I grew up in a world, a certain faction of LA’s San Fernando Valley {AKA The818}, where there wasn’t a lot of raw truth being served up with the noodle kugel. I’m not saying my friends and family are a bunch of liars ~ obviously I’m not saying that ~ but when something went amiss in our world, there… Read more →
Category: Friends
Whiskey, White Chocolate, and a Crock Pot.
Once upon a time, my friend Jen said that nothing good could come from a crock pot. But I said that wasn’t true, because I had a recipe {from my Dad} for a White Chocolate Whiskey Bread Pudding that was so delicious it would blow her face clean off. Jen is a smart lady. She agreed that such a recipe,… Read more →
Neal took this shot of Dee.
I thought you needed to see it. * * * {Also ~ listen to this and get psyched. Tuesday’s the big day.} Read more →
Purgeday Thursday: Inspiration.
That’s not just a clever ABC ad circa 1994. It’s a postcard that hangs on my office wall from one of those postcard stands outside restaurant bathrooms that my dear friend and longtime penpal (back when there were paper and pens and pals and things) Laura sent me to cheer me up over a decade ago. Eight years ago this… Read more →
Friends.
*photo by Neal and his fancy new camera. Friends are rad, huh? When you go through something like the mindfuck I enjoyed this year, it’s pretty incredible to see your friends recognize your pain and respond…just when you’re sure that you’ve left their phone call unreturned for long enough that they’ve written you off as an asshole and will never… Read more →
Listen to the band, will ya?
I’m going to tell you something super gross. No…it’s like SUPER GROSS. Are you ready? I kind of feel like it’s gross enough that I should write it in white and make you highlight it if you want to read it so you can opt out if you’re not in the mood to revisit your breakfast. Ready? Highlight — start:Scott… Read more →
Dashiell and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Cake
The boy turns three tomorrow, but watching Sara expertly wrangle her two little men while managing to serve the six-layer rainbow cake she made from scratch while remodeling her bathroom (no, seriously) — you’d think she’d been at this Mom business for a hell of a lot longer. Sara is the kind of gracious, calm, collected, ready-before-the-guests-arrive, hostess that I could… Read more →
But enough about me.
No, seriously. Let’s talk about you for a minute, can we? First I posted that little poll about how people read blogs, to answer a burning question I had. And I was kind of fascinated by the responses – super surprised at how many people were using a reader! (I actually don’t use a reader — except on my iPad… Read more →
1.1.11
Today’s my two year blog-versary. In two years this site has gone from an email I sent to ten friends to…something else entirely. In a good way. Here’s to a spectacular 2011 for all of us – I for one am really looking forward to seeing what’s in store. Read more →
Home Again
Thursday night we finagled a night off out of my parents and snuck out to the Hotel Cafe where our friends Alex and Angela {aka The Damnwells} were kicking off their month long residency. It was awesome. I was a fan of Alex’s before we ever met, introduced to his music by one Ryan Reynolds (oops, sorry, dropped that name,… Read more →