by Amy | May 8, 2013 | Giveaways, My Family, Vanity
A funny thing about raising a kid in Los Angeles is that you’re bound to run into some celebrity parents. Viv is not even 2 ½, but she’s already chatted up Pink and her daughter Willow, been cootchie-cooed by Amber Valletta at Trader Joe’s and met Don Cheadle outside...
by Amy | Jan 10, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
At my first day in Mommy & Me, I made a new friend. We seemed so much alike; both of us were bubbly blondes and first-time mothers to 3-month-old babies. We even shared the same alma mater. “What year did you graduate?” she asked, as excited as I was to find...
by Amy | Dec 11, 2012 | My Family, Shopping
My longest relationship just ended. It’s the one I had with my car. We first hooked up in 1998 when I was planning a move from New York to Los Angeles and my father generously handed down his 1992 Volvo 240. There was only one problem: I didn’t know how to drive. A...
by Amy | Aug 13, 2012 | My Family, Vanity
Has anyone ever made a comment on your appearance, positive or negative, that changed your perception of yourself, like, forever? For me, it was when a hair stylist described the natural color of my tresses as “mousy brown.” I was in my early 20s, trying to dress for...