She was a small-town girl who wanted a big-city life. She had known this from essentially the day she was born. No one around her understood her and her desire to leave the town the second she entered the world. It was an itch. A predisposition. […]
I already expressed my devastation on Twitter and Facebook. But I am still haunted. And, I need to expand on the 250 characters I used to describe my immediate sadness. I was saddened when kate Spade committed suicide. I am just devastated at the fact that Anthony […]
I am a die-hard New Yorker who knows which city streets to go to to find my fake designer handbags. Or I used to do. See, when I was younger I was very, very poor. So, I needed to buy some cherished items such as videos, music and […]
When the recent Han Solo movie came out at the movie theaters, I didn’t know that it was its opening weekend. I was lucky enough to get seats to its showing. Or so I thought. When we got to the cinema, it was a nearly empty auditorium. I […]
This morning I woke up singing that Michelle Branch song “Goodbye to You.” It was a song that I first heard on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Which, by the way, is in my top five ever favorite shows. I know that the name of the show, and the […]
A long time ago, I lived abroad in Spain. It was a fabulous time of growth for me as I learned to see the world with new lens. I got to eat new foods and drink great wine and walk the city streets of a city that […]
I am one of those odd ducks that likes to read the ending to a book first. You would often have caught me in the aisle of a bookstore sitting on the floor reading the last few pages of a book. Then I would decide whether to buy […]
Every now and again a city girl like myself needs to get away from the city streets. Especially when in Los Angeles. You do have to pick carefully, however, because you dont want to end up in a suburban enclave just like Los Angeles. ‘Cause what’s the point […]
My son and I have a nice nightly ritual. We pick a show to watch together that we then deconstruct. It is fun to hear my nine year old son’s perspective on plotlines. He may have a future on scriptwriting. One show that we have had a blast […]
My family has always had a fraught relationship with lady luck. My mom had fantastic luck until she didn’t. Then it became horrid. I had great luck for a few things and no luck for a few others. I learned from an early age, I had to either […]
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