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Thoughts On Marriage

Taking This Man... or thoughts on Marriage, August 2010



I'm going to a dear, dear friend's wedding today, on a beach in Malibu. I have also been planning an elopement. My own.

This morning, I remembered how, at 25, I whined to my chiropractor (the beautiful Heidi) "I want to get married!" She laughed at me – lovingly, but also at the absurdity of the statement. I had never had a serious boyfriend (or girlfriend). I was not dating. Nor was I particularly interested in dating. This whine...

Join me and Other Memoir Legends Monday Night

Tickets are still available for 826 LA's Memoir Writing panel/event. On a personal note, I have been dying to meet writer Meghan Daum, who will be on said panel. We're both the authors of home-themed memoirs and, from what I can gather, we both live in Echo Park. This will be a great night.

For mnore info:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?...

A Collector of Images

I wrote this piece for Etsy last month and am so impressed by the comments. I especially love the woman whose college professor was Nikki Giovanni (I read her poetry in high school, she was one of those who turned me on to being a writer, to the process of living through and by language.)

Lemme know what you think!

http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-...

My Favorite Blog

Um, do you know actress Mary Catherine Garrison not only has her own blog, but also, an Etsy shop for her handmade treasures?

I'm obsessed.

http://networkedblogs.com/p18635686

The IKEA Fourth of July Sale, the Modcloth review, and the dolls

Dear Blog,

I spent a productive Fourth of July weekend unpacking in our new home. There were three layers to this process, and yes, it felt like an archeological dig. First, the superficial layer - our stuff from the Brewery, the loft in LA where we've been living the last year. These were easy: clothes, files and a few books. Then the fun stuff: our boxes from New York and our furniture. A delight to see my Waldorf-Hysteria armoire again! More delight at unpacking my green dishes and th...

Moving Day. Again.

Today I am meeting with an LA Times reporter, who'll photograph the Brewery loft (documented here, earlier) and a couple other places I've lived in LA (there are roughly four other abodes, two of which were month-long housesitting gigs in Very Nice Places, and none of which were included in NO PLACE LIKE HOME) and then.... believe it or not.... I'm moving. Tonight. After publicizing the book all month, it feels ridiculous to stand in line at the PO to change my address (they won't take th...

Map Your Move!

This morning, I was on the Brian Lehrer Show! A total thrill. Although, since I'm back in LA, I had to wake up at the ass-crack of dawn in order to drive myself to a house with a landline (Thank you, Emerys!!!) so that I could be ready for Brian at 7:40 PST (10:40 to all you New Yorkers). But worth it.

The show is doing a project called "Map Your Moves" -- I'm about to go onto their site and map mine right now.

And here is the link to the show:

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2010/ju......

Home Is Where The Art Is

I first met the lovely and wickedly talented Jill Dearman because she was dating a friend. Or rather, a friend I'd fallen out of touch with. I think I ran into them once, and if memory serves me correctly, Jill said, "I like that girl. Let's invite her to your birthday party." And after that, no one was out of touch with anyone. And I've always credited Jill's big heart for bringing an old friend back and bringing a new one (her!) into my life.

This is her Barnes and Noble blog. In which ...

Spirited Woman

Hello! Today I guest blog on Spirited Woman:

http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/

The Idea Lab, JUNE 10

If you are in NYC, please join me on Thursday night, June 10, as the Play Company founder and artistic director Kate Loewald and I talk about creative process, sourcebooks and the play-to-prose situation as part of their IDEA LAB series. Followed by the SEASON WRAP PARTY on

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 at 7PM
THE HURON CLUB
15 VANDAM STREET
B/W 6TH AVE & VARICK
(The Cabaret downstairs at The Soho Playhouse)

More info at: www.playco.org