It’s one o’clock in the morning and I’m standing in Duane Reade scanning the shelves for the right tampons while my Fake Gay Mexican Son says, “Um… don’t you use something else.” “It sort of surprised me this time.” I muttered. “Actually it’s surprised me every month for almost 30 years. And why am I talking to you about this?” Mercifully my Fake Gay Mexican Son has about a dozen sisters and a mother he’s very close to so the conversation wasn’t as awkward as it should have been. We’d …
Oprah’s LifeClass Continues… New York City
I’m in the Rockette’s dressing room surrounded by hot lights. They’re kind to Rockettes and their makeup but not as kind to my computer and equipment. Backstage at Radio City Music Hall is a wild place. The hallways are tiny, like an afterthought really. It’s an hold building and much like the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis the building is rich with history. Thus far we’ve interviewed Deepak Chopra, toured the building and I’m waiting to meet with Tony Robbins. Deepak was unbelievably humble and I found it to …
Win a Pair of Tickets to Oprah’s LifeClass with Tony Robbins at Radio City Music Hall
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned the Oprah trip. Like if you were standing in line with me at the grocery store I was probably like, “Hey, did you see that O Magazine… and did you know I’m traveling with Oprah to St. Louis, New York and Toronto?” And then you rolled your eyes and were like Shut the fuck up lady but only in your head because one of us is polite. I have some tickets to share for the LifeClass with Tony Robbins. It’s April 2 in the evening. …
The Day that Oprah Called: Well, her People Called
Almost two week ago you might have seen this on my facebook timeline. And to be fair it wasn’t Oprah that called or I might have actually been nice when I answered. It began like this: ME: This is Jessica OWN NETWORK: Hi this is [a really nice lady] from OWN the Oprah Winfrey Network. ME: [still not interested, sure that it’s going to be another craptastic pitch] How are you doing? OWN NETWORK: Great. I’m calling because of Oprah’s Lifeclass. She went on to explain the Lifeclass for this …