Self

I’m writing from the couch of our apartment in L.A. with pumpkin-spiced coffee in hand, a soon-to-be-smoked turkey marinading in the kitchen and R reading last week’s New York Times Sunday Review by my side. It’s 65 degrees outside, The Rockettes just did their thing they do so well, and in an hour I’ll be back on this coach watching the National Dog Show aka …

I like to think that I’m very good at being an adult. I make my bed and with the perfect amount of accent pillows. I know just what to get everyone on my holiday gifting list. I use an under eye cream at night, take a vitamin C pill every morning, and never drink before noon on the weekdays. And yet there are area of …

This post was born out of the 45 minutes I recently spent trying to get my newly straight hair (it literally just went straight after 29.5 years of being curly!!!) to curl properly using one of those curling rods every 12-year-old on YouTube seems to have mastered. Enjoy! The Top 10 Things I (Apparently) Still Need To Remind Myself …at 30 Years of Age  10. …

(from ShowKnows.com) The last thing I wrote about my upcoming wedding was this list of the Top 10 Weirdest Things About Being Engaged and this way-too-long essay on how to find a wedding dress. Those were both written almost three months ago – a time when I was still totally and completely consumed with the planning process. I spent more hours per day than I’ll …

There’s a fantastic website out there called Rumors On The Internets where you’ll find a fantastic podcast called Fortnights On The Internets, where you’ll find a brand new episode featuring my actual voice! Hosts Alpine, Alison and I talk about everything from why I almost stopped writing this blog (but didn’t) to whether or not I think our generation is lazy and entitled (which I …

I’ve touched on the issue of infertility before – or rather fears of infertility. It was in this post about an episode of New Girl where CeCe finds out she has so few eggs left that she essentially needs to get pregnant yesterday if she wants to have kids. I wrote about being frustrated that the show didn’t explain the testing process for finding out …