A Queer Girl's Lifestyle Blog

We all know that the tree is the pièce de résistance of the Christmas decorations, but let us not forget the ever-important second in...

I just wanted to share this with the world. My father sent this to me yesterday. It's from 2004, when i was 16. This is, apparently, my...

As some of you might know, there is a new Star Wars episode coming to theatres this month. Tell you what, though. Rachel and I did not...

Ok, Christmas is totally a time for traditions, yes. I am the biggest tradition stickler out there. Growing up, my brother and I had this...

In my wife's family, the weekend after Thanksgiving is dedicated to the much-anticipated Annual Christmas Cookie Baking Extravaganza. It...

I do this thing every once in a while/every weekend where someone asks me to do something that sounds awesome, and I'm all, "Yes, I can...

I think we all know what I am going to say. The most important decision you make all year is what evergreen you are going to bring home...

There are some phrases that, when uttered, make your eyes go misty and make look at that far away place within yourself and yearn for...

As we prance gleefully into the Christmas season and don our gay apparel, it is so easy to forget how enthusiastically we embraced the...

Soon it will be the day after Thanksgiving. Soon everyone will be excitedly trading turkey leftover recipes and revelling in some sort...

It's the day before Thanksgiving. You are wondering what you can bring to your family's holiday dinner that will say, "I am an adult, but...

So, I'm in this wine club. I know what you are thinking. You think that wine clubs are just excuses to get drunk on a week night. Maybe...

Listen, guys, before you raise any eyebrows at me, let me just say that romance can happen anywhere, ok? Yeah. Even Wilkes Barre. The...

Once upon a time, Queer Martha said to herself, "I'm going to make some damn madeleines." Because madeleines are delicious. They also...

This is the second Queer Martha treasure hunt that takes you to some of the hidden gems of Paris. Check out the first in the series here....

I think we can all agree that there is nothing more special than an advent calendar (we've already been over this.). Advent calendars are...

I haven't yet written anything that has earned the "kids" tag, but I do hope to someday (perhaps in a few months), carve out a piece of...

My beloved friend Ally Franklin helped me upload my Xanga posts from high school, which were living peacefully in the Xanga archives,...

So last night Rachel came home kind of bummed due to work stress. It happens, you know? Every so often you are just like, "Work is a...

I'm still on a Christmas kick. Enjoy all the enthusiasm now before I plunge into my annual post-holiday depression. Speaking of holiday...