One of the main themes in this book is about the anxiety of raising a boy, a sense of otherness and “What do I do with one of these?” A really interesting read together with its sister publication, It’s A Gir.

Several of the essays are about women’s anxiety about raising girls, fears that they will fall into the common mother-daughter trap of viewing their girls as extensions of themselves, fears of suffocating overidentification with our daughters’ successes, struggles, and shortcomings, of being over-invested in their lives. But it’s also about how we all want to do right by our girls and not make the same mistakes our mothers made, and how this is a way of healing ourselves. Mothering a daughter is sort of a way to mother yourself as a little girl, to give that girl the kind of nurturing and love that we needed.

Interesting!

I liked Trader Joe’s red mole sauce a lot, as did my husband. My daughter thought it was too spicy, but she’s not even three yet. Not so great on beef, excellent on chicken.

If I had made a really crappy wine, I’d put it in a cobalt blue bottle.

I’ve got to stop buying wine based solely on the label.

Dave White wrote genius recap articles of American Idol in the Advocate. If his book is as good as his articles, it’ll be a lot of fun to read.

One of the best albums I’ve heard this year. It rocks!