About « motomama

About

Brooklyn, NY based Mom of a pre-teen and 1 year old twins (b/g) born on Valentines Day. Retired from 20 years in the music biz (booking agent, tour manager, expeditor to the indolent, personal assistant, & professional babysitter of adults), and doing the Mom thing again. Tattooed, left of center thinking Mom in an increasingly conservative Brooklyn. I have a short long dog with one blue eye and one brown, and one floppy ear. I have an amazing husband (8 years younger) who drives ships and sings rockabilly in the shower. He is an amazing father. My babies are really, really cute and do really cute things all day long. And my pre-teen has just entered middle school/hormone land godhelpher. She is amazing and beautiful and just sang at my wedding bringing the house down and boy do I have it commin’! I co-parent her with her father whom she lives with half the time, we think very, very, very differently so it ain’t easy. I am in my late 30’s and am so glad I had twins the second time around. Its total chaos but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Here are twelve facts about me:
1. I have vintage car & motorcycle lust.
2. My favorite foods are peach pancakes and cold, lemony beer. I always order a cheese plate at a restaurant if they have one.
3. Motomama was a nickname I got on the road traveling with a band once, my other nickname was “Captain Friendly” (not because I was) but that isn’t as good of a name for a blog.
4. I live in a vegetarian house (yup, babies too), but I eat meat sometimes when in Rome.
5. I grew up in New Jersey and then lived in Germany from ages 5 - 9 as a military brat. I failed German in high school, but I can speak it allright if ive had a few.
6. My dog’s name is Izzy and she is a Cardigan Corgi, my sister made me drive to Vermont and spend too much money on a purebread dog. Izzy is retarted and pees on my floor still 4 years later. I would have been happier with a Brooklyn Retiever (mutt) instead.
7. I hate people who have a sense of entitlement.
8. I am most proud of myself for doing what was right for my daughter, and for never compromising myself.
9. My pretend celebrity boyfriend is Steve McQueen or Clint Eastwood (the dirty harry years), or Jeff Bridges.
10. My favorite things to do is to kiss my kids and make them laugh, be with my husband & ride motorcycles and waves even if only in my dreams.
11. I think I am lucky.
12. I am fascinated with: outdated office equipment, Australia (and things Australian), how people cook using more than two steps, and why we are not as pissed off as we should be.