This evening, Susan and I attended Susan Egan’s latest opening—an exhibit of her Polaroids, which examined the female form in various states of undress. The images were provocative, playful, and solitary. Which is to say that some of her subjects seemed to be lonely; their bodies calling out for something.
Above is a sample image […]

Perhaps I was inspired by King Chub, Your Chubbiness, Prince Chub, but I got to thinking that my newsletter has failed you on many, many levels. There is the fact that my host provider treats every single email I send to another human being as SPAM, so bcc is not an option. Yes, even in […]

Thanks to all my amazing Australian readers! My memoir, The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here, is selling like hotcakes (hotcakes!!) down under, and is a HarperCollins bestseller! Thank you so much for reading & supporting my little book that could. Now if only I could wrangle a trip out of this.
Update: Fox news! […]

This weekend, I participated in Larry Davidson’s annual Writers on the Vine series. Throughout the summer Davidson hosts weekly events (most are theme-based) where he interviews authors about their life and work, and the audience is encouraged to participate via a Q&A. Frankly speaking, this is an event writers dream of: an idyllic setting […]

Thank god for the internet. Have a good weekend! (via)
P.S. (totally unrelated, but related because I found this video via twitter). I am on twitter! Follow me!

Things are going to be a bit insane on the work/personal front over the next few days, so here are a few quick bits that are on my proverbial radar.
Read this: Wendy Merrill’s Falling into Manholes: The Memoir of a Good/Bad Girl: In this hilarious, smart memoir, forty-ish Wendy Merrill details her struggles with […]

Every conversation I’ve had recently has revolved around money. Whether it’s a full-blown confession of a shopping addiction, how to convince a Student Loan Corporation representative that while you make $80K a year you barely survive paycheck to paycheck, how to negotiate the precarious terrain of IRAs, 401ks, credit/savings, IRS audits, “bad” and “good” debt, […]

Although I’m returning to familiar terrain-reconsidering my past, adapting my memoir for film-this time it’s markedly different. I’m different. I have a clarity I didn’t have before, and I know precisely how large a part I played in losing some of my dearest college friends (one pictured here), and keeping an old one (Liz […]

Did you know that rats would become extinct if the world food supply was reduced to raw vegetables? Did you know that rats use their keen sense of touch to familiarize themselves with the lay of the land - this is how they navigate their neighborhood and can escape rather quickly? That they are […]

If you haven’t found yourself buried in a hole, you know that THE MOST IMPORTANT SHOW IN AMERICA returns 9.1.08. Everyone in my office has marked their calendars. (Side note: we won’t discuss the return of 90210 to the CW, but we’ll say we did.) We are waiting with bated breath. Will Chuck & […]

Watch this: The Wackness. We’re going to ignore the insertion of a certain double-decker LIRR train, which was non-existent in 1994. We’re also going to ignore the negative reviews for two reasons: a. this movie, while not life-changing, was smart, hilarious, and manage to evoke a hell of a lot of nostalgia for a certain […]

Ever since I spied iconic American designer Donna Karan’s pre-fall handbag collection in the July issue of InStyle Magazine, I’ve been aching for dark & textured leathers and cashmere cowlneck sweaters-signs of autumn. But while the temperature settles at a constant & humid 88 degrees, I’ll opt for dreaming of crisp October mornings, terracotta […]

When it comes to the cookie, I don’t play around; I take it very seriously. From the chocolate chip pecan to the ultimate cookie courtesy of the baking goddess Martha Stewart, to the fig and chocolate variation, to the lavender madeline, my affection for baking delicious treats will never abate.
The ginger snap recipe […]