Category Archives: pop culture

#Me Too

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Ellen Ross

I’m back, Dear Readers, and I have to talk about the Harvey Weinstein thing. Too bad. It comes as no great surprise to me that this disgusting, entitled, trauma-inducing and illegal behavior is alive and well in Casting Couch Hollywood. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender politics, pop culture, Sexual Harrassment | 27 Comments

Closer

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Ellen Ross

WARNING: This post is rated V for Violent Content. (That’s the world we live in now, Dear Readers.) So last Sunday TBF and I were supposed to be in Las Vegas. We had gone there for his birthday last year … Continue reading →

Posted in Gun Control, Las Vegas, Politics, pop culture | 14 Comments

Sandwich Wrap-up

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Ellen Ross

That’s John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. He was born in 1718 and he died in 1792. He was a diplomat and a rake. A world traveler, a high-ranking official and an inveterate gambler. He had held many important … Continue reading →

Posted in food, pop culture, Sandwiches | 12 Comments

Reunited (And it feels so good)

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Ellen Ross

That’s my I.D. badge, Dear Readers, proudly bearing my class picture. (Wince.) The year was 1967, and although I was having a clearly a bad hair day, my four years at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois were the … Continue reading →

Posted in New Trier Class of '67 Reunion, New Trier High School, Nostalgia, pop culture, Winnetka | 14 Comments

Trivial Pursuit

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Ellen Ross

If I may direct your attention to the 1979 entry on the right Dear Readers, you will see the name “Ellen Ross” written below the title “Willie Nelson Stardusters.” This is my listing on the roster of Hall of Famers … Continue reading →

Posted in pop culture, Trivia, Trivia Bowl | 13 Comments

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Ellen Ross

This is my last post until July thirteenth, Dear Readers. Have a marvelous and safe Fourth of July. Now see this guy? Doesn’t he look like he’s got no important place to go and all the time in the world … Continue reading →

Posted in pop culture | 7 Comments

EEEEK!!!

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Ellen Ross

Author’s Note: No blog post this Sunday, Dear Readers. I’ve got some friends and family coming in town tonight and I will be doing some F&F entertaining on Sunday. See you Thursday, June twenty-ninth. Thanks. …So the other day The … Continue reading →

Posted in Dating, Phobias, pop culture | 4 Comments

Philosophy 101

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Ellen Ross

My mother, Lea Roffe, was the best card player I ever knew. (And if you knew her, she was the best card player you ever knew.) All winter long, she would play in one poker game with the big boys … Continue reading →

Posted in Gambling, Las Vegas, Lea Roffe, pop culture | 14 Comments

Songs of Summer

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Ellen Ross

As summer delightfully descends upon us, music on the radio only means one thing. It’s the 60’s and I’m back at New Trier High School and I’m in a cool car headed for the beach or 31 or the Teatro … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Nostalgia, pop culture, The 60's | 10 Comments

Grow Old Along With Me

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Ellen Ross

Rabbi Ben Ezra BY ROBERT BROWNING Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in His hand Who saith “A whole I planned, Youth … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Dating, Divorce, pop culture, Senior Dating | 10 Comments