Lucky Monkey
Do you know someone who seems to have all the luck in the world? They get upgraded on a flight, they are hired for their dream job, and they win at lottery, bingo and poker. It seems nothing is out of reach for some people. Is it luck or is there something else that helps these certain individuals obtain everything their hearts desire?
I have a friend who is one of these lucky people and I?m here to give you the secret behind their lucky streak. Lucky people are generally outgoing, cheerful and speak to those around them. People are more apt to help someone who seems appreciative. When Julie gets on a plane she speaks to the stewardess and tells her how many times she has flown with the airline and then mentions that she has never flown in first class and would love to try it one day. If a seat is open in first class the stewardess knows the first person she is going to offer the seat to is Julie. Why? Because she has asked for what she wants in a cheerful, appreciate manner.
The same goes for getting a job. A travel writer wanted a job as a travel show host and took videos of herself acting as a show host every time she went on vacation. When an opening came up as a travel show host she submitted the tapes and got the job. Why? She had positioned herself as already performing the role and showed her employers that she could handle the job.
There is a joke about a woman who wanted to win the lottery and prayed to God every night for assistance in winning the prize. After years of not winning she lashed out in one of her prayers and was told that she had to help out and buy a ticket. If you want to win the lottery the first step is buying a ticket. The same is true in anything that you do, if you want something you have to participate in getting it. Things are not going to come to you while you sit silently on the couch.
Are you beginning to see the pattern? The people we perceive as lucky have positioned themselves to win. They tell people what they are looking for and ask for what they want, they are appreciative and cheerful, they act as if they already have what they want and they participate.
Try these tips the next time there is something you want and see if your luck changes.
Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 @ 9:50 AM by Carolyn Norris
Snap, Crackle, Pop!
My boyfriend had hurt his back lifting a motorcycle trailer just before he came to visit last week. I massaged his back, but it didn?t seem to help so he asked if there was a chiropractor in the neighborhood. There was one next to my gym, but I had never gone inside, because I am one of those rare people that doesn?t have back pain. Please don?t hate me, but I have never had pain that hasn?t gone away in a few hours or minutes.
The chiropractor was able to see him right away and he came out of the office looking refreshed and relaxed. I couldn?t believe that a few minutes of adjustment could make such a difference. He said a lot of people are under the misconception that adjusting your back makes it worse and you become dependant on weekly spinal manipulation to avoid pain. He said most people don?t realize that they are out of alignment and when they are aligned for the first time they are amazed at how good they feel and go back because the feeling is euphoric. Now I was intrigued, sometimes my back is a little stiff in the morning and after a few stretches in the shower I am fine. Was I slightly out of alignment and could I feel even better?
I made an appointment for the following Saturday to check it out. They took insurance, so I filled out the obligatory paperwork and was in the exam room within a few minutes of my arrival. The doctor checked my paperwork and was surprised to find out that I didn?t have any pain in my back or neck. Most people go to a chiropractor as a last resort and he was happy to work on someone who could benefit almost immediately. The doctor checked my blood pressure which was excellent. He said he could tell that I ran daily because my pulse was even lower than his. So far, so good.
Now for the neck and back exam. I lied down on my stomach and he checked the alignment of my legs. My hip was ever so slightly out of alignment, which he said was common in runners. To his amazement, my back had no problems what so ever. I flipped over onto my back and he examined my neck. My C1 and C2 were out of alignment; probably from an automobile accident I had years ago. He took a quick X-ray so that he could chart the progress.
He had me lie on my side and popped my hip back into place and then it was time for the neck adjustment. I?m a little leery of having my neck snapped; maybe it was from watching one too many Steven Segal movies which incidentally is one film. He made a quick motion to the left and I heard the loudest cracking sound and it was coming from me, a few more snaps on the other side and I was done. He showed me the correct way to hold my head up, shoulders back and chin down which I need to work on and told me to lie on my back and let my head hang over the side of the bed for 10 minutes a day.
I didn?t feel any immediate improvement, but I go back next week for another session and chart the progress and keep you posted.
Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 @ 9:29 PM by Carolyn Norris
The Shrimp Story
The shrimp story, my friend Julie cringes every time I tell it. I don?t know why, I think it?s endearing.
