I have no recollection of this. My files say it's from 1999. I know I'm the one in the middle with the fake combover, and that's Christine on the left, and my dear Heather on the right. Heather is recovering from surgery, so I found the most awesome photo of her to put up … [Read more...]
Rainy Day Activity: French Wine Tasting and Art Exhibit at Whole Foods in Venice!
Do you ever choose a book by its cover? How about buying wine by its label? I'll confess: I do it all the time. In fact, sometimes I pick wine by the name. If I'm heading to my book club meeting and the book is, say, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and I see a wine that is … [Read more...]
Spring Break Snack For Kids: Recipes with Smart & Final
I am a member of the Collective Bias® (#CollectiveBias!) Social Fabric® Community. This shop for First Street products at Smart & Final (#ChooseSmart!) for the creation of healthy snacks for spring break has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: My Beastie Boy
He's totally thinking "I'll stir fry you in my wok." Or maybe just "I like my sugar with coffee and cream." … [Read more...]
Bon Jovi Cologne, $300, and YouTube
That is not the beginning, or even the punchline, of a funny (or even very bad) joke. It is a short list of some of the things I've been working on that haven't appeared on this site. "Man Smell" is an essay I wrote about my surprise and dismay when my first born son started … [Read more...]
Just Do It: Vegetable Garden
Okay, Agoura Hills. It's time. I'm going to take this gray, sad, lonely patch of dirt and turn it into a vegetable garden. Pros: growing my own vegetables! I am consuming a ton of vegetables now because I have changed my diet (long story, more on that some other time) and I … [Read more...]