by Maureen | Jul 2, 2015 | Personal
First published in New York Newsday For those of us who don’t exactly embrace our bodies, and frankly, I don’t know any women that do, I’d like to give a strong shout out to Melissa McCarthy. She’s funny. She’s self-deprecating. She’s pretty. She has dimples. She’s...
by Maureen | Jun 23, 2014 | Personal
First published in New York Newsday My Dad loved the beach. We would drive to Long Beach from Rockville Centre in the summers, the little triangle window of the car open to let the cigarette smoke out while we waited for WABC to play one of our favorite songs. There...
by Maureen | May 15, 2013 | Personal
First published NY Newsday, May 2013 When I was growing up in Rockville Centre, my family would drive to Long Beach in the summers. Back then it appeared so innocent, so clean, so simple. The long boardwalk lined the protected areas of the beach. White sand...
