[Mom, this is going to be one of those posts. I know Dad stopped reading my blog without you pre-screening a long time ago and I’ll just save you the trouble: You’re going to want to go ahead and skip this one. Don’t worry — there’s nothing you should know. Just…a few things you probably don’t want to.] The Stuebenville… Read more →
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It Has Been A Really Long Week (Yes I Know It’s Monday)
But I am determined to catch up on my photos and get this project back on track. Today is day sixty two. Which just so happens to be my lucky number. Read this: Our Deep Twisted Relationship With TV: Why I Can’t Quit Downton Also this: I am moderately obsessed with passive iPhone speakers. Read more →
F-U Right In Your A, Downton Abbey
There are going to be season three spoilers in this wild rant about what Julian Fellowes and his sadistic creative team have put us through, so don’t read any further if you haven’t watched last night’s Downton Abbey US season three finale {aka the UK’s most recent Christmas Special…bastards}. Seriously…there are going to be spoilers. Are they gone? Okay good.… Read more →
Navel Gazing At A Funeral
He was the only person I knew when I moved to New York City. The older brother of a dear friend, I’d long idolized him as the sole person from our small catholic high school to study film at New York University — my holy grail of colleges. He was tall and thin and theatrical and when I finally arrived… Read more →
No I Love You More
We’ve been crazy lucky with the families in Dee’s preschool class. We attend a Jewish preschool and St. Valentine’s Day {which, honestly no one still calls it that, Preschool Director} isn’t exactly on the curriculum. So instead, (since the parents in our class are awesomely active on our email list and always in touch — hooray technology!) the majority of… Read more →
The World Spins Madly On
These painted orbs from ImagineNations are just about the coolest spin on a globe I have ever seen (pun yes intended. revel in it.) Anyway, I said just about. I went digging through the depths of the internet and found a few solid contenders. …continue reading… {Facebook me?} Read more →
I Think Next Year We’re Going Artificial
I mean, really. I told Scott I thought this might be our last year with a real tree and he was very skeptical. So then I tried to get him to share my vision by describing our awesome white fake tree with technicolor ornaments and if he was really worried about missing the smell of evergreen in our house {uh,… Read more →
Technology Rules
Unplug, unplug, unplug. I know. [I keep saying it too.] Technology is frying our brains and taking samurai-swings at our work/life balance, and all kinds of terrible things, but be honest…YOU LOVE IT. I love it. I mean, I’m at its mercy and it is my master and all that, but if Siri could shower for me I’d download that… Read more →
The Santa Conundrum: Adventures In Interfaith Parenting
This morning, my friend Laura hosted a “Santa and Me” party at the Americana at Brand…which if you don’t live in Los Angeles, is basically like they took Main Street from Disneyland, populated it with designer shops, and plopped it in the middle of a major metropolitan area. So, y’know…awesome. At Christmastime, it snows there. Which is novel because it… Read more →
Give Your Dog A Gift. If You And Your Dog Are Into That Sort Of Thing.
{Leash by Found My Animal} So, lately we’ve been watching a whole lot more TV (or rather, tivo’d Disney Channel movies on repeat) around these parts than I think any parent would like to admit. I blame the flu. We’re working on it. Especially now that Delilah has taken to repeating pretty much everything she hears everywhere. Like this morning… Read more →