by Charli Penn-Watkins Now, let's be honest here: The majority of married couples don't actually get around to having sex on their wedding night. You might as well scrap what watching all those rom-coms taught you. After all the craziness that is surviving your wedding day in tact, you're usually drunk, exhausted, or both by the time you get back to your room. That … [Read more...]
A Homemade Recipe for A Happy Wife
by Charli Penn-Watkins The other day someone asked my husband a very interesting question. They said: "Your wife seems to smile all the time. How do you keep her so happy?" Now, he laughed at first, because he knows good and well there is no such thing as a wife who's happy wife 24/7, but then he took a stab at giving them what he felt was a sufficient answer. He wants to … [Read more...]
How To (Successfully!) Nag Your Husband
by Charli Penn-Watkins Now my husband has made it no secret that one of his least favorite things about me sometimes is my "nagging" tendencies. I'd like to think of myself as a pusher and a doer but to him my "do this" and "do that" rants are more of a royal pain in his but. Now you're probably thinking, well, then why don't you stop? I carry on with my maddening … [Read more...]
Review: ‘Porgy and Bess' Debuts on Broadway, Teaches Us the Power of Love
by Charli Penn-Watkins This week "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" opened on Broadway. An opera written by George and Ira Gershwin and based on written works by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, the play's cast is filled with stage favorites, like Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, and David Alan Grier. The harrowing love story is set in Charleston's Catfish Row, and follows the life of a … [Read more...]