Tweet Ever since I was a kid, I called my grandmother Babu. Its a bastardization of the Russian word for grandmother, but my mom called her grandmother Babu, so it was something we just did. In a country where assimilation is a virtue, things like calling my grandmother Babu, were difficult and embarrassing. Not having [...]
Tweet Thats right, I have two fathers. Well, a father and a dad. My biological father, Robbie, and my mother, Dafna, were divorced when I was about a year and a half old. My mother soon left Colorado, intent on moving to Oregon. She stopped in California to visit some friends, and never left. My [...]
Tweet Over the past month or so, I have struck up a “twitter”-ship with the Queen of Spain, Erin Kotecki Vest, who along with being a highly read mommy blogger, an evangelist for PhoTrade–a photo sharing site, an active leader with BlogHer, and the Huffington Post (whew!), Erin is also a rabid Michigan sports fan. [...]