There are orphans in Haiti who may need our help. Clean water is scarce and many infants are left vulnerable to disease. You can donate your milk to the nearest Human Milk Bank Association of North America. Please call 1-866-998-4550 or visit: http://www.hmbana.org/. Logistical infrastructure is still being set in place, but by being proactive, we may be able to… Read more →
Category: The Not-So-Trivial
Happy 2010
I lost a lot of things in 2009. My job. My side of the bed. My perky ‘C’ cups. But despite being one of the more challenging years of my life, 2009 has also been the richest. Because amidst all of the craziness this past year threw at us, I found a love I never thought possible. … Read more →
For Gabrielle
On Sunday September 27th, just hours after giving birth to her baby girl Gabrielle, Jewelyn Okamoto died of an amniotic fluid embolism. Sudden, tragic, and unpredictable, her death left her husband Philip to care for their beautiful daughter without his wife by his side. Visit the website set up in Jewelyn’s honor HERE for details on how you can… Read more →
Why Snail Mail is still better than E-Mail.
I used to live in New York. It seems so long ago now that I can barely remember what it was like to be an actual resident and not a visitor to the city that never sleeps – but the one memory that never fades is the sheer awesomeness of the converted bomb shelter on 13th Street where I lived… Read more →
R.I.P.
John Hughes died today of a heart attack at the age of 59. I’m truly saddened by this news – there are no words for the enormous impact that he had on me personally, as well as the countless filmmakers and storytellers both big and small that he influenced with his work. Rest in Peace, John. You will be… Read more →
No Cookie Left Behind
So, for the past few years, my beloved Jodi has helped to organize a wonderful Bake Sale at Scoops Ice Cream Shop to benefit childhood hunger. She and the lovely ladies that put it on are all wonderful bakers, and all around crafty people, and this year they upped the ante by adding Onesies for sale to benefit the little… Read more →
Love is indiscriminate. California is not.
On September 29, 2007 I married the love of my life. No one tried to stop me. Our family and friends gathered, drank (a lot), danced, and celebrated with us the joy that we’ve found in each other. Every day when I wake up next to my husband, I’m grateful that I get to experience marriage, because it truly is… Read more →
Oh, Fuck it.
I’m pregnant, and I love this diaper bag. (It’s Stella McCartney for LeSportSac, and it’s at least a season old, so now I can’t find it anywhere.) I haven’t been able to come up with a good way to break our big news…and now I’ve been dragging it out for over a week, so there it is. 16 weeks. Due… Read more →
Happy Birthday Miss Eva
When I call her my “Beauty Queen” she calmly corrects me and tells me she’s a princess. She’s FOUR years old today, and she’s got to be one of my favorite people on this planet. By a stroke of fate (an impromptu weekend visit to spend some time with my very pregnant sister before she popped, and the only return… Read more →
Kumar goes to the White House
HOUSE SPOILER. If you are behind on your TiVo, read no further. So, Scott and I were shocked, SHOCKED last night when Lawrence Kutner, Kal Penn’s character on House (we love House – it’s totally picking up Grey’s Anatomy’s slack) inexplicably shot himself in the face. At first, I chocked it up to the House writing staff’s affinity for offing… Read more →