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In 10 Years
I just watched the pilot of Thirtysomething for the first time, and the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is Tuesday. I got to thinking about what I’ve done in the last ten years, while I was Becoming a...
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Fried Okra a la Griffith
I joined a community garden today because my backyard garden has failed me two years in a row. Either there’s not enough sun, the squirrels are eating all my seeds and seedlings, or I’m doing something...
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Top 5 Fabulous Things of the Month
This is the condensed, no-photo version. 1. Coach Biest totally stole the last episode of Glee. Dot-Marie Jones is awesome, and I love her. 2. Hiking in the Olympic Peninsula and near Mount Rainier was...
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Thanks
This season, I am thankful for many things. I am thankful for an awesome (and growing) nuclear family that loves me and each other despite our ridiculousness. I am thankful for a happy home with a...
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National TV Premiere #3!
Why, yes. My third national TV series credit DOES share the screen with Ediie Cibrian’s dimples. Yes, it does. I’m a rational, professional human being, and I’ve edited footage of more than one...
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On Roommate Living
Since I went to college at age 18, I’ve had a total of 16 roommates. I recently moved into an apartment where I live alone, and it is a completely different experience. Radically different, in fact....
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Hiking in Utah: Part 1
I met Dad at the airport, and he greeted me: “Welcome to the next adventure!” We arrived in Grand Junction, Colorado, to the one of the most beautiful places I’ve seen out of an airport window –...
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Hiking in Utah: Part 2
The other half of our most recent hiking adventure was Canyonlands National Park. It’s one of the most stark, shockingly-untouched places I’ve ever seen. It struck the kind of primal fear in me I don’t...
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Lucky
I was looking through some old family history documents tonight, and I came across a typed letter from my grandmother. It’s addressed to my second cousins, and it shares her memories of their deceased...
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So Close!
Since I found out I could participate in working on TV shows while working in Dallas, not in LA or New York, Food Network has been my endgame. Recently, I got one step closer to that goal. I’ve been...
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Top 5 Fabulous Things of the Month: The Wedding Edition
1. Barry Griffith asked me to marry him at dinner for our third anniversary, and I said yes! Well, after about 10 seconds of silent shock on my part, he finally said, “This is the part where you say...
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The Wedding
On June 8, 2013, I got married! People kept telling me things would go wrong, and that it would be okay, and those are the stories I would love telling after the fact – but between me, my mother, and...
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Jeff in ICU
My brother Jeff is in ICU with several life-threatening health problems. He went into the hospital with pneumonia the day we left on our honeymoon, and his situation became extremely dire while we were...
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The Reception
We searched a long time for the perfect reception location. We finally found it when we walked into the City Club, which is a private club on the 69th floor of Bank of America Plaza, the neon-lined,...
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Vegasmoon
The morning after the wedding, we flew to Las Vegas for a few days of decompression. We had a European honeymoon planned for October, but we needed a few days to rest and unwind after all the...
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The Honeymoon: Scotland
We spent the months after our wedding getting the condo unpacked and in order and preparing for our two-week European honeymoon in October. My husband the planner had never been to Europe, but I lived...
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The Honeymoon: London
After Edinburgh, we took a train to London. Although eating as locals eat is one of my main travel objectives, we broke down and ate at McDonald’s at the Edinburgh train station. Even though it was...
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The Honeymoon: Paris
I lived in Paris for a semester at SMU, and I adored it. I learned to turn the French words I knew into language, I gained an appreciation for French New Wave cinema, ate beguiling new foods, spent...
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The Honeymoon: Venice
Our one full day in Venice was my 35th birthday, and it was AWESOME – my best birthday yet! Getting there, not so awesome. Although I adore Paris and just about everything in it, our experience at...
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44 Days With Blueberry
It never occurred to me, when I got pregnant for the first time, that I wouldn’t have control over the outcome of my pregnancy. I know that seems obtuse, especially with all the challenges I face as a...
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