Career Day Rocked — Mostly Because I was there

I went to Little BFF’s school for Career Day yesterday to talk about what it’s like to be a journalist. In case you’re new here, Little BFF is my cousin’s 8-year-old daughter whom I call my “niece,” and she also happens to be my BFF. We’re so seriously in love with each other that her [...]

Read This Post if You Want to be Saved

Saturday morning, 9 a.m. doorbell rings. And rings. And rings again. All within a matter of eight seconds. Why? Why don’t you just ring the doorbell once? And why are you ringing my doorbell at 9 a.m.? Who are you and what do you need at 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning? Oh, right. It’s [...]

A weekend of “Surprises”

The Boss came home Friday night for a weekend visit and I’m pretty sure he wasn’t too happy when I called him on Thursday and was like, “Hey can you take a taxi home?” He was like, “What?” and I was like, “Can you take a taxi when you get here?” And he goes, “What?” [...]

Disaster Area

The Boss came home for an impromptu visit this weekend (more on that later) and it sort of re-motivated me to get packing. Ever since he’s been gone, and since my moving date has changed a few times, I sort of packed up the packing, and it’s been business as usual around here. He had [...]

I don’t get it

I have lots of blonde friends — most of whom are naturally blonde — and none of them are dumb. In fact, they are some of the smartest people I know. I’m not sure how the whole Dumb Blonde Joke thing got started, but yesterday while I was flipping through the Harper’s Bazaar that gets [...]