BETSY ICE

Recently, a friend hooked me up on a blind date. She had described the man and he too, gave me a concurrent account: dark skinned, 6”4’, low...

Some things just don't change, like my Laundromat habits. I was going to write another laundry lunacy story, inspired of course by my ne...

Claridge Casino, Atlantic City, circa 2006. My mom, sister, several cousins and myself headed to Atlantic City for a ladies-only day out o...

I recently found an old print ad I designed during undergrad; I majored in advertising and graphic design. I was a good designer, but un-not...

Though my parents sent me to a tiny, predominantly White parochial school, me, along with most of the "ethnic" students wound up r...

My cousin, whom we refer to as Auntie Bailey, is the family matriarch. She has a very elderly 100+ pound dying dog named Chestnut that has b...

My friend and Melanie and shared the same birthday. One year, she was gung-ho about a dual dinner; I wasn’t. A few days passed, and as we ta...