This is today’s undoctored (untouched by photoshop) weather report for Irvine on Yahoo! Obviously written by a Californian. “Quick Honey! Get out of the jacuzzi, throw on your UGGs and let’s hightail-it over to Starbucks to hunker down from the coming severe drizzle!”

I am loving our new house. We broke it in tonight with a birthday party for my mom. Nothing like having the whole family scattered throughout to get a feel if the place will implode at the chatter of 7 people all trying to talk over Fox News. I made my very first birthday cake. […]

I’ve had no internet, no home phone, no camera (in the shop for cleaning) and no cable for the last week–it’s been brutal, rustic and charmless. I’ve been like the Laura Ingalls of Irvine, but with an iPhone. My daughter loves the “Little House on the Prairie” books and when I read them I always […]

I am still knee deep in boxes. My internet is going to be turned off tonight–yikes. Here are three of my favorite comedians to keep you entertained until I am back, which will probably be on Saturday if Cox did me a solid and hooked me up at the new house. Gary Gulman Orny Adams […]

Just hired the movers and it made me think of this scene from “When Harry Met Sally.” (RIP Bruno Kirby)

My husband just got back from his annual trip to Africa. He was visiting Zimbabwe to identify potential charities. He visited orphanages, old aged homes and the random internet cafe. Inflation is so bad there that it cost something like 13 BILLION dollars for 15 minutes of internet time. As an internet writer this would […]

My family and I are moving to a new home on Saturday. We are still within Irvine as we have been in our last three moves. Larry and I have moved perpetually ever since we were married–San Francisco to Santa Barbara to Irvine to Irvine to Irvine to Irvine. In some ways I like to […]

Love American Style Love, Love, Love Love, American Style, Truer than the Red, White and Blue. Love, American Style, That’s me and you. And on a star spangled night my love, (My love come to me). You can rest you head on my shoulder. Out by the dawn’s early light, my love I will defend […]