Whenever I go home to West Coast for a visit, I inevitably slip into “West Code Mode”. I start talking slower, my west coast drawl re-appears, things like hippie vans, restaurants with menu items like “The Feel-Good Balancing Soy Burger” and overheard conversations about “soul travel” & “astral projection”, stop…

I didn’t have the New Year’s Eve I thought I would have this year. I’m usually all about NYE. I get excited. I buy a new dress. I stock up on Champagne even though I don’t even really like it, just because its New Years. I’m that annoying friend who…

Something I’ve learned so far in life: PERFECT doesn’t exist. This is especially true when it comes to relationships. The people you think have “perfect relationships” don’t. People love each other. People fight. People do dumb shit and make mistakes. People make up. This doesn’t necessarily make a relationship “bad”,…

Unlike me who tries to sugar coat everything, my sister is very blunt and says exactly what she thinks. She also likes to dole out what I like to think of as her unique brand of self help. (My favorite being last year’s zinger, “You used be cool Simone…..what happened?”)…

“You have this problem where you can’t just leave well enough alone. You always have to tempt fate. That’s how you end up in these ridiculous situations”-My Mom, 10 years ago. My Mom knows me well. I DO have this problem, where it’s like… I know the fire is hot…