Have you read the piece that Ashley Judd wrote for The Daily Beast about the recent media attack on her “puffy face”, but moreover about how not okay it is that such attacks even take place? Because you really should. Judd’s essay is the kind of op-ed that makes you sit back and listen. She confronts both the overtly tacky… Read more →
Category: The Not-So-Trivial
I Made a Freaking Challah, and Other Thoughts About My Jewishness.
A few weeks ago Delilah started “Transition” class. That is, for the uninitiated, pre-pre-school, so to speak. Almost immediately, I realized I had found what I didn’t know had been missing from our lives. Jews. No really. As you may have deduced from my frequent swapping of Moses for any other prophet, saint, or deity in common turns of phrase,… Read more →
Pinning from my iPhone in a 7-11…Week in Review
Um, true or false, The WineRack (that’s a bra that holds wine) just met it’s match? TRUE. That right there is four single serving plastic stemless wine glasses stacked on top of one another and packaged that way for your drinking pleasure. Newport Beach based Stacked Wines apparently just launched this month, and I spotted it in my local 7-11… Read more →
Some Things Must Be Shared.
“It is about equality.” Read more →
[re] Create
It’s weird when you lose control. Because once you let go? It’s almost like you don’t remember what it felt like to hold on. Depression is a chameleon. That’s part of it’s charm. It almost never looks the same, which makes it all that much easier to feel like you’re completely alone. Or at least…for me anyway. There goes that… Read more →
What the ef is a limitation?
I have fibromyalgia. Do you know what that is? It’s really super lame. I was diagnosed with it at 23 while working in a soul crushing job, pretending I didn’t day dream about JUST HOW BADLY I’d have to get hurt to not have to go to work anymore, but not be like…permanently injured, and watching my body go through… Read more →
Some Small Business Gift Guidance.
Small business Saturday is such a nice break between crazy-ass Black Friday, and bandwidth-breaking Cyber Monday. Do you find yourself wondering: “But HOW can I support small businesses?” {Just…humor me.} Never fear, friends and lurkers, I am here to give you a few ideas of how my personal pockets are lined. First and foremost, this time of year, think about… Read more →
No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn
I had no idea that a week in New York could be so good for my mental health. Normally I find Manhattan crushing and stressful, but this time, I actually spent very little time in the City I knew, and instead couch surfed around the streets of Brooklyn…trolling coffee shops, vintage stores, and every boutique my feet could carry me… 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 →
Because a LOT of People Do It On New Years.
October 5th. The infamous most popular birthday of the year. {I myself have an October 8th Baby so we all know how Scott and I rang in 2009.} Today, more women will give birth than on any other day of the year. Are you ready for me to kick that horse again? 15% of those Moms will be diagnosed with… Read more →