Picnics are the sort of thing people should do more often. No one really talks about how much better things taste when eaten on a blanket...

I had passed up the same gum ball machine at the same thrift store last fall. I think the bright red color through me and though I can’t...

There are only two acceptable reasons for any sane person to do background work in Hollywood; the paycheck being an obvious list topper...

When you are past the age when traipsing to strangers’ homes to beg for pitifully tiny candies inspires excitement, how does one conjure...

I don't like bugs. It's a learned phobia I've tried unsuccessfully, to break. To see my mother and I, take on a mosquito hawk was a...

When you live in a 600 square foot apartment, the balance between function and style is a delicate art. I’m constantly wracking my brain...

Chase and I were married 5 years ago on June 25th, 2016. At least once a week since, one of us will turn to the other and say, "Remember...

My walls have been through many iterations. In fact, all photos featured here are from the last 15 months alone, but you know what they...

Chase turned 35 a few weeks ago. He's never been very enthusiastic about his birthday, typically opting to stay in, see a movie, and/or...

I remember attending baby showers as a little girl. They were nothing like the Pinterest spectacle they’ve morphed into today. In the...

"Once a King in Narnia, always a King in Narnia. But don't go trying to use the same route twice. Indeed, don't try to get there at all....

I was talking to my friend Jenni this week, about how in school, we had such extravagant, unfettered dreams for ourselves. I told her...

"I am writing these poems From inside a lion, And it's rather dark in here. So please excuse the handwriting Which may not be too...

Sometimes, over the incessant noise of my brain, the running recitation of to-do lists, and self critiques, I notice goat cheese. The...

Oh..... sweet (cherry filled) child of mine. How much strife you've caused me. How I wish you would have been pie. How in the world did I...

I don't think that's how the saying goes but it should be. Everyone knows that the stars are farther out than the moon. I digress. I've...

The first big trip Chase and I took together was to New Orleans, nearly a year after our wedding. A sort of late honeymoon. We'd decided...

I ran out of exfoliant in quarantine. On my list of worst things to run out of, this ranks in the top 10, just under food, coffee, and...

We live in a vintage one bedroom apartment in Toluca Lake, a tiny borough of LA between North Hollywood and Burbank. When we first moved...

This morning I unofficially woke up at 5:15am. You know, the unofficial wake up when you can technically tell your spouse, "I woke up at...