It's Mother's Day, In Case You Forgot
Consider this a public service announcement. The least you could do is call the woman who is 50 per cent responsible for your existence and (probably) genuinely cares when she asks how you are.
Last Minute Mother's Day Gifts: A Guide
Sunday is Mother's Day, guys. Did you forget?? Well don't worry, you still have two more days to get something nice for the lady what made you. Here are our guaranteed-to-please gift ideas.
America Is Going To The Following Restaurants On Mother's Day
As of 2:30PM today, on Google Trends, the following restaurants America is taking Mom out for dinner to tonight:
Mother's Day, Professional Help Needed: I'm A Bad Son, What Do I Do?
So: let's say it's Mother's Day, and you're in a bind, because for whatever reason, you're a terrible son. What to do? Interview noted Mom expert, Postcards From Yo Momma luminary Doree Shafrir!
Timberlake Non-Shocker Edition: Unsurprisingly Excellent
Too bad the Correspondent's Dinner will probably dominate any comedy talking points today, because last night's cameo-littered Saturday Night Live was the funniest it's been in a long, long time.
Eating & Drinking: Thursday Edition
• A roundup of restaurants that just opened, or will be very shortly. [Eater]
• The U.S. struck a deal with the European Union and has agreed to drop its proposed tariff on things like Roquefort cheese and Spanish ham. [WSJ]
• A few more places to consider taking your mom for Mother's Day. [GS]
• A high school in…
Moms to Admire: Sarah Palin and Jenny McCarthy
Mother's Day is right around the corner, and to honor those who have sacrificed so much only to watch in horror at the rotten people we've since become, Adecco Group—"the largest staffing agency in the world"—asked a bunch of people about the moms they admire most. (Do note that just because it's a temp agency that…
Eating & Drinking: Tuesday Edition
• The New York City outpost of Govind Armstrong's Table 8 opens tomorrow evening inside the Cooper Square Hotel. [Eater, Zagat]
• Now that Todd English is out, The Libertine has hired itself a new chef. [Zagat]
• Robert De Niro's universally reviled Ago has officially shuttered. [Eater]
• Some suggestions on where to…
Happy Mother's Day!
From dirty pillows to wire hangers, Rotten Tomatoes is rating the worst moms in movie history, complete with video goodness. Oh, they list the best moms too, but so what? My personal choice after the jump.
Ruth Reichl Disses Mom, Too
OK, this is way worse than Candice Bergen not crying at her mom's funeral earlier tonight: "Gourmet editor in chief [Ruth Reichl] told attendees... that her mother 'was everything I didn't want to be, and to this day I wake up every morning grateful not to be her...' Penguin Press, inspired by Reichl's speech, has…
'WSJ' Tells Bizarre Yo Momma Joke
As if you needed more proof that the weekend media scene, such as it exists, is run by oedipally challenged vulgarians, we present the above close-up of the Journal's Personal Finance section front page. Yes, talk to Mom about the Street in a language she'll understand—the language of mammaries!
Facing Murdoch Menace, 'Pursuits' Valiantly Soldiers On With Gifts For Mom
With a courage not witnessed in these parts since the Queen and Winston Churchill and Rudy Giuliani saved London during the Blitz, this weekend's Pursuits section shows the rest of the WSJ how to go on living with editorial integrity even as the barbarians near the gates. Indeed, "happily married...but not to each…
