Yesterday I witnessed 400 acts of courage and patriotism. Went to a citizenship fair to check out volunteer opportunities. Saw 300 of my green-card-holding neighbors of all ages and colors, laboriously filling in their 32-page applications which will get sent off to our government asking for the chance to be interviewed, take the citizenship test, […]
Rolled out of bed, into sweats, and out the door to go shopping for clothes and makeup. I tell myself looking frizzy doesn’t matter because my money’s still green, right? But that’s really not the whole story, is it? I’ll be treated with respect anywhere in the mall because I’m a white lady. Today, on […]
Dispatch 2 of 2 from your reporter at the Orange County Women’s March: favorite signs seen along the route, by category. Category: Puns & Wordplay 1. WE ARE NOT OVARY-ACTING 2. IT’S UTER-US NOT UTER-YOU 3. IKEA HAS MORE QUALIFIED CABINETS 4. TRUMP LIES MATTER 5. RESISTANCE IS FERTILE 6. KEEP YOUR FILTHY LAWS OFF […]
Dispatch 1 of 2 from your reporter at the Orange County Women’s March: Streets full of thousands of smiles on all kinds of faces. Skies full of sun and cottony clouds. Voices and signs raised in joyful and peaceful resistance. A few of this reporter’s favorite moments: – We sing “America the Beautiful” together and […]
Office holiday party weeee! As if having it at Paramount Pictures wasn’t awesome enough thanks to boss’s connections there, I had a ton of fun setting up Ski Trip theme: “ski lift” with our staff headshots on little dangling skiers, dollar-store hat and gloves on each chair, paper mountains on the wall. Happy holidays to […]
Today’s quarterly retreat with my team! Theme: “It Takes A Gingerbread Village.” We put on our special personalized aprons (thanks dollar store and iron-on decals!) and Santa hats, ate way too many cookies, and decorated mini-gingerbread houses while occasionally singing along with Christmas carol playlist. Oh and we did some 2017 planning. And did I […]
Grateful to my friends who really do have “the best words” – the facts & figures at your fingertips, the tightly woven arguments, the sharp retorts that expose flaws in reasoning. Thank you for organizing people, thank you for holding others accountable, thank you for teaching & fighting for justice. I’ve always admired people like […]
This morning at San Vicente and Wilshire – and yet so far away from my LA and my America – I personally saw this hate crime sign that someone carefully painted, brought here, and placed against a bus shelter. I’m putting the pic below so please be careful in scrolling down if you don’t want […]
Plot twist! Lady zoomed in and stole the parking spot I was signaling to pull into. Gave her “Dude WTF?!” hands; she gave me a shrug. Fumed as I scoured the lot for another spot. Finally parked and started looking for a scrap of paper to leave her a note: Is this really who you […]
When I was teeny, sometimes my papa would take us to the candy shop near his house. It was a place of joy and wonder. Rows of shelves stretching out before me, towering overhead, bursting with treats. I loved it so much, I remember wanting to say goodbye at the end of one visit – […]