Julie was still in school and I had just graduated and was working in the IT department of SmithKline Beecham Laboratories in Tampa. I worked from 4pm to midnight which really put a cramp on my social activities. Being the good friend that Julie is, she organized a weekly lunch on Thursdays and we would meet at a different restaurant each week and have lunch and talk and talk and talk.
Neither one of us had much money at the time and we would furnish most of our wardrobe from thrift stores. Florida has the best thrift stores of any state in the country. So many old people move down to Florida and eventually die and their family gives away all of their cool clothes from the 50?s, 60?s and 70?s. We would usually come out of the store with armfuls of cocktail dresses, cowboy boots, aprons and vintage hats.
One Thursday we hit the Salvation Army as usual before eating lunch. We sifted through piles of old clothes and shoes, made our purchases and we were off to eat. We were near the water and decided to try a seafood restaurant. I ordered a 21 piece shrimp dinner with hushpuppies and went to the restroom to wash my hands before eating. My hands were filthy from touching all of the old musty clothes and shoes and I went into a diatribe of how I like to have clean hands before eating. I noticed Julie didn?t wash her hands, but figured that?s her own choice.
Several minutes later the food came out and Julie said ?that doesn?t look like 21 pieces of shrimp? and proceeded to touch every one of my shrimp as she counted them. She even moved the hushpuppies out of the way to count the shrimp hiding under them. Satisfied with her tally she reported that yes there were 21 shrimp on my plate and looked up at me and realized her faux pas. I had always sided with Goofus in the old Highlights magazine, but suddenly felt uncomfortably like Gallant. We laughed and I think I even ate my lunch, all 21 shrimp.
You?d be amazed how often the story comes up in conversation and Julie has resigned herself to the fact that I will go on telling the shrimp story for the rest of our lives.
Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 @ 10:06 PM by Carolyn Norris
Gas Rules
My boiler started playing up on me at the weekend. I had to get a maintenance guy from enquiries, with all the worry that that entails ? will they be safe and reliable? Will they overcharge me? This got me thinking about my last trip to London, and how my friend had similar problems with her boiler. She knew to only use an engineer that was registered with the Council for Registered Gas Installers. This organisation sets an industry standard to which all British maintenance engineers must legally conform. What a great idea!
CORGI was founded in 1970 to protect the public from untrained gas installers. Unqualified gas installers are at best a nuisance and a waste of money, and at worst a serious danger to life. CORGI was initially set up as a voluntary register to promote quality and consistency of standards throughout the industry, as a safeguard against cowboys, and as a way to restore public faith in gas engineers.
As CORGI?s reputation for quality control grew, the badge became the first thing to look for when seeking a tradesman. By the end of the nineties, it was a legal requirement for anyone installing or repairing gas fittings and appliances to register with CORGI. The Health & Safety Executive charged CORGI with the task of regulating gas workers under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 Act. As part of their registration, engineers must hold a certificate from the Accredited Certification Scheme, which ensures they are a professional and safety conscious tradesmen. There are currently 55,000 CORGI registered businesses.
With over 30 years experience, CORGI is the leading authority on gas safety issues and maintenance, and also provides information and support for plumbing, electrics and other trades.
If you?re looking for a new boiler, make sure the person you call out to do the work is registered with CORGI. If they?re not, then they are committing a criminal offence by undertaking any installation. When they come to your door, ask to see their CORGI identification card. If you?re unsure about the legitimacy of a gas worker, don?t entrust something as important as the safety of your home and family to them. Instead, use a reputable, established company such as British Gas. Alternatively, CORGI can help you find an installer.
Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 @ 11:47 AM by Carolyn Norris
This Road Trip Stinks
I love garlic, but taking some friends to The Stinking Rose restaurant before pilling into a car for a scenic drive up the coast was a mistake. The Stinking Rose is a restaurant that features dishes that use garlic as the primary ingredient. The soup, salad, appetizers and entrees all are heavily infused with garlic and I heard you can even get a garlic martini, although I've never tried it. One appetizer is called Bagna Calda which is a huge bulb of elephant garlic that is roasted in olive oil and anchovies and then spread over focacia bread. It's delicious and we all had ample amounts of wine and garlic over the course of the evening.
