The other night I was hankering for a snack. The kind you can just mindlessly chomp on while you read or watch TV. I didn't have much on hand, but I did have 2 cans of chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and a random, lonely zucchini. So I decided to roast them. I have seen other … [Read more...]
Listen To Your Mother. No, Really. April 27 in Orange County [Ticket Giveaway!]
Next Sunday, the national show Listen To Your Mother will happen in Orange County (Santa Ana). It is worth a day trip for this, my friends, I promise you. In addition to talent from OC and San Diego, the cast features several Los Angeles area moms including Agoura Hills' own … [Read more...]
Flashback Friday: Baby Brady
Today this tiny little golden baby turns 7. SEVEN. (Here is his birth story and more pictures.) I'm filled with emotion and I can't find more words to tell you how this makes me feel, so, just look. He was less than a week old here. These photos were taken by Jennifer Spaly. … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: How To Make Green Eggs
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Have You Cut the Cable Cord?
We've been talking about getting rid of our "cable," which is actually AT&T Uverse television, for years. We could live without everything on it but the sports, and really the only sports we'd truly miss is Notre Dame football. So, a few months out of the year, internet … [Read more...]
When Your Move-a-Body Friend Is the Body
2010, Granada Hills, CA On the night of Lisa's funeral, we gathered at her house, the other Notre Dame '93 gals and I. Lisa, Lisa, Suzanne, and Julie (yes, there were three Lisa's, once.) We drank her liquor. We told stories in her living room. And then we stayed the … [Read more...]