birthday Archives – Page 6 of 6

Party Out of Bounds

Sharon Schatz Rosenthal November 29, 1999

More than 100 guests sat in a sea of round banquet tables in a Studio City hotel, munching on fancy appetizers presented by waiters. A band warmed up. Kids crowded entertainment stations waiting for artists to personalize clothing and paint their faces.\n\nI had been invited to a 1-year-old\’s birthday and was about to leave, convinced I\’d accidentally entered a bar mitzvah reception. Then I saw David\’s mom, parading the sleepy birthday boy around in her arms.

Hopeful Romantics

Bonnie Trachtenberg May 7, 1998

When you\’re still \”flying solo\” and your 35thbirthday comes a-knocking, suddenly, the pitifully comic titlescrowding the self-help shelves of your bookstore seem less like jokebooks and more like required reading.

Community Briefs

Jewish Journal May 7, 1998

Community Briefs.\n

The Good Son

Linda Feldman July 31, 1997

My birthday used to be celebrated as if it were a national holiday. From the backyard pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey days to the touch football games on the beach at Easthampton, July 16 was a date inscribed in infamy.