Archive for December, 2007
Staying Alive
What a wonderful milestone it is to reach a 95th birthday—but imagine the added pleasure of being able to share your cake with someone you’ve known for 90 years! Edith Brook and Una Kilner were born two days apart in 1917, met on their first day of school at Longley Hall five years later, and […]
2007: The Year of BFF
If you ask me, 2007 was the year that the term Best Friends Forever (BFF) was so over-used and inappropriately-used by the media that its meaning became trivialized and misunderstood. A few memorable examples: Hillary Clinton and Katie Couric were labeled BFFs on the basis of posing for a photograph together at a fundraiser for […]
Waitress: Best Female Friendship Flick of 2007
The entertainment website Buzz Sugar named the movie Waitress the best female friendship flick of 2007. The movie depicts the friendships of three waitresses at Joe’s Diner played by Adrienne Shelly, Keri Russell, Cheryl Hines The quirky movie was also written and directed by Shelly, who was brutally murdered before the film’s release. Many critics […]
Hillary + Katie = BFF?
Use of the term BFF (Best Friends Forever) is becoming ubiquitous. The new online gossip page of the New York Post recently captured a picture of Hillary and Katie (no last names required) when both of them attended a children’s mental health benefit for the NYU Child Study Center held in New York City earlier […]
Twenty Questions: Spotting a Toxic Friendship
Here are 20 questions to help you spot a toxic friendship.
