This year I have decided that I will try to do all of my Christmas shopping in our area, at privately owned shops, rather than at giant chain stores. This has been easy enough while shopping for the daughter, mother, sister, nieces, and anything with two x chromosomes and a complete disaster while shopping for the husband, brother, son, etc. Men are just impossible to shop for. They hate to shop and hate when women shop for them. How my husband and son manage to always be clothed is a mystery to me. So, I have turned to the internet in my quest for something, anything for the guys.
Ann Leary, author of The Good House
Author of The Good House
Yummy!
November 24, 2009 by 22 Comments
Some of you know my camera travails of recent months. Well, at the airport on Sunday, as I reached into my giant carry-on satchel for passports, etc. my new-ish camera leapt from the bottom of the