It feels like yesterday. I was a skinny, awkward kid, floating in my uncle’s pool in August, and there was nothing else on my mind but Halloween. All summer, my sisters and I would daydream and …
My Favorite Halloween Costume as a Kid
The Hierarchy of Halloween Candy
As an absolute candy lover growing up (I’ve got the dentist bills to prove it), I can undoubtedly say all candy is not created equal. Some sweets are better than others, and while we all have …
What’s the Spookiest Thing That Ever Happened To You?
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t scare easy. I jump when my husband creeps behind me in the mirror while I’m blow-drying my hair – the sonic noise ringing in my ear, too loud …
Why I Sometimes Feel Like Mrs. Kravitz
I don’t necessarily mean to see all the goings-on of the neighborhood, but I end up witnessing a lot of them. You see, I love a good window. And it just so happens that I spend …
What’s Your Favorite Day of the Week?
I don’t know when it happened, maybe in the last month or two. It sort of crept up on me, like my gradual appreciation of olives. One day, I just woke up and somehow, against all …
Pizza with a Side of Embarrassment: On Opening Yourself Up To Ridicule
I remember the first time I was really laughed at. I was six, and my older sisters and I had taken a walk to our favorite pizza parlor a few blocks away from our house to …
Why Are There So Many People Creeping Online?
My cat is funny. Sometimes when I’m sitting outside, I peek over and see him staring at me with his body halfway behind a tree or corner. He also will poke his head around doors so …
How Disney’s Cinderella F*cked Up My Early 20’s
I remember the moment like it was yesterday…I was 25, living in San Francisco, and perched on my grey leather sofa watching my favorite childhood movie, Disney’s animated Cinderella, on ABC family. After singing along to …
What is Your Earliest Childhood Memory?
Summer days as a kid were by far my favorite times growing up. I used to spend nearly every one of them at my Uncle’s pool eating roast beef sandwiches on an overgrown, gravelly poolside that …
Where Do All The Lost Things Go?
I’m not someone who holds a grudge, but there is one thing I have a hard time letting go. And that’s lost things. I remember nearly every single thing I’ve ever lost or had stolen – seriously. …