Category Archives: Tributes

“Who Ya Gonna Call?”

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Ellen Ross

Monday February 24, 2014 was a sad day for me. It was the day that an idol of mine died. Along with a dream. Harold Ramis passed away at the age of sixty-nine. Too soon. And with him went my … Continue reading →

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Shiner

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Ellen Ross

I woke up Monday morning and, as usual, checked in with Twitter. There, kind of sandwiched in between the flurry of the latest reports of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death by heroin overdose, were two small tweets with the news that … Continue reading →

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Andy

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Ellen Ross

I have been re-reading Scott Elledge’s great biography of the even-greater E.B. “Andy” White. White, as I’m sure you know, wrote for “The New Yorker” and “Harper’s” magazines. He was also a dedicated farmer and livestock keeper, an avid sailor, … Continue reading →

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For The Record

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Ellen Ross

Author’s Note: This post is dedicated to my friend Rickey Freeman. BIG vinyl collector. In the immortal words of Duke Ellington, “I love you madly.” Happy 2014, everyone. This new year I’m all about Spotify. You know, the mobile app … Continue reading →

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For Joe

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Snowmass Mountain opens for skiing and snowboarding season this Saturday. I was checking out my gear (making sure my ski pants still fit) in anticipation of a great season when my son Nick called me. “I just got some terrible … Continue reading →

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Joanie Pony

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Sorry, guys. This is going to be a sad one. I got some very bad news last week. My beautiful, gifted, fabulous cousin, Joan Hertzberg, died tragically of complications from a yet-to-be determined brain disease. This is especially ironic because … Continue reading →

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Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Remember in the movie Moonstruck when Nic Cage, besotted with love, wants to take Cher to an opera (La Bohème) at the Met? (She agrees to meet him there and then sticks her head back in his apartment and asks, … Continue reading →

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Thank You Note

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Thursday, October 3, 2013 Dear Lynn, You might not remember me but I am a friend of Lili Ann Zisook, Terri Lind and Joan Himmel Freeman. We met at a party at Lili Ann’s house- around 1982 I think. (I … Continue reading →

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Sex and The Single Girl

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Ellen Ross

A private memorial was held in New York last year. It was by invitation only and mine must have gotten lost in the mail. So consider this my R.S.V.P. They were gathered to honor Cosmopolitan magazine editor extraordinaire- Helen Gurley … Continue reading →

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Post

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Ellen Ross

I am posting this post post Post. Nope, that’s not a misprint. But in case you don’t speak Ojibwan, I’ll translate. I just got back from seven glorious days spent living it up at Camp Ojibwa- the boys’ summer camp … Continue reading →

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