Happy Birthday to Me!
Today is my birthday. Which one is irrelevant, as I have stopped counting. Believe me, I know which one this is, but I don't feel like...
The Serial Entertainer Confesses
This morning, I was greeted by a text message from a friend, alerting me that my recipe for Chicken Provencal, one that was beautifully...
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign...
Until recently, I never had much of an understanding of, let alone an appreciation for, book signings. I kinda lumped them into the same...
"Books are awfully decorative..."
I just received my "author's allotment" of my fourth book, "The Serial Entertainer's Passion for Parties." These are the books the...
My Big Fat Midwestern Life
It's one of those textbook late summer mornings here in the Milwaukee suburbs. The lawn is dry and embarrassingly brown, and the cicadas...
Love, Sydney
Did you know that there was a sitcom in the early 80s called "Love, Sidney?" It starred Swoosie Kurtz as a single mom living in New York...
"Why do the wrong people travel, travel, travel, while the right people stay at home?"- El
When I first heard those marvelous Noel Coward lyrics, I assumed they were directed at me. You see, for those who know me well or view my...
The Accidental Decorator
I have always resisted calling myself an interior decorator or designer. While I am certainly proud of my BFA in Fashion Design from...
I got you, Babe...
West Hartford, Connecticut, where I grew up, is such a typical New England suburb that movies requiring a typical New England suburb were...
After a Fashion
Pauline Trigere, the great American fashion designer, told me, “You’re a much better writer than you are a designer!” I should probably...
