Last night, while out drinking with some of my favorite people, I checked my email via my fancy phone and saw that I’d received a message from an ex. I won’t go into too much detail. Let’s just say I think he’s full of shit, and I actually feel sorry for him. So, instead of […]

Blame it on the Badger. He was soliciting questions for his week-long stint as an advice columnist and the only inquiry I could think of was one that has plagued girls like me for … well, since the telephone was invented, I guess: why do guys ask for your number if they aren’t going to […]

A few weeks ago, someone from Hometown was doing a Google search of Hometown’s name and came across my mom’s blog. They found the first post she wrote, which she has since removed, about a dance recital my step-niece participated in. The post was a well written piece, following fundamental narrative structure, about how my […]

Last night, I had drinks with a friend who works at the symphony. We decided to go to a bar that is across the street from Benaroya, so I parked in the symphony hall’s garage. When we were finished, it was after 7:00 and I had to enter the garage through the artist’s entrance because […]

Today is my nephew’s birthday. He’s 2. I haven’t seen him since last November, and even though I’ll get to see him again this Thanksgiving, I miss him so much it gives me little tummy aches. I talk to his parents on the phone frequently. His mom and I have those marathon, three-hour conversations that […]

As you can CLEARLY see from the above photo, I saw Arcade Fire at the Paramount last night. This picture was taken a few moments after the tall guy sitting in the section below us finally sat down. I wasn’t sure how much time I had between his bouts of standing, so I snapped this […]

I know this could be shocking to some of you, but it turns out I’m a Democrat. I know. I know. Try to calm yourself. I was on Izzy’s site yesterday and found a link to this quiz. It helps you determine which political party you share values with. Once you take the quiz, you […]

Remember when you were 10 and desperately needed to know what your adult life had in store? You had a few options then: 1. your Magic 8 Ball, 2. twisting the stem of your apple to determine the first initial of your future spouse’s name, 3. MASH. Well, the precognitive devices of 1986 and the […]

I’m having car trouble. Major trouble. The kind of trouble that costs more than a grand to fix and keeps me bus- and friend-dependent for transportation. The kind of trouble that caused me to spend part of last Wednesday night sitting on a stranger’s stoop, my car blocking another stranger’s driveway, waiting for a tow […]

Most of the time, I love living on the West Coast. I like being surrounded by mostly liberal citizens. I like the clean air and open spaces. I like all the other cliches that come along with it. Then, there are times, like tonight, when I don’t like it as much. I’m sitting here watching […]