Posts Tagged ‘Audrey’

First, thanks to Pam and Linda at Nameberry for running my guest post on Movie Award Names: Looking beyond Oscar.  Lilia, Magali, Denholm, Tahar … I could’ve gone on for pages. Speaking of winners, whilst channel surfing earlier this week, I caught an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras featuring BFFs turned rivals, Jacee and Mayce.  [...]


I usually don’t pre-post my Sunday Summaries.  (I do schedule my Name of the Day posts, sometimes weeks in advance.)  But a record-setting snow is descending on Metro DC, and as you read this, I may be huddled ’round a Maglite with a 5 y.o. who really wants to watch Team Umizoomi now and doesn’t [...]


As part of our Birthday Fun Weekend, we took the kids off to Build-A-Bear Workshop.  Actually, Aly built a bear dog.  There was stuffing and fluffing and convincing us that yes, his bear dog absolutely needed ice skates.  And then we got to the moment – naming the bear dog. After several suggestions were rejected by [...]


There’s a theme to this Sunday Summary, methinks: First up, Hope Edelman guested over at Nameberry about seeing a name scrawled on a mailbox late in her pregnancy, and knowing that someone (other than the graffiti artist) was sending her a sign.  Check out the whole story – Maya’s name was truly meant to be; [...]


She’s a style icon, and tomorrow marks the anniversary of her film debut in the ever-charming Roman Holiday. Thanks to JNE for suggesting Audrey as Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


Happy Father’s Day!  In a mash-up of dad-centric stories/baby name news, I bring you: MSNBC’s story on the pluses and perils of being a Junior.  The predictable story?  There are good and bad things to sharing your name with Pop.  The interesting takeaway?  The percentage of juniors has been dropping for at least forty years [...]


Happy Mother’s Day! We’ve always celebrated our kids’ rites of passage – first tooth, first step, first-time-she-brings-home-a-completely-unacceptable-boy.   Add in one more circa 2009:  first time Mommy writes all about you in a blog post. Yes, our children will probably be terribly, terribly unhappy about some of our overshares in twenty years.  (Or not.  Social [...]


While we’re of the opinion that there is no such thing as a normal name, we do grudgingly admit that there are safe, sensible choices.  These are names that will never prompt a stranger to say, “What an interesting name!”  But neither will they cause someone to do a double take and say, “Umm … [...]


A is for Apple.  As in Apple Blythe Allison, big sister to Moses Bruce Anthony and firstborn of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. If that’s too out there for you, consider these slightly less exotic choices, all featuring the letter A: Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This