Crawl deep down the procrastination hole with me (come on, who DOESN'T need to know 33 simple ways to fall back in love with your life, or what the best YouTube tutorials for Halloween make-up are?) Don't work, troll the internet instead! HAPPY HUMP DAY!View Article
Honestly, I'm not crazy about Halloween. On good days, I get to play dress up for a living and it just seems like a lot of effort to put into getting drunk and bingeing on candy. I can do that in my sweatpants any day of the year, and I don't know why I have to dress up like a sexy cat or a loofah in order to do it on October 31. Really, it's the only holiday standing between me and starting to play Christmas music (which will begin promptly at midnight as soon as Halloween is over). However, Tony and I were invited to a Halloween party on Saturday that he reallyreallyreally wants to go to, so I'm trying to figure out what to dress up as without having to actually buy/put effort into anything. Here is what I've come up with so far...View Article
A few weeks ago, I visited Austin with my dad and brother and forced my dad to photograph me for the blog, calling it "work." Proof that the parental instinct is stronger than anything (including common sense, in this case) my dad supported me and my dreams. I bought this dress to wear to my Bridesmaids' Luncheon way back in July when I was still legally single. It is what I affectionately refer to as "tablecloth chic." I love it because it covers my arms, and yet the wind can still blow through the woven lace, so it's perfect for fall in Los Angeles (which is still in the 90's). And you'll be happy to know that it is currently majorly on sale and under $100! Grab one if you like and let's be twinsies.View Article
LOTS to be grateful for this week. Such as...View Article
Everyone I know (and even people I don't) keep asking when Tony and I are going to have a baby. Here is where I'm at on the topic. (Full disclosure: I needed a glass of wine to get through this very personal subject, so NO MOM, I'M NOT PREGNANT YET.) (I hope.)View Article
HAPPY BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY!!!!!! And also Hump Day! And Two Days From Friday Day! My parents just left L.A. after spending six days with us and I'm celebrating by vacuuming up dog hair and wondering who is going to buy me dinner (spoiler alert: my own joint bank account. Not sure about how I feel about this whole "grown up" thing, although I do love being married.) I took a Spiritual Detox class with my friend Kim this morning, which we immediately followed up with a selfie photo shoot (see above), which probably canceled out any goodwill we earned from the universe in the class. Oh well. Kim's a vegan and we chased our photo shoot with quinoa and tofu, so I guess I'm technically a vegan now too (until dinner anyway). Now, I really need to get some more writing done on the web series she and I are working on. But if we're being honest, here is what I'm reading instead...View Article
When the kind people over at Tatcha reached out to collaborate, they had me at "geisha" skincare routine - my skin is naturally the shade geishas paint their face to achieve, so it felt like kismet. (In fact, just this morning, my husband posted a photo of an albino baby deer to Facebook, calling it my spirit animal. Thanks again, Tony, nothing makes a girl feel beautiful quite like being compared to an animal!) The product line is inspired by the beauty practices of geishas and the company looks to a 200-year-old handbook detailing their routine to guide their product design, while also incorporating modern technology. Red algae, green tea and rice bran appear in nearly all of their products. The creator and CEO of the line calls it "sushi minus the fish." FOR YOUR FACE. I love sushi almost as much as my dog-children, so I am very into this...View Article
When I first moved into this house, the backyard was 90% dirt. I loved it anyway. The house felt like a home, and even though it's centrally located, it feels a million miles away from the city. The neighborhood reminded me of my grandparents' home in Mill Valley. And I fell in love with the potential of the backyard; when I went outside, I heard birds, the wind in the eucalyptus trees and the kids playing at the nearby elementary school - NOT the creak of the gate announcing that a stranger on drugs had wandered up the driveway to go for a swim in the pool next to the guesthouse I was renting before I moved here. I was excited to put my stamp on this steep, bizarrely L-shaped patch of dirt; it was my little corner of Los Angeles. And when Tony and I started dating, I finally did... It's been a work in progress over the past few years, and here is how it's turned out!View Article
