Dear Serenading Neighbor, I understand that there are times when the music just takes you, and your soul demands that you sing “Love Will Keep Us Together” at the top of your lungs. Who doesn’t love the Captain and his Tennille? There is many a drive to work that has included my stunning renditions of
Do you ever have one of those days where you just want to burst into tears for no discernable reason? Yeah, me neither. (picture me kicking the dirt with my toe, head hanging down) Ok, that might have happened to me once… on Thursday… when my invisibility cloak came out of retirement. It was a
It has been a while since I’ve brought you a little touch of Hollywood. Tonight, I attended the “White Collar” panel as part of Paley Fest. I’m a casual viewer, but Pen is slowly turning me into a fan– and it has made the DVR. After tonight, I think it’s going to make the DVR’s
Two Stories for Friday A Real Beauty I was at the beauty supply store trying not to commit suicide over the extraordinary cost of the shampoo and conditioner I “should” be using when I was approached by one of the women who work there. Woman: Do you have a sister? Kate: No. Woman: But you
Following my ladies of leisure lunch on Friday, Pen and I hit Abbot Kinney for a little wistful window shopping. Wistful not because we couldn’t afford some of the offerings, but because we realized that everything required far more style than either of us had. Naturally, this led back to the “Precise Girls” post and
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One of the best things about Los Angeles is the ability to find excellent restaurants with outside seating to take advantage of 74 degree February days. Now, I know that many of my readers located in the Midwest and East Coast have just moved on to a new page, but I did not mean this
I had an ongoing fantasy as a kid that I would someday become one of the “Precise Girls”. You’ve seen them: clothes are perfectly tailored and starched, jewelry is appropriate (and on), hair has never known a flyaway. I tried. I really tried. I owned Lisa Birnbach’s “The Official Preppy Handbook”. I even read it.
As an award-winning blogger (shhhh—let’s live with the delusion a bit longer), I feel like I should be imparting daily words of wisdom. Somehow “relationships suck” is not going to cut it anymore. Unfortunately, I have no profound wisdom. I don’t even have vaguely logical wisdom. I do, however, continue to be mystified that anyone
I received an email letting me know that this blog has been named among the 50 Best Relationship Blogs (I’m #7 in the main list) by Guide to Online Schools. Clearly, I do not deserve this… particularly since I haven’t written consistently in ages. However, they have called me “witty” and I think we all