“I had told Rema once, when she complained of feeling aimless and amiss, that she had been born in the wrong era and that she should consider just waking up every morning and being her profession enough. I told her she could be my duchess. She may have contemplated taking what I said as […]

While I’m thick in treatment-writing-I-may-very-well-pull-out-every-single-stand-of-my-hair mode, I leave you with some more choice fall finds. I will preface this list by saying that although I am boycotting J Crew sweaters (because they fall apart faster than a Hills spin-off), I did quiver a little when I fingered the glass buttons of this very fab […]

Remember I did that really cool reading in Boston where everyone was funny, witty, charming, and the food was DELICIOUS???! Well, if you missed out on the season premier of the Four Stories Reading Series (curated by Tracy Slater), you missed out - BIG TIME. Steve Almond compared Sarah Palin to a pitbull, I […]

I have a confession to make: I’m addicted to Starbucks. Hand over a grande pike or it’s your life. Seriously. So, in Los Angeles, I was relieved that my best friend has the same addiction. We’d wake (my lying on the blow-up futon, she on the couch), rub the sleep from our eyes, and […]

I’ve got a treatment to handwrite, type, edit, edit, and edit some more. I’ve got a nervous breakdown to avoid (resigning during a Wall Street crisis and looming recession is always a brilliant idea, isn’t it?), some very necessary catching-up to do with friends, some flowers to place in vases about my home, and some […]

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I made a monumental life decision today. In short, the decision I made today will markedly change the course of my life. It upsets everything I know and disturbs the need for order I […]

This weekend was nothing short of extraordinary! Meeting the cast of Entourage, occupying the same space as Vince Vaughn, networking with executives from Paramount, MTV and Sony, and spending time with my new slew of L.A. friends. I’ll say this: L.A. is really growing on me. Click here for more snaps from the Entourage […]

Let’s be honest - aren’t you just dying over the crafted frosting with the lone pink dot on top? This vanilla bean cupcake was exquisite on the plate (don’t this sprinkles remind you of mini diamonds?), but a touch disappointing to the palate. While the frosting was lovely and the cupcake base was […]

Can we talk about how much amazing food we had? So, straight up. This is real Mexican. This is the read deal. No lard. Fresh ingredients. Homemade recipes, this place is all about old school. I almost sobbed eating the hard tacos (and then got violently ill when I sampled the guacamole, knowing full […]

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I’ll be in Los Angeles for a short sojourn with the best friend. We’ll be kicking up our heels in Santa Monica. Ruckus, good times, hiking, chowing, shopping, styling, and the usual adventures will […]

Compulsively reading: Patricia Bosworth’s magnificent biography of the famed “freak” photographer, Diane Arbus, which not only offers an intense, spellbinding portrait of her subject, but introduced me to other avant-garde photographers of the period like Marvin Israel, Lisette Model, and Robert Frank. These artists eschewed perfect, refined portraiture and opted for the rough, raw […]

Please join me as I fly to Boston for the Four Stories Boston Season Opening on Monday, September 8!  The evening’s theme: Friends and strangers: Stories of the people we meet.
I’ll be reading with Steve Almond, Pushcart Prize winner, National Magazine Award finalist, writer twice featured in the Best American series; and author of […]

I’m still holding on to the weekend. There was Rebecca Taylor and me falling head over heels with violet perfection, crepes with WMC, The Prada Incident, the French Crime Wave (courtesy of Jean Luc Godard) @ Film Forum, good food & wonderful, wonderful friends. Here’s to not erasing the tape.