My mom came to visit and we did Mario Badescu facials and watched Mama Mia! to get our minds off the financial tailspin of our economy. Then I was reading the February issue of  Martha Stewart Living and I found that Martha herself uses the very same products. So I fancied myself a Type-A-Personality-International-Home-Entertaining-Style-Guru-To-The-Masses for just a split second, which I thoroughly enjoyed…

But we laughed, we cried (yes, even Meryl can pull off a fab performance in a kitschy movie-musical with style, panache and emotionality) and we ate lots of ice cream. The recipe for success? Get your boyfriend, brother, manny or some sort of male counterpart to join in the fun. My husband’s participation made it triple the hoot!

A bit scary, I know…