The next day we got up bright and early to drive up the coast. It was a beautiful day and we stopped in Sausalito for a coffee and then piled back into the rental car for our next stops at Stinson Beach, Muir Woods and Point Reyes. We noticed a slight odor and laughed it off as we toured Muir Woods. The beach at Point Reyes was full of seals lounging in the midday sun as the day heated up so did the stench of garlic oozing from our pores. We kept the windows open as we drove to Bodega Bay and saw the town where "The Birds" was filmed. Forget about lighting a match at the gas station, nobody should strike a match around us. We stopped and got a bottle of wine, a loaf of bread and some cheese and had a picnic on the beach and looked for beach glass. The wine didn't help our situation much and we could barely stand ourselves as we made our way to Fort Ross and the old Russian settlements on the northern coast. The views there were awesome. Huge weathered, wooden structures on grassy fields that drop 75 feet down to the Pacific Ocean. It's the type of place where you want to outstretch your arms and sing the hills are alive with the sound of music, which we did. All the twirling and the wine were making us dizzy. The sun was setting and we were close to our final destination, the Sea Ranch Lodge.
The Sea Ranch Lodge is a romantic, windswept lodge right on the Pacific. They have trails that head down to the ocean and you can climb the rocks that jut into the ocean. The rooms have panoramomic views of the ocean and the fireplace and hot tub are great for warming up on a cold night. We all jumped into the hot tub which felt great after a full day of exploring the coast. After a few minutes it smelled like someone had made a huge batch of garlic soup. The hot tub steamed the garlic out of us and we were able to have an odorless drive back to the city the next day.
Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 @ 11:02 PM by Carolyn Norris
Thelma and Louise hit the road again...
Spring break is only just over and I'm still enjoying my tan from all those sunny days in Mexico. I should surely be past that adolescent phase of wanting to have an all-year golden glow by now, but I'm already thinking of the summer. It must be the influence of my fellow students or something.
Summer vacation isn't all that faraway and I'm already having a few daydreams about my next getaway. Being back at school sort of gives me a new structure to the year; student holidays mean that I get to go to places again and have a proper holiday. Working five days a week robs you of those long vacations when time limits hardly existed. When you're money ran out, you got a bar job. And when school began again, you were ready enough to return and compare tans and talk about some summer fling.
Having only just debated the idea of going on a spring break, I find myself gazing out of the window in class and thinking about some long road trip down a highway. My last real road-trip adventure was in my twenties, back in the day when I had a mane of blonde hair down to my waist and wore size 4 denim shorts. Guns n Roses were on the radio and I was just having fun.
Sure, I've done a few road trips since then. Weddings, Christmas and Thanksgiving means I have to go up to my parents, my sister's, or friends who live a few highways away. My trusted golden Volvo is a reliable car and has kept me safe on those long and often dull roads. But if I do go on a long trip then I think I might hire a car, or even a few cars.
A novelty might also be for me to switch cars as I go along, you know: start with one, drive for a week, then drop it off and pick up a new model. Just to keep the trip refreshing I suppose. I'm pretty sure car hire lets you do that...either way I'll keep you posted as to what I decide to do if it helps you arrange a road trip. To be honest, at this point summer is pretty much up in the air, but I'll be checking out car hire with holiday autos to see what cool wheels are available to me.
Long as I have the right travel insurance, I can kick up some dust and relax.
I know a little here and there about cars and the sort of ride I want to invest in. I'd go for something black, a convertible maybe, but definitely something with a roof that you can take off. If you're hiring a car, then you might as well hire the most glamorous set of wheels you can afford. I could leave the books at home and see about maybe taking a couple of weeks off to see a few parts of the country. I know most of it by now, especially the south- being an Atlanta girl and all - but I'm not familiar with the East Coast and heading there from the West seems to be a pretty good idea. Maybe I'm just feeling the itchy feet of the freshmen and sophomores, but the notion of coasting around the country crashing in a few motels, drinking those tiny bottles of liquor out of brown bags appeals to me. I could get Julie along again, and have a gal-pal road trip. At 35 we can take our new suss and maturity out on the road.
Like I say though, summer time is just up in the air, and I bet I don't end up doing it. I'll probably be writing papers, but it's a nice idea and I can daydream out of the window and hear Guns n Roses on the radio.
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 10:58 AM by Carolyn Norris
Nouveau Club Meds vs. The Big Boat
I had a 17 hour trip from Mexico to Atlanta last week. I know, I know...you're probably thinking what a poor trip planner. Not the case, I was supposed to meet a friend of mine on my layover in Ft. Lauderdale and I thought I'd make a mini vacation out of the trip home. Well my friend had an illness in the family and couldn't meet me which left me with plenty of time to chat with my fellow travelers.
The one thing I realized was that most people had just disembarked from a cruise. When I asked them if they liked cruising better than an all inclusive I usually got that deer in a headlights look. Why had they taken so many cruises and no all inclusive vacations? Most people said the cruising was such a good value and was an easy vacation to take since you just board the ship and everything is taken care of from that point on. This made me think about the pros and cons of cruising vs. all inclusives.
Both offer the type of vacation that requires minimal planning, you show up and everything is taken care of. Draw.
Cruising covers your room, food and entertainment, but all of us have received the bill at the end of the cruise and can't imagine how we spent more on the drinks than we did for the entire cruise. The AI covers your room, food, entertainment and drinks. 1 point for the all inclusive.
Cruising offers a variety of locations, but sometimes you only have a few hours in a port or the times don't work. I once had a stop in Key West from 7am to noon, trust me there is not much to do in Key West at 7am. Also getting off the ship can take hours of standing in a cramped stairwell. I'm going to call this one a draw as well.
The entertainment on a ship generally surpasses that of an AI. Cruises offer a variety of entertainment from comedians, Broadway type shows, singers, dancers, magicians and I've even seen a Gaucho performance. 1 point for the cruise.
Rough seas can really make for a miserable trip. I once took a sea sickness pill and fell asleep in the middle of dinner and missed an entire night of my vacation. The next day I went for a massage and the table was rolling from one side of the room to the other and the masseuse looked like she was ready to hurl, so I canceled the massage. 1 point AI.
The food is a big draw for both vacations. Most gluttonous little vacationers gain 7 lbs. on a week long vacation. The cruise offers buffet for breakfast and lunch and a formal dinner. You can order as may entrees, appetizers or deserts as you spanx can handle. The drawback is that you have a set time every night for dinner and feel a little rushed as the staff has to seat another 700 guests once you are done eating. The AI offers a variety of dinning options and you can vary the time of your dinner. Another draw.
It looks like the all inclusive slightly edges out the cruise. I hope this helps you decide which option works best for you.
Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:05 PM by Carolyn Norris
Is 35 too old to go on Spring Break?
As a 35 year old woman who has recently gone back to school, it seems like work and study take up every waking minute of my time. That's why I jumped at the chance to take advantage of the Spring break at school and take a vacation to Mexico.
I traveled with my friend Julie to the Xcaret resort in the River Maya area of Mexico and had a blast! As soon as we checked in we were given plastic orange arm bracelets that clashed with all of my outfits, but were the key to free food, drinks and entertainment for the entire vacation.
The resort is gorgeous! It has a very jungle atmosphere complete with squawking macaws in the lobby. It was like being on the set of Lost, but with mojitos and a disco.
There is water everywhere. A river runs though the lobby, directly to the Xcaret ecological park. There are also several pools that are all linked together and are each geared to a specific group. The fun pool is filled with families and has trivia contests, dance lessons, pool games and Latin and alternative music pumping though the speakers.
The next pool over is for the party crowd. This pool has a volley ball game going on almost continuously and has a swim up bar. If you managed to traverse the entire pool without getting your hair wet you are in trouble when you get up to the bar as you have to pass under a waterfall to get a seat. The next set of pools are designed for people who want to sit back and chill out with a book or relax in the Jacuzzi. One thing I couldn't find was a hot tub, but who's complaining? There is also a sea water pool on the Gulf of Mexico, I heard this was clothing optional pool, but was glad everyone was fully clothed on the day I visited.
The beach is a little small, so no romantic strolls along the beach at night. Unfortunately I didn't have to worry about this since my boyfriend wasn't able to join me on this trip. They do have romantic Thai beds on the beach, these are beds that are suspended by chains on a wooden frame and have floaty white curtains that can be drawn around the beds for privacy. Note to self, bring my boyfriend next time. There is a lagoon at the beach area and we went snorkeling and saw plenty of fish. Don't go too far out as we were told there was a strong undertow close to the buoys. We also had the best banana daiquiris at the beach bar.
Speaking of bars?there are bars and restaurants sprinkled throughout the resort. Swim up bars, beach bars, bars with swings, lobby bars, sports bars, pool bars and a disco all serving free drinks. I was ready for a kidney and liver flush when I got home. I was pleasantly surprised by the restaurants. Usually all inclusives translates to plenty of buffet food, but we were able to make reservations at the hotel restaurants every night. They have Seafood, Mediterranean, Steak, Asian and Mexican restaurants that are all included with the ugly orange bracelet. We did upgrade to a lobster dinner and a bottle of non house wine one night
The nightlife was a little hit and miss. There is a huge outdoor ampetheatre and they have nightly Broadway style shows and audience participation shows which are really not my thing. The sports bar has a pool table and you can usually find someone to enter into a poker game. There is also a disco that is a lot of fun, but the same songs are rotated each night.
All in all it was a great experience. I got to spend time with my best friend in a Caribbean setting with plenty of food, drink, dancing, massages, swimming and much needed lounging. This was not the Daytona Spring Break of my youth, but there is something to be said for lobster and champagne in a five star hotel vs. a keg in a Daytona Holliday Inn.
Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @ 10:02 PM by Carolyn Norris
I feel like a native San Franciscan
There are very few movie palaces still in existence. Sure there are plenty of movie theatres and cinemaplexes that have 16 marginal films on the screen and the theatre has all of the charm of the trailer that housed my 9th grade English class. I'm talking about a movie palace, the type of place where women would get as dolled up as the actresses on the screen and going out and seeing a film was a social event.
There are a few of these old gems sprinkled around the country. Tampa has the Tampa Theatre, Atlanta has The Fox and San Francisco has The Castro. The Castro is a majestic building with eclectic architecture that is a mix of Spanish, Asian and Italian styles that reflect the cities diverse cultures. I can imagine Jean Harlow and Gary Cooper making a grand entrance into the gilded lobby. I'll wear a T-shirt and jeans to the megaplex, but I still dress up to go to The Castro.
On June 1st The Castro is playing Vertigo, a Hitchcock classic that takes place in San Francisco. It played here a few years ago and the day after I saw the film I challenged my boyfriend to go on a scavenger hunt to find all of the locations that were shown in the film. Here is a cheat sheet of places to find. Get dressed up, enjoy the show and have fun the next day!
1. Mission Dolores: (3321 Sixteenth Street) Madeleine visits Carlotta Valdes' grave here (also a studio prop). Founded in 1776, it was the third in a chain of 21 California missions and it served the area's original inhabitants, the Ohlone Indians.
2. Palace of the Legion of Honor: (Lincoln Park near 34th Avenue and Clement) Madeleine stares at the painting of Carlotta Valdes inside (the painting was a movie prop). Founded by Alma de Bretteville Spreckels and her husband, Adolph B. Spreckels the sugar magnate, had its genesis in the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915, but it was conceived from the outset as a museum of fine art. Mrs. Spreckels was the model for the statue in Union Square.
3. Fort Point: (below the south anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge) Madeleine jumps into the water here. Don't go looking for the steps that Scotty carries her up, they were constructed for the movie. Fort Point was begun in the mid-1800s and was obsolete before it was completed. Joseph Strauss, father of the Golden Gate Bridge, insisted that the bridge's anchorage not disturb the historic fort.
4. Palace of Fine Arts: (3301 Lyon Street) Scotty and Madeleine stroll near the lonely remnant of the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition and still a popular place for lovers.
5. Scottie's Apartment: (900 Lombard Street at Jones) It's just down the hill from the famous "crookedest" street.
6. Ernie's: (847 Montgomery) This is where Scottie first meets Madeleine. For a time, it was the Essex Supper Club but it is now closed. It is located in the Jackson Square historic district. The buildings in this areas were the only commercial buildings to escape the fire in 1906. City Guides Gold Rush City tours acquaint you with the history of the area.
7. Apartments, at 1000 Mason across from the Fairmont Hotel and the The Empire Hotel where Judy lived Nob Hill: In this vicinity, you will find Madeleine's apartment building, The Brocklebank at 940 Sutter Street, near Hyde. Hitchcock told Truffaut that he had Judy live in the Hotel Empire because of its big, green neon sign. The name has changed, but the building is still there. A walk around this area will give most of us an idea of the lifestyle we'll never afford.
8. The Brocklebank: at 1000 Mason St.: To this day, people refer to this elegant L-shaped apartment building with its sweeping courtyard as the place where Novak lived in ``Vertigo.'' When an attractive blonde in a fur coat gets into a limo in front of the building, it's easy to imagine that Novak still lives there.
9. Podesta Baldocchi: The well- known floral shop where Madeleine stops to buy a small nosegay of forget-me-nots has moved twice since it was filmed at its 224 Grant Ave. location. The shop is now at 508 Fourth St. In-Wear Matinique, a Danish clothing company, is ensconced in the Grant Avenue location, but it looks nothing like it did in the movie. Long gone are the Italian marble artwork and tile floors (acquired from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition) that made Hitchcock choose the shop in the first place.
10. McKittrick Hotel: The hotel that Madeleine checks into never existed; that scene was filmed at the historic 20-room Portman mansion at 1007 Gough St. Built in 1890, it was torn down in 1959. An apartment building sits on the site.
11. Empire Hotel: The hotel at 940 Sutter St. where Judy resides is still there, though it is now called the Hotel York. The green neon sign outside her window is gone.
12. Ransohoffs: Scottie takes Judy shopping at this upscale women's specialty shop, which closed in 1976. Escada, a fancy Italian designer, is now in its 259 Post St. location. The exterior of Ransohoffs appears in the film, but the sales floor was re-created in the studio. Hitchcock requested Ransohoffs' distinctive red and gold boxes, which are shown strewn all over Judy's room at the Empire.
13. Mission San Juan Bautista: 91 miles south of San Francisco, off Highway 101: The last dizzying scene of ``Vertigo'' is set at the mission, which is open to the public. But don't go there expecting to climb to the bell tower. It was built in the studio and optically superimposed on the actual mission. The church didn't have a bell tower when Hitchcock filmed there. He had seen an old photo of the building with a tower and thought it looked better that way.
Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 @ 11:02 PM by Carolyn Norris
Celebretard
When did we become so obsessed with celebrity? I was bored out of my mind on a recent layover. I had finished my book, called everyone I knew twice and talked to everyone unfortunate enough to be stuck in the same gate as me. I decided to head down to the magazine shop and grabbed anything that looked like it could distract me for a few hours. I bought People, Us, In Touch, OK and Life and Style. I thought OK, this is enough to keep me occupied for a while. Wrong! Each magazine had the same pictures, articles and mindless blabber as the next.
Poor Britney Spears, no wonder she has lost her mind. I couldn't take my every waking hour being documented. Look she's going to the restroom, she's having a glass of water, and she's driving a car badly. I would too if I had 100 people standing snapping photos around me while I tried to navigate through the streets of Los Angeles.
All of the magazines had the same disturbing feature called who wore it best. They show two celebrities wearing the same outfit and readers vote for who they think looked better in the same dress. All of the women looked fantastic, but one might have weighed one more pound than the other or wore pumps instead of sandals. Infractions were tallied and votes were cast. Some were close to 50/50, but others were 70/30, 80/20 or 90/10. The poor women who scored only 10%, I bet they wind up in rehab or some anorexic clinic for being judged so harshly.
Some of the people I didn't even recognize or know what they were famous for. I know Kim Kardashian's father was O.J.'s lawyer, but what does she do? There were also women from a reality show called The Hills. They are in a reality show about living in California and they are famous for being filmed in their daily lives? What am I not getting here?
There was also an obsession with babies. Who was pregnant or bump watch as it was called. Did someone have an extra piece of cake or were they pregnant? All I know is that is if Nicole Kidman is 5 month pregnant then I must be having triplets, because I would kill to have a stomach that flat.
One of the most disturbing trends was which baby wore it better. Honest to God, they rated one celebrity baby against another. Who has the better outfit, better haircut, better stroller and better smile? Better, better, better? they are babies, make it stop! I know I never picked out my outfit or hairstyle at two years old. These poor kids, they never did anything to be a celebrity, but are being judged by the same harsh standard as their parents. Make it stop, don't buy another one of the magazines and maybe we can stop this horrible trend.
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 @ 11:07 PM by Carolyn Norris