Let’s pretend we’re in Italy! Buy a bottle of Chianti & start planning your charcuterie plate! Virtually invite a friend! I will be live streaming a virtual book signing on Thursday December 3rd at 6mpPT/9pmET. Jackie Kashian will be hosting a Q&A with myself and Chris McGuire, who took the […]
We often say, “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but…” Let me preface this by saying, “I know who needs to hear this and it’s all of us.” Take care of yourself. Please. Get off the internet for long periods of time. Turn off C-Span or MSNBC. Don’t […]
Like all sane Americans whose heads are full of critical thinking and hearts aren’t full of hate, my private moments are spent fantasizing about Joe Biden being declared the winner of the presidential election and us actually getting to the moment when he can be sworn in, banishing the current […]
Everything in my house is broken. I have an AC that hasn’t worked since the end of April. Last week the vacuum cleaner broke. On Sunday it was the toilet’s turn. I dropped my phone and it stopped working. Then I fixed it and it started working. Then I got […]
Dear Men, We get it. You don’t like us women very much. Before you tell me you have a mom (duh) or a wife or daughters (poor things) or that you grew up with sisters (whatever) just save it. I am truly tired of arguing with you about this. I […]
In the spirit of “Stop waiting,” I’ve decided to release of few chapter of my murder mystery, Under the Tuscan Gun. If you like it, let me know. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER 1 “I’ve killed Elin and put her body in the trunk of my car.” Thus Sunny greets me […]
I was bitterly jealous of a young fictional boy whose story is supposed to make people happy. Watching Harry Potter for the umpteenth time, I was in awe of how 11 year old Harry was being thrown this lifeline: F inding out he was magical. And I was jealous. […]
If you’re reading this, you, like myself, are trying to do what you can but also facing your own economic uncertainties. No matter what our financial circumstances were before this, few of us will come out unscathed. And while it’s easy to identify the problems; crafting solutions that work is […]
Rome is like that friend you’ve known for 20 years and yet every time you get together you need to set aside 4 hours for dinner and even then you will still end up closing the place because you will never run out of things to talk about and stories […]
It’s the first full week of September and numerous news items leave me shaking with rage – or fear – or both on a daily basis. It seems impossible to believe that just 2 months ago I was in a place so magical I ceased caring about even eating, and […]
Whenever we land in Rome I never know what to expect, at least from ourselves. The Ancient City boasting still standing structures thousands of years old is constant; airlines and people, not so much. Will we be on time? We will be overcome by jetlag and unexpectedly sleep until noon? […]
Hey DCCC do I need to really write this letter? Do I need to tell you that no one has time for this shit? We are engaged in a war on all fronts right now and you just decided to turn a gun on the people in the trenches with […]