The Question of the Day

Hype, hype, hype. New Year's Eve is so hyped up that sometimes it can disappoint. How do you handle the biggest night of the year? Big p...

This morning, I woke up all out of sorts. My body, still on east coast time, thought it was late, when in fact, it was very early. Without a...

While relaxing in Vermont, my family and I watched The Sound of Music and Breakfast at Tiffany's . Last night, we searched for another ...

When I reached for my 472nd cookie, it was hard. "Awww," I whined. "The chocolate chip cookies are hard." "Put some...

When I hoped for snow , I had no idea Vermont would get a blizzard. Since I don't get to enjoy a lot of snow in LA, it's a special t...

My mom and I decorated these cookies yesterday. As I striped the candy cane cookie, she laughed and said, "Those stripes look like worm...

It’s like this I crunch through the snow Following the tracks she carves I remember her at my age Reinventing Shaping her - no, our - futur...

Every Christmas morning, my family begins our celebration with bagels, lox, cream cheese and all the fixin's. We used to tear into prese...

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! Clearly, I'm not in LA anymore. I'm visiting my family in Vermont and last night, when I went...

So while sitting at the kitchen island at my parents' house, my stepfather reads the New York Times online as I pull up The Question of...

One of my BFF's little ones wrote the following Christmas List to Santa: 1. A real dog. 2. A real cat. 3. A real computer. 4. A shooting...

In LA, underground parking garages can be somewhat freaky. You know, like subways in So. Cal. There's always something a little unsettli...

H and I always joke about her plan to take over the world. We imagine her in a lone house in the middle of the desert (somewhere around Stat...

It's holiday party season. People are booked up like libraries. What holiday parties are on your calendar? xoxo, Suzanne

My brilliant FB friend, D, posted the following: "My vote for wimpiest and most annoying Christmas song has got to be that Paul McCartn...

Blogger buddy, Dawn , posted about a book she wanted to love but just quite didn't. And that made me think about no matter how much I tr...

When my mother and stepfather got married, my biological brother, stepsister and stepbrother and I united under one roof to spend the summer...

When we children's book writers ultimately to decide to break out and write explosive tell-all memoirs or take a dip into writing eroti...

Last week, a tipsy Irishman challenged me to a lasagna contest. "HA!" I said. "What? I'm serious. My lasagna can beat you...

Yippeeee! It's 75 degrees and sunny today! I'm going to the beach for a nice long walk. Hot and sunny is my perfect Sunday. How woul...

Since I never got the burger I wanted yesterday, I'm going to get it today. But I'm not sure where I want to go. Where do you go whe...

I'm craving a cheeseburger, which inspired me to ask a question about them. But when I searched online for a picture of a cheeseburger, ...

Yesterday, Colleen F responded to the question about what musical instrument you would have liked to have learned to play by writing that as...

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a rock star. I sang at every talent show, fair, play and in any choir I could. When I got to LA, my roommat...

This morning, I have to go to the doctor to get some stitches out. Have you ever had stitches? What did you get stitched up? xoxo , Suzanne