I had modest hopes for ABC’s premiere of Cougar Town (Sept. 23, 2009), the sitcom starring Courteney Cox–I hoped it would at least be a funny if not enlightened view of what real women over 40 go through if they’re…
Jenny Sanford Gets DARE-borne
The September 2009 issue of VOGUE features an article and several color photos of a professionally-styled and airbrushed Jenny Sanford (wife of the South Carolina governor who thinks he’s the Adonis of the Andes) posing in the entryway of her…
DARE-Salon: Start Your Own Discussion
Sick of Liz sucking all the DARE out of the room while you’re there, gasping for DARE? Tell us about it! The DARE-Salon will be your forum–it’s coming soon to Facebook. In the meantime, please comment on this post. Share…
How DARE They! Non-Starters We Wish Would STOP
… Media reports persist about the so-called impending retirement of baby-boomers. How DARE they! Boomers aren’t some monolithic species of zombie lemmings! People over 50 who retire now are either securely wealthy or delusional. Even the securely wealthy are engaged…
DARE-Apparent: Famous Over-40 Up-STARTS Who Changed Their Lives and Ours
Up-STARTS and the START-Ups They DARED Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927): DARED Start the Girl Scouts at 52. Today there are 3.7 million members in the United States, and in more than 90 countries. Famous Girl Scouts include: Elizabeth Dole, Barbara…
DARE-Supply: Start with the Experts
Starting something new is fraught with anxiety. Believe me, I know! Before I decided to spend more than the GNP of a third-world nation to pursue an MBA in my 50s (and suffer the terror of sitting in finance classes…