Nearly a year ago, a local plastic surgeon offered me essentially any medi-spa service I could dream of gratis, simply in exchange for writing about the experience. A pretty good deal, no doubt, but a seriously intimidating one for a woman who had never considered fillers as anything but a punchline. I came home to my husband and gently broached… Read more →
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Rehearsal
{via @kristenhowerton} Ahhhh, NYC. I just can’t quit you. I’m back (again) and this time it’s to step in front of the camera for the first time maybe ever (well, since film school). When Dee was a baby, I was hell bent on keeping her little body free of the crap that Scott and I tend to eat and full… Read more →
“Doc, Are You Telling Me This Sucker’s Nuclear?”
[This post was originally published on an anonymous blog long ago and far away, and then later re-published on Toy With Me and even on BlogHer, but never, ever here on my personal website where people who know me could read it. Until now. I’ve been desensitized by the fact that I stepped up and claimed my once anonymous post… Read more →
Blast From The Past: I Carried A Watermelon
Originally Published 09.20.10 Me and this blog have been having a bit of a stand-off lately. (And by lately, I mean for going on about eleven months now.) It has a lot to do with the postpartum depression I haven’t really talked about, and the crippling, silencing shame I felt while lost in that abyss, but the way it’s manifested… Read more →
Blast From The Past: Mazel Tov, 13-Year-Old-Me
[Hi Dudes. I’m in NY, but my blog is not. So, to keep the blood flow moving around these parts {because don’t you hate it when your blog falls asleep?} I thought I’d republish a few of my personal favorite posts from years past. This particular vintage tidbit was selected as a BlogHer Voice Of The Year in 2010, which… Read more →
Born To Be Wild
Learning to ride a motorcycle is an emotional undertaking. I don’t think that’s a chick thing, either. I think across the board if you can give yourself over to the experience then it’s going to give your confidence a kick in the rear. Especially the way the world is right now. All over-connected and socially mediated and all that jazz.… Read more →
Must Love Dogs
Seven years ago, when Scott came home from the restaurant he managed and told me he was going to start a dog walking business, I was not super psyched. But as it turned out, this was no ordinary dog walking business. Scott and his partner Jesse had big plans, and they got to work FAST on putting those plans into… Read more →
Well, Shit.
Yesterday, a squirrel ran out into the street and under Scott’s car. Except it wasn’t a squirrel. It weighs about a pound, but we’re pretty sure it’s a dog of some kind. It’s just…let me remind you that I currently share my home with a sixty lb puppy, so you’ll excuse my confusion when upon realizing that this little girl… Read more →
Milk, It Does A Body Good. Pass it on.
Remember that Milk Board slogan from the 80’s? GOT MILK really is much more succinct. Anyway, now the Milk Board has followed you to my blog. No really, this post is sponsored by the Milk Board of California. Because California rules and our cows are like, happy and stuff. And also we are really low on cash. Here’s why I’m… Read more →
Cool or Crazy? Plus John Legend & Sade in a Box.
Like, a super sweet suite box: Thanks to Jen and Barb of Mom Life for the invite. It’s rad when fellow working Moms recognize each other and treat each other to nice things. I really can’t thank Jen and Barb enough for this much needed break. But first, before spending an evening in a fancy-ass box at Staples Center drinking wine… Read more →