2025 Women’s World Car Awards & Why You Should Care
This year, I joined the Women’s World Car of the Year Awards jury. When I announced my appointment, one of my readers contacted me to…
Mama’s Lists
Best Songs To Embarrass Your Kids: Teen Spirit Edition
Raising teenagers can be a nightmare. For many of us, things get even more excruciating in the car. If they’re driving, you’re a paranoid, nervous…
Mama’s Easy Rule Your Carpool Checklist
As we slide out of summer and into back-to-school season, I’m thinking about carpool. About you, your kids, and (even worse) other people’s kids and…
Mama’s Playlist: Metal Is Better In Middle-Age
The older I get, the more I understand one thing: Metal is wasted on the young. As many people age, their taste in music gets…
Let’s Drive With Brilliant Sinead O’Connor Playlist
Like most wonderful things, I recently rediscovered Sinead O’Connor through my kids. After my daughter asked for a few of my 100,000 CDs (yes, apparently,…
Mama’s Summer Jobs Are Fun Playlist
Do you guys remember summer jobs? I do. Whether it was babysitting, dogsitting, or scooping ice cream, I couldn’t wait to fill my pockets with…
The Best Cars I Drove In 2022
I love driving new cars. It is such a blast. But before I dive headfirst into the most remarkable new cars of this year, I…
Mama’s So You Like Kate Bush Playlist
Thank you Stranger Things! If you’re an 80s music enthusiast and a parent, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I spent the first 15…
Bitch Please! 3 Infuriating Things Women Drivers Do
“Mom, let it go!” my girls plead. “It’s not your problem,” my husband tells me. But for some reason, when I see women doing irresponsible,…
MAMA’S HEY KIDS, LET’S DRIVE AND TALK ABOUT PUTIN PLAYLIST
Up until now, avoiding Putin was easy. He was like measles or Boa constrictors—still around somewhere, but unlikely to cause havoc in our daily lives.…