Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Sigh...it's the end...
I'll be tweeting about the final show today, if you want to chat with me about it. I'll be doing it live, so careful about spoilers if you're DVRing! (You can follow me at twitter.com/RobynOkrant to chat).
Sunday, November 7, 2010
My mom speaks up / A show all about ADVICE
Happy end of Daylight Savings. Hope you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep. My upstairs neighbors' kids were stomping and jumping and screaming so much, we actually bemoaned the additional hour. But boy, can I use the extra sunshine!
So, my mom (who used to be shy...I can barely remember this) became quite vocal during my year of Living Oprah. Here's a recent podcast she did, discussing her feelings about her son-in-law: my husband Jim. I hope there won't be too much fence-mending necessary. Click here to listen. And please do comment on the Ready, Set...Wife! blog. My mother LOVES chatting with you guys.
Also, here's a Canadian radio interview I did about Living Oprah. A very interesting show called DNTO (Definitely Not the Opera) with Sook-Yin Lee. This episode is called: "Is "advice" really the worst vice?" You can guess why I was invited on the show, eh? Click here to listen. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
So, my mom (who used to be shy...I can barely remember this) became quite vocal during my year of Living Oprah. Here's a recent podcast she did, discussing her feelings about her son-in-law: my husband Jim. I hope there won't be too much fence-mending necessary. Click here to listen. And please do comment on the Ready, Set...Wife! blog. My mother LOVES chatting with you guys.
Also, here's a Canadian radio interview I did about Living Oprah. A very interesting show called DNTO (Definitely Not the Opera) with Sook-Yin Lee. This episode is called: "Is "advice" really the worst vice?" You can guess why I was invited on the show, eh? Click here to listen. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Gearing up for the final season?
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer. Here in Chicago, it's been gorgeous lately, but the smell of fall is definitely in the air. And you know what comes with autumn...the new television season. As a bit of a TV junkie, I have to admit that this is always an exciting time for me. I'm eager to see the new offerings on my television. And this year is a big one, isn't it?...Oprah is bidding a final farewell to her fans. I'm expecting a lot from her last season. I wonder how the show will differ from her previous 24 seasons. I didn't watch the show too much last year, to be absolutely honest. The Living Oprah project turned me off of day time TV for a little while. I was like a water-logged sponge that needed to be wrung out. But, I've gone through withdrawal and I'm recovered enough to stick my toe back in the waters of Talk. I'll be tuning into the first episode of Oprah's 25th and final season. Who's joining me on September 13?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Catching up
Happy March. I’ve missed everyone here as I’ve been a bit swamped - busily fulfilling the marketing obligations for my book, packing up and moving to a new place, and the ups and downs of everyday life. One exciting bit of news - I’m leaving for Australia in a couple days to do some media for Living Oprah in Sydney!
I’ve decided that, upon my return, I’ll completely invest myself in fresh, new work. A couple weeks ago, I launched a project called Ready, Set...Wife! (www.readysetwife.com) and I already love it. My writing partner, Cathleen Carr, and I are fascinated by how marriage has become such a hot button issue these days. People are writing books about it, producing shows about women who want to marry millionaires, defending the institution of marriage in Washington D.C., and gossiping about celebs who have broken up after years of publicized matrimonial bliss. While working on Living Oprah, I heard from many people who had surprisingly negative opinions about Winfrey’s single status. (Um...who cares? Why is Oprah’s personal life anyone’s business but her own?)
Cathleen and I are dissecting what it means to be a wife in 2010. Although we’ve only launched the project recently, It’s been so much fun because we’ve heard from women and men, singles and marrieds, straights and gays, divorced people, widowed folks. We’re looking at wives in pop culture, politics, history, and in our own lives. Even though the roles of women have changed so drastically, why is being a wife still a goal for otherwise strong, independent women? Is a legal contract really necessary to ‘seal’ a commitment to a relationship? We are even opening up about our own feelings about being a spouse. (Poor Jim. At least he has a shoulder to cry on this time around. He should have Cathleen’s husband, Peter, on speed dial.)
Please do join me over at Ready, Set...Wife! I love your feedback, as you know, and would appreciate your thoughts on the new project.
I’m taking a page from Oprah’s book - she’s moving on because her show has run its course and I think I should, too. I have been trying to think about how I might continue the Living Oprah blog because I’ve gotten so many emails asking me to do so, but I’m just not sure how to do it in anyway that would satisfy me...or you. I loved it and I miss you, but I think it's time to call it a day. This was only intended to be a one-year project but I’ve been living with it for over two years. I don’t want to be ‘the Oprah lady’ forever or build a future based on Winfrey’s name or hard work. Continuing the blog feels like beating a dead horse, and I like horses and mean them no harm. I’ll stop check in here occasionally and let you know what’s going on with me, the book, and if there’s any Oprah-related news I am inspired to write about. (I’m actually checking in much more often on Facebook under my Living Oprah account, so if you’d like, friend me there.) Other than that, it’s time for me to keep things fresh and new.
