I Have So Much to Learn

A list of very serious concerns regarding my move to L.A. 1. How do you pronounce names of things when you move to a new place without asking someone and looking like a newbie transplant? What if The Boss and I live on Sanaga Rd.? Does anyone know how to pronounce that? Doesn’t matter that [...]

Toms Shoes

Watch this. I dare you not to cry. I had heard about Toms Shoes and wanted to find out more about their cause, so I visited their Web site. Within moments, I was 150 percent behind their mission. For every pair of shoes you buy, Toms will donate one pair of shoes to a child [...]

My Friends Buy Me Really Cool Things

My friend Lindsay is one of those people who doesn’t need an occasion to buy you a gift. She’s always collecting things that remind her of others, which means a visit with her is like celebrating your birthday/whatever holiday you celebrate, all the time. We hadn’t seen each other since December (and missed each other [...]

Supporting your family isn't always easy

If you’ve ever vacationed in the Caribbean islands, you know how beautiful it is there. But if you wander away from the fancy resorts and million-dollar cruise ships, you’ll come face-to-face with the reality that poverty is rampant on these tiny islands. My sister used to go to school in Dominica, where of the 70,000 [...]

Supporting your family isn’t always easy

If you’ve ever vacationed in the Caribbean islands, you know how beautiful it is there. But if you wander away from the fancy resorts and million-dollar cruise ships, you’ll come face-to-face with the reality that poverty is rampant on these tiny islands. My sister used to go to school in Dominica, where of the 70,000 [...]

This is what happens when your mom is an English teacher at a ritzy private school

Mom: How was your workout? Me: It was good. Mom: Good. Me: Yeah, it was so good I had sweat balls on my arms. Mom: What? Me: I said I had sweat balls on my arms, that’s how good I worked out. Mom: What are you trying to say? Me: Huh? Mom: I don’t understand [...]

Gotta Love McDonald's PR

When my sister handed me this flier from McDonald’s and said, “Look what I got in the mail today,” I was totally uninterested because A) You couldn’t pay me enough to eat fast food and B) I’m not a coffee or iced coffee drinker. But before I could tell her how much I didn’t care [...]

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