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Monday BARB UP November 26, 2018

Monday BARB UP December 3, 2018

December 02, 2018 78 Views 0 Comment

This is about Cher and my Mom. It’s a little bit about Cher, the Broadway show, also known as The …

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Friday BARB UP November 30, 2018

November 29, 2018 50 Views 0 Comment

The Holiday Gift Guide. Hanukkah begins on Monday, and the other gift-based holidays are looming. Here are five things you …

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Wednesday BARB UP November 28, 2018

November 28, 2018 69 Views 0 Comment

This is my ideal creative life. A glass of iced tea, keyboard, my camera, a plant I’m nurturing, and a …

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Monday BARB UP November 26, 2018

November 25, 2018 74 Views 0 Comment

And so, a car pulled up, my daughter stepped into it, the driver put her suitcase into the trunk. She …

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Wednesday November 21, 2018

November 21, 2018 87 Views 0 Comment

And so, the eve of Thanksgiving. On the Upper West Side, where I once lived, the perimeter around the Museum …

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Monday November 19, 2018

November 19, 2018 75 Views 0 Comment

My daughter, The Teenager, comes home today. And tonight is her show, We Hope You Have Fun, at UCB East. …

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Friday November 16, 2018: My BARBIVERSARY!

November 15, 2018 173 Views 0 Comment

Three years ago, I was in a dead end job having dead end job turmoil. Can’t quit, college is looming. …

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Wednesday November 14, 2018

November 13, 2018 114 Views 0 Comment

The changing colors of the leaves are a thing; New Yorkers, we call it foliage. For those of us who …

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Monday November 12, 2018

November 12, 2018 115 Views 0 Comment

Good Morning! I have returned. I will be here Mondays. Wednesdays. Fridays. Blogging. Reporting. Updating. For the past month, I …

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Friday November 9, 2018

November 09, 2018 240 Views 0 Comment

I’m still here. I moved apartments, last Monday. It’s been difficult to find the time to write, amidst living in …

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Transitions: Lydia Lacey

January 15, 2017 1396 Views 4 Comments

I have been friends with Lydia Lacey since the very early 90’s. She was a Chicago transplant; our mutual friends …

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Friday BARB Up February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017 1238 Views 3 Comments

She’d be turning 54 this weekend, Wendy, that is, my friend who committed suicide in 2001, only three months before …

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So…For 300 Dollars, Would You Have Sex With Me?

January 20, 2017 1683 Views 3 Comments

“I already want to marry you.” The banter is going well, as well as dating-app badinage goes. It’s 11am, I’m sitting …

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Friday BARB UP November 17, 2017: My One Year BARBAVERSARY

November 17, 2017 1336 Views 2 Comments

My daughter Ruby Karp wrote a book, Earth Hates Me. Order it here. Please. I have been blogging here at BARB for one year, …

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Entre Nous: Tracy Bonham

February 23, 2017 2021 Views 2 Comments

I remember clearly when Mother, Mother was on rotation on MTV; there she was, Tracy Bonham, reminding me that we …

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5 Things I Own and/or Covet.

January 29, 2017 1963 Views 2 Comments

A list of 5 things I want and or covet. BAGS For the women who carry everything, or are in …

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Cinema Siren Says: It’s My Body And I’ll Wear What I Want To

May 19, 2017 2305 Views 2 Comments

Cinema Siren Says! ….a new column by Leslie Combemale… It’s My Body And I’ll Wear What I Want To Every …

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Thursday BARB Up February 2, 2017

February 02, 2017 566 Views 2 Comments

Last night, while I was out with a friend of mine, I got a message from a fella on one …

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Thursday BARB UP July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017 639 Views 1 Comment

For most of the 90’s, I ate at least one meal a day at a restaurant called Shopsin’s. I lived …

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Video Premiere: Soul Quake by Cindy Alexander

December 01, 2017 1446 Views 1 Comment

I’m so honored to premiere Cindy Alexander‘s video, Soul Quake, from her upcoming release, Nowhere to Hide, her ninth album! …

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Wednesday BARB UP November 28, 2018

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Friday BARB UP November 30, 2018

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Monday BARB UP November 26, 2018

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Friday BARB UP November 30, 2018

Wednesday BARB UP November 28, 2018

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