And, as if further proof were needed, Dr. Ruth weighs in this week on "
Grandparents a Go Go". Rev. Laurie Sue has some great advice on "
summer love for grown ups." Phew. Is it hot in here? And our very own Valerie Smaldone was a correspondent for the
Tony Awards and has all the back stage scoop. Plus, for the second time in three years, New Yorkers have been named the worst drivers in the country because we don't seem to know the rules of the road.Well hello? We have different rules in New York. Read on.
Summer Love
Rev. Laurie Sue has great advice in "Summer Love for Grown Ups." She writes, "After years of teaching workshops, coaching women and talking to friends, I realize what is missing from the lives of soulful, single adult women. We take love so seriously... we work so hard to get it right... we are so focused on not making yet another romantic mistake that we ain't having any fun! What would happen if we could get into that old summer love consciousness and toss our cares, old broken hearts and most of our relationship expectations to the wind? We'd be liberated ... and free to love without attachment or expectation. We'd be Summer Love Goddesses."
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Grandparents a go-go
Speaking of feeling sexy over 50, a while back the New England Journal of Medicine did a study on sexuality and health among older adults that refutes the myth that older people become asexual. What does
Dr. Ruth think about the study? Checkout her video interview with Mike Banks, MD, called "
Grandparents A Go-Go." Can anyone say "Come on baby light my fire?"
NYC Rules of the RoadFor the past several years, financial services company GMAC has asked drivers all over the country to take a 20-question test of driving rules. And for the second time in three years, New Yorker's have been dead last. Seems that most of the country thinks you need to be at least 3 seconds away from the car in front of you and they think that a yellow traffic signal means you should slow down for the red light to come. Now how ridiculous is that? You'd never get more than a block driving like that in NYC. So here are the rules of driving in and around NYC.
1. You must stay as close as possible to the car in front of you at all times to avoid the chance of any other car sneaking in front of you.
2. You must always speed up when the light is yellow because you never want to get stuck at the red light.
3. Horn blowing every minute or so is mandatory.
4. Swearing at other drivers on the road is a must, and you get extra points if you can swear in several languages.
5. Never use your signal lights to change lanes. The driver in the other lane will only speed up to make sure you don't get in.
6. Speed limits do not apply. There's too much congestion to ever hit the max.
7. The other drivers are all out to get you. They're paranoid and so are you.
8. Any driver in a car not in your field of view is a person of no consequence.
9. If pedestrians are in the walkway after the light turns green, they're fair game.
10. If you can't obey rules 1-9, don't even think about driving here. Ever!
And speaking of rules of the road, as you read this, the head tomato and Mr. Tomato will be on I-95 heading south in a gas guzzling SUV with three kids under the age of six, their parents who will be yelling every 20 minutes, "No we are not there yet, stop hitting your brother, and no you cannot have more juice." Mr. Tomato will beg to drive so he has leg room. The head tomato, who has been relegated to the third passenger seat in between two kids in car seats, will be sucking down vodka with a straw directly from the bottle. You can follow our road trip on twitter @the3tomatoes.
Cheers,
