Newspapers and the planet’s best dad
When it comes to the news, my dad is, hands down, the most well-read person on the planet. And that is not an exaggeration. We’ve been getting 13+ papers delivered to the house for as long as I can remember. While I understand Dad does not seem to be terribly...
Book Soup, Anomalies and my love of independent bookstores
I love independent bookstores. I have since I was a little girl and I used to spend all of my birthday and babysitting money on books. My parents would take me to our local bookstore and I’d proudly shell out five bucks on a paperback which I’d devour in a day. And...
Fuck Alzheimer’s and Happy Birthday Jill Gascoine
I’m angry. I am so fucking angry at Alzheimer’s. Today is my best friend Jill's birthday. She is 79 years old and the last ‘real’ birthday we spent together was when she was 75. It was only four years ago that her blue eyes shined, her stunning face glowed and her...
An obit to my soon to be dead dog
I have always believed in death with dignity. I wrote a play about it. I have seen too many people suffer unnecessarily because of the law and the selfishness of those who prolong their compromised quality of life. And now, I’m having to stand behind my convictions....
Anomalies & How to sell out a book signing at Barnes and Noble.
Love. Literally, it is all about love. Now, granted, we wrote a terrific book. However, I have been to innumerable book signings for really terrific books that have had fewer than ten people in attendance. So, why did we have 120+ people and standing room only at West...
Randy Jackson is sexy and my first Anomalies book signing
Randy Jackson is sexy. You know when you meet someone in real life and they disappoint? I do. It’s happened innumerable times. 20+ years of living in Hollywood, I have run into my fair share of celebrities, celebutantes and everyone in between. Some stun me with...
#fuckalzheimers and why I walk
Today marked my fourth year captaining the Brixton Belles, a team of friends and family who walked to raise money and bring awareness to Alzheimers. We walked for our mothers, fathers, grandparents and friends. We walked for Jill Gascoine, an exceptional woman who was...
Happy Anniversary – 365 days of fitness
Who sticks with ANYTHING for a year? I don’t. I am the Olympian of getting excited about something, diving headfirst into the deep end and jumping out the millisecond it gets cold. I suppose, like most people, I love the initial challenge, the taste of success, the...
Making movies: Quality Problems, Sister Cities & My addiction to the Craft Services table
I’ve just come off of a whirlwind three weeks. I was literally LIVING THE DREAM being heavily involved in two films: one I wrote and acted in and one I am producing and acting in. Looking back on the past 21 days, feels slightly akin to a very long bender. I know I...
My second MudRun: Channeling Zack Mayo and…Sergeant Foley
Look, I have a very healthy imagination. And being slightly injured on my second 10k Mud Run, my imagination served me well. The race was at Camp Pendelton's Marine Corps Base and I had an entire military movie montage playing in my head. When I wanted to give...