I’d like to think even Oprah would approve.
I’ve decided that, upon my return, I’ll completely invest myself in fresh, new work. A couple weeks ago, I launched a project called Ready, Set...Wife! (www.readysetwife.com) and I already love it. My writing partner, Cathleen Carr, and I are fascinated by how marriage has become such a hot button issue these days. People are writing books about it, producing shows about women who want to marry millionaires, defending the institution of marriage in Washington D.C., and gossiping about celebs who have broken up after years of publicized matrimonial bliss. While working on Living Oprah, I heard from many people who had surprisingly negative opinions about Winfrey’s single status. (Um...who cares? Why is Oprah’s personal life anyone’s business but her own?)
Cathleen and I are dissecting what it means to be a wife in 2010. Although we’ve only launched the project recently, It’s been so much fun because we’ve heard from women and men, singles and marrieds, straights and gays, divorced people, widowed folks. We’re looking at wives in pop culture, politics, history, and in our own lives. Even though the roles of women have changed so drastically, why is being a wife still a goal for otherwise strong, independent women? Is a legal contract really necessary to ‘seal’ a commitment to a relationship? We are even opening up about our own feelings about being a spouse. (Poor Jim. At least he has a shoulder to cry on this time around. He should have Cathleen’s husband, Peter, on speed dial.)
Please do join me over at Ready, Set...Wife! I love your feedback, as you know, and would appreciate your thoughts on the new project.
I’m taking a page from Oprah’s book - she’s moving on because her show has run its course and I think I should, too. I have been trying to think about how I might continue the Living Oprah blog because I’ve gotten so many emails asking me to do so, but I’m just not sure how to do it in anyway that would satisfy me...or you. I loved it and I miss you, but I think it's time to call it a day. This was only intended to be a one-year project but I’ve been living with it for over two years. I don’t want to be ‘the Oprah lady’ forever or build a future based on Winfrey’s name or hard work. Continuing the blog feels like beating a dead horse, and I like horses and mean them no harm. I’ll stop check in here occasionally and let you know what’s going on with me, the book, and if there’s any Oprah-related news I am inspired to write about. (I’m actually checking in much more often on Facebook under my Living Oprah account, so if you’d like, friend me there.) Other than that, it’s time for me to keep things fresh and new.
I’d like to think even Oprah would approve.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Happy birthday to you
I'm all about celebrating my birthday, so I can appreciate the way Oprah parties on her big day. My husband, Jim, always jokes that I don't celebrate my birthDAY, I celebrate my birthWEEK. It's true. I love it. I've never had a 400-pound birthday cake, like Oprah, but I go all out on my own budget.
I'm about to run out the door and will have to watch the rest of the show later, but I want you to know, I did go "Awwwwwww....." when Oprah had her new springer spaniel puppies brought out onstage in a basket and baby buggy. I'm such a sucker for baby animals. Especially pound puppies. But I also rolled my eyes (a little) when Oprah said she was urged by a friend to hire help to take care of the dogs. Oprah's so excited that she can get help with the pups! Then I realized I would like a nanny for my cats. Mainly when it comes to poop-scooping, claw-clipping, and cat hair-removal. Any takers?
Happy birthday, Oprah! Hope it's a great one...and happy birthday to the special folks who share January 29th as their birthday. Admit it, how many of you, when asked what your birthday is, quickly inform anyone who will listen, "It's Oprah's birthday, too!"
I'm about to run out the door and will have to watch the rest of the show later, but I want you to know, I did go "Awwwwwww....." when Oprah had her new springer spaniel puppies brought out onstage in a basket and baby buggy. I'm such a sucker for baby animals. Especially pound puppies. But I also rolled my eyes (a little) when Oprah said she was urged by a friend to hire help to take care of the dogs. Oprah's so excited that she can get help with the pups! Then I realized I would like a nanny for my cats. Mainly when it comes to poop-scooping, claw-clipping, and cat hair-removal. Any takers?
Happy birthday, Oprah! Hope it's a great one...and happy birthday to the special folks who share January 29th as their birthday. Admit it, how many of you, when asked what your birthday is, quickly inform anyone who will listen, "It's Oprah's birthday, too!"
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