DIARY

Say Yes

November 4, 2014

I write a lot about the process of getting older. It's even the main theme of my second book...which is ostensibly a memoir about pregnancy and style, but is really an exploration of the feeling that I've been struck by so often during these past few years: the sense that I somehow teleported straight from a bar on the Sunset Strip into adulthood, with no real understanding of how in the world it came to be that I went and officially Grew Up.

It just happened.

It's a bizarre - and in many ways, exciting - thing to realize: that when I'm standing there in the middle of one disaster or another, looking around for an adult to come along and help out, that adult I'm looking for is me. And I can handle it - whatever "it" is - myself.

Lifestyle

Bucket List IV: Philly Day Trip

November 3, 2014

#roadtripping to Philly!

I've been to Philadelphia to meet with my publisher a few times over the past year or so, but it's always a quick in-and-out trip; a stop into the office, a nearby lunch, and then back in the car for a mad rush back up the Garden State Parkway to get home in time for dinner. I did do the whole cobblestone streets/historical landmarks/mustard pretzels thing way back in the fifth grade, but my major takeaway from that particular visit is the fact that Francesco told me that he liked Sarah better than he liked me, so: time for a return trip.

SNAPSHOTS

Totally Guarded The Galaxy

November 1, 2014

Like every kid on the planet, I loved Halloween. I loved dressing up and running down hallway after hallway (in New York City, you trick or treat in apartment buildings), and most of all loved going home that night and sorting through my candy, organizing it into piles according to a very specific hierarchical system I'd developed over the years, with Snickers at the top and Red Hots at the very bottom along with those weird-flavored Tootsie Rolls and anything involving black licorice.

But ever since I graduated from the trick or treating stage, Halloween has been one of my least favorite holidays - sort of like New Year's, it just feels like so much pressure. YOU MUST HAVE FUN TONIGHT. You know.

SNAPSHOTS

Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2014

Meow.

(Don't worry, I didn't renege on my promise to be not-lame this year with the costume; the cat getup was just for my son's school Halloween party. The green face paint is happening in a couple of hours. Obviously pictures are forthcoming, but I have to warn you: I have a feeling that the overall effect is going to be much more "messy and weird" than "awesome and badass.")

Baby

Traveling With Kids

October 22, 2014

The Colonnade Hotel, Boston, 7AM

Well, there you go: our first vacation as a family of four is under our belts. (Photos from the Boston leg are coming up on The Cut in a few days.)

Not gonna lie: I thought that taking a six-hour (each way) road trip and sharing a room with a newborn and a toddler (in Boston; we had separate rooms in Maine) would be sort of seventh-circle-of-hell-ish…but it turned out to be not just okay, but great.

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