Yesterday, on his way home from the airport after a few days in NYC for work, Tony texted me: "I watched Daddy's Home [on the plane] and it was real bad, but made me want to be a dad." He's saying stuff like this a lot lately. The topic of parenthood is a big one in our house. People ask me on a near-daily basis when we're having kids. I wrote about my feelings on motherhood recently, and my stance hasn't changed. But this week, several friends shared a pretty incendiary piece from New York Magazine's The Cut, entitled "A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Mom: Is domestic life the enemy of creative work?" I haven't been able to get it off my mind, and so I decided to write about it here today. Read the piece for yourself, but here are a few of the excerpts that caused me to lose sleep...View Article
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Question: Who is ready for my bestie Barbara King to write a book on navigating the madness of the Los Angeles school system?!? The multi-hyphenate actor//writer//blogger//mama is back with the latest in her series on motherhood in this strange City of Angels of ours, this time detailing some of the bizarre schools one might come across in the public school system...View Article
L.A. actor//writer//mom (and my bestie) Barbara King is back with her latest on motherhood in Los Angeles. This is the second piece in her series on the terrifying and hilarious (and very broken) school system in Los Angeles. When you're done laughing (or breathing into a paper bag from anxiety, if you are also going through the same ordeal), wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY in the comments section, and tell her it's all going to be okay! Here's Barbara on the questions you should ask on an L.A. school tour if you're a "Real Mom Of Los Angeles..."View Article
Tony and I are soaking up all the sights, sounds and pasta we can in our last few hours in NYC so my sweet sweet parents Laur and Murr are taking over the blog today in lieu of the usual Friday gratitude list. (Consider this my gratitude list: THANK YOU, MOM + DAD, FOR WRITING THIS BLOG!!) Having just turned 30 yesterday, I have a newfound respect for them, my mom especially - when she turned 30, she was less than 3 months away from giving birth to me and had to take it sober. (I, on the other hand, drank champagne pretty much all day long.) Her life was in such a different place than mine when she hit this milestone, which is crazy to think about because she and I are alike in so many ways. Here she and my dad are with their thoughts on their baby turning 30... Highlights include memories of me calling our beloved dog "Baby Jesus," and asking my mom on her 34th birthday, because 34 seemed SO OLD, "Are you going to die today?"View Article
My sweet, sweet bestie Barbara King – actress, writer and Mom of the Century – is back with the latest of her series on motherhood in Los Angeles. She wrote this rebuttal to a post I shared a few months ago about my fear of motherhood and everything that comes with it. FULL DISCLAIMER, MOM: I’M (STILL) NOT PREGNANT. I had three delicious cocktails last night, and plan to continue pretending my dogs are my children for just a little while longer. But here’s why Barbara thinks I should throw that plan out the window… Get ready to laugh AND have your heart ripped open with love and ALL THE FEELINGS.View Article
In honor of Mother's Day, I'm re-sharing the blog I wrote last year about lessons I've learned from my mom. But, I'm home for Mother's Day this year, even though my mom is not (she's out of town and I was in town for my friend Ali's bachelorette party). So, instead, I'm perusing the baby diary she kept about me. Here are a few highlights...View Article
It’s been a hectic week packed with work, events and people I love, so my heart is full and I’m looking forward to a rainy weekend catching up on books, work and procrastinating some more on my taxes. I hope yours is cozy and fun, too! Big changes are coming to the blog next week and I can’t wait to share them with you! In the meantime, here are the things that brought me happiness this week...View Article