DIANA REPUBLIC

I am relatively new to the whole American Idol thing, which, considering my affinity for bad television, is weird. So help a sister out: I watched as the judges dismissed a bunch of contestants supporting their decision with the argument that they couldn’t win the whole bag of marbles. So to follow that logic am [...]

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I don’t mean to keep writing about The Bachelor, but then again I don’t really mean to keep watching The Bachelor. I just can’t help myself. Besides what with all the gloom and doom and layoffs and bailouts, reality television may be just what the doctor ordered. Also I seem to have been on a [...]

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There was a time, a bunch of years ago, when Bob and I had season tickets to Steppenwolf Theater. It was a standing date night. We would have dinner at one of the restaurants nearby and then head to the play. Invariably, Bob would nod off during the first act, and then, after a nice [...]

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I don’t have penis envy, but watching The Bachelor makes me want to change teams. Watching the way these women behave makes me embarrassed to be part of their club. When asked how he approached his experience on The Bachelorette, the current bachelor Jason said that he wanted to have as much fun as he [...]

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I am over football, for this year at least, which is too bad because this is the post-season when Bob and all his testosterone-wielding brothers are in football heaven. The Bears just sucked all the football out of me. It was a season of too much anxiety.  If they were winning, it felt as if [...]

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As we gear up for another season of The Bachelor, I stop to wonder why we keep watching? Bob gripes at the beginning of each new run that the guy never gets married. He has a point. Heck, half the time they don’t even get engaged. That doesn’t deter us from enjoying the antics of [...]

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One of my part time jobs is working in a high end French restaurant.  It was in that context that I received the following email: “Hello I am Dr. Allan Brad ,the director of Staff welfare Aiken Offshores United Kingdom . I want  to book dinner for my group of workers . They will all [...]

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