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my writing chair looks like my writing style feels! I currently have the honor of teaching a class called SO YOU WANNA BE A WRITER through the awesome Writing Pad school here in L.A. Last Saturday was my very first class and, as I explained to my students, I wanted it to be as much about how to be a writer as it is about …
I can’t believe that my little bit of mid-week happy is a commercial, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. My dad is an “Ad Man”, I spent the first five years of my career working in branded content development and my single favorite line of copy is, “every kiss begins with Kay.” Below is a commercial for Aussie haircare products featuring the hysterical GRAYDON …
My whole body turned itself into a fist when I saw Ann Bauer’s Salon.com article pop up on my news feed yesterday afternoon: “Sponsored” by my husband: Why it’s a problem that writers never talk about where their money comes from I felt like that article was giving me the side-eye. It’s not just that I recently found myself in this exact situation – it’s …
I have always been two things that don’t compliment each other very well: a cynic and a searcher. I’m dying to know things about myself, the universe, and where the two meet, if in fact they do. Yet my need for certainty – the black and white way I can see the world – always gets in the way. I don’t believe in things easily …
I’m about four weeks late to this post, but I just started the latest season of Downton Abbey, so it’s news to me. Guys – there’s no one better than Mosley. Not sad Lady Edith who is amazing because it’s like how much more are they going to do to this poor girl?? Not the delightfully stodgy Mr. Carson who never met a rule he …
Sunday night R and I had a somewhat impromptu stay at the new-ish SLS Las Vegas Hotel + Casino. It was somewhat impromptu because we planned to go to Vegas to visit my Dad who was there on business, but only decided on the SLS after we discovered their INSANE DEAL on a room ($53 base price on account of a promotion). I love hotels, …
My friend Kelly is one of those people who is always finding ways to incorporate her friends into her life, and as a quick peruse of her Instagram feed proves, she has a lot of them. So I was totally honored to get the below e-mail from her in advance of her upcoming birthday (shortened here for blog post sake): “I want 2015 to trump …
Confession: I have a gym membership to LA Fitness that I use approximately one every two weeks. I have no real excuses for that fact. The day gets busy or the machines are busy when I have time or all the classes are full…or I just would prefer to be inside my apartment than outside of it, in stretch pants. So I was intrigued by …
This weekend my friend Ally sent along one of the most fascinating reads that I’ve read in a very long time: a Modern Love piece titled To Fall In Love With Anyone, Do This. The simple premise: that there’s a formula to falling in love, and that one scientist cracked it. That formula: 36 very specific questions and four minutes of staring deeply into the …
Just a little update on how my month of restraint is going…because maybe if I publish the cold, hard facts on the Internet, I’ll finally stop eating cheese. Dry January: check! I have encountered seven occasions in which I was the only one not drinking since writing my resolution post. In fairness to my friends who are not, in fact, alcoholics, the Golden Globes were …