Jane Becker’s Blog

My friend Athena called over the weekend.  Like me, she was marooned with a houseful of teenagers leftover from New Year’s Eve. I said I thought sleepovers were...

<p style=""><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial Unicode MS';">As a child, I had a very strong belief in Santa—so strong that when Sister Grace Miriam announced to our 3 rd grade class that there was no such thing as Santa I got into <span... Read More »

What’s always impressed me about men is their ability to talk about nothing.  I mean nothing.   How else do you explain a six-hour Super Bowl pre-game show?...

There once was a woman who ran not one but two empires, who bore ten children, subsidized a non-profit arts group for poets and later managed the empire for her older son when he went off to war.

In “Sex and the City” a group of friends unite for a wedding that doesn’t happen.  Actually, they do the same thing in “Mama Mia”.   In “SATC” the women teeter around hot, grimy New York in impossibly high heels and form fitting dresses which you just know require a lot of... Read More »

I know many people are addicted to Project Runway. I’ve only seen it once so I’m not sure if it’s the fashion itself or the judges that has everyone on the edge of their seats but I was not intrigued with what I saw. Then again, it would be hard for Runway to compete with an even more powerful... Read More »

George and I were shopping at Costco’s, loading up on supplies for Wally’s graduation party.  I had sent the invitations, monitored the RSVP’s and done a menu plan, all while George was away.  I went to the store with the plan and a list in hand.  Five minutes in, I abandoned... Read More »