hate platitudes, BUT, I always find myself thinking about that one about dishware: “If you don’t like By Duana • Oct 19, 2016 04:19 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Twice Right; And A Certain Avoidance Hi Duana, I’m expecting baby boy #2 at the end of October, and my husband and I are having trouble coming up with a name that we love as much as the one we gave our first son – Calvin James. James is a family name on my side, and By Duana • Oct 17, 2016 03:46 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Getting-Into-October Updates I know – not so long since the last one and I’m delighted too. I don’t know if summer people just have more daylight hours, so the updates come in sooner – no judgment, but we love getting them! Here’s the update for A Four-Letter Word: Hi there, Thank By Duana • Oct 14, 2016 04:12 pm
