Chandlers take Christmas seriously. I grew up thinking it was normal for the entire family to rush to the garage to witness the descent of Christmas decor from the attic. We have a home video of my dad and brother handing boxes down the ladder. The camera pans around the garage to children growing giddier …
Arizona Homecoming happened a couple weekends back. I’m on the road to recovery. The weekend was exhaustingly fun. Aside from not getting enough sleep, I think the emotional high is what’s the most draining. So many of my Wildcat brothers and sisters came back into town. The numbers seem to multiply each year, as we …
I read a Q&A with Baz Luhrmann in the WSJ a few days ago. The guy is a creative genius. Anyone who can envision the aesthetically-scrumptious Moulin Rouge or make opulent dreams reality on the silver screen in The Great Gatsby has my full attention. Even his name Luhrs me right in….(crickets). I’m not writing …
I’m Annie and I am addicted to new things (much to MG’s dismay). Ghandi would not approve of my smorgasbord of material possessions. I have never bought a LV or a Coach bag because I cannot get past the sticker shock (and to my not-chic self, I like the bags at Marshall’s and thrift shops …
I’m late late late on this, but I wanted to walk you through our Halloween 2014 inspiration and creation since we pour absurd amounts of time into our costumes each year. We thought 2014 was going to be a year to slack on Halloween, but as soon as we agreed to swim in the Fastest …
Character flaws. I have plenty. Every week, a new one broadcasts its ugly mug. I do not completely loathe myself, mainly I just surprise myself. Most recently one of my bosses at Anthropologie made a remark over our walkie talkies (yeah, we’re very CIA) criticizing me. Did she need to do that for every …
Had to endure this miserable view with dinner at the Hilton El Conquistador’s fantastic restaurant, Epazote. I’m a food writer, faux sure. I’m going to say it and shatter the facade I wear into restaurants. I did not choose food writing, but the editor of the local magazine I freelance for seems to think it …
The nutrition bar market is crowded. After watching Fed Up (watch it!) and reading It Starts With Food (read it!), I am always checking ingredients to make sure the products I love most in the world are made with wholly good stuff. Sadly, lots of the products I’m in love with are not. i.e. alkalized …
“I have written 11 books,” said the late Maya Angelou, who was renowned as a novelist, poet, and memoirist, “but each time, I think ‘Uh-oh. They’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.’” Angelou was a remarkable talent, but she was equally remarkable in …
I have oft heard the argument or sensed the belief that faith is a crutch for the feeble-minded. Hollywood’s response to anything God-involved is to laugh. I recently saw the critically-acclaimed movie Boyhood. The film was groundbreaking because it was a fictional depiction of a boy’s maturation filmed over a twelve year period with the …