In was in the car with my mom, on my way to run an errand. She took my time in car captivity to ask 17-year-old me about a girl in town who had died from OD-ing on ecstasy. My mom asked me about “the ecstasy” and I was all snarky, like “what do you know about drugs, MOM?” [eye roll] She responded “You know, the one…

And the people that like to shit on her forget that she attended Le Cordon Bleu and I believe her childhood, spent helping her mother raise her four younger siblings, influenced the concept. Oh, and if she started today and called it “food hacks” people probably wouldn’t be as harsh.

That’s not an actress. It’s an edit of a real Nigella clip.

My wedding.

It was the summer before grad school and even though I wasn’t supposed to start my internship until August, my supervisor invited me along to a three day conference in June to get to know the rest of the team. I was completely nervous but stoked to give a great first impression. About one day into the conference, I…

I think I’ve got the creme de la creme. When I was 12, my family took a trip to Disneyworld. The first day there we did the usual rides, food, etc. (Tower of Terror is the shit!!!!). While waiting in line for The Great Movie Ride I started getting a little groin pain. At first I thought I just really needed to pee.…

I despise the rule that women over "insert age" should not have long hair. Luckily, I'm blessed with thick wavy Italian hair, I have 4 kids, and have always rocked my long hair. I'm 52 and it's at my waist. When said kids were little, braids, ponytails, buns, etc. Same for work. I get the most compliments on my…

Yup, sure did. I had a dress that I only had tried on once in the store before the big day. Two weeks before, went bra/spanx shopping with mom. We glance at slips. "Do you need a slip?" "I'unno." (I don't do dresses normally. I'm a web developer and pretty much rock the T-shirt/jeans developer look.)

So yes, I put this…

the bit's bizarre cruelty was made even more bizarre by the fact that the two have barely ever interacted...