I endorse the ‘you won’t starve’ policy. In our house you can eat what I made, or eat fruit & yogurt, or eat nothing. No one has starved yet.

My younger son, who has actual diagnosed sensory issues, loves avocado rolls. But not in roll form- he lIke’s his meal deconstructed. Do I ask the kitchen to do this? No, because I’m not an animal. I order him an avocado roll, then separate avocado, rice & seaweed into piles on his plate with chopsticks & bare hands.…

Sharing a room with my kids while vacationing. Nope. If there isn't a wall between us so I can experience silence and carnal pleasure, it's not a vacation.

Family Restaurants. Crappy cheese. Cheap wine. Boring TV. Boring books. Going to bed late. Harsh shampoo. Jeans that are in fashion but look like garbage on me. Any clothes that don't make me feel fabulous. Blah makeup. Inertia.

There are variations WITHIN the Dyson hand dryer world that he finds endlessly fascinating. In related news, we’re on a waiting list for an autism eval.

My 4 year old will talk about the relative merits of the hand dryers in every bathroom we've visited in the last 6 months if you have some free time.

I have a 6yo & 4yo. They’re no Angels, but they’d never do this shit. Because I say ‘no’ and mean it. A lot.

My husband just made partner - repeat, he is a JUNIOR partner - at a big fancy law firm, and he's billed at about $600/hr. I'm guessing none of these lawyers are junior partners.

I married a red headed man. We have two red headed children in Colorado, a mile closer to the sun. I have 3 types of sunblock in my purse AT ALL TIMES.

You’ll pry my Neutrogena from my cold, dead, lily-white hands.

You lie. I love my spiralizer! Zoodles for dinner? YASSS....

This feels really judgmental to me. I have a great, fulfilling 12 year marriage, and there have been times it totally sucked.

During his recent 4yo checkup my son very sternly told his pediatrician that he wasn’t allowed to touch his penis. It was actually awesome to know he internalized that message! And his doctor is great and reinforced the message (with the caveat that mom’s permission and presence made it ok for a doctor).

I have 2 kids & a very casual attitude towards nudity at home, but I teach my kids that out in the world they need to keep their bodies private. Like, wait until you close the stall door before dropping trou, don’t pee on the trees in the yard if friends are over, etc. ‘Private’ is my way of setting the boundaries…

Early last month I was a juror for a week on a trial being held in the same courthouse. It was very creepy just being around all the hubbub surrounding ‘the high profile case downstairs’. I was worried each time I went through the lobby that some crazed fan or family member would come barging in, guns blazing. I…

I have... 8 freestanding & 4 built in. I organize books by genre/author, but not alphabetically. Like, Shirley Jackson & HP Lovecraft are on the same shelf, as are PD James and Ruth Rendell. Kids books are divided into comic, picture book, storybook, and classics. Then there are professional books (his & hers,…

I've been on a shopping hiatus, but you got me thinking about Boden...and then they emailed me about their clearance sale...long story short, I'm going to look really cute in about a week.

Boden is fantastic.

Agree. I have a cool bright purple cashmere crew neck sweater that’s about 8 years old from them, and I love it. It was $100 at the time, which was great for what I got. I still wear it. I went in within the last year & couldn’t find anything I wanted to pay real money for.

Same with the Green River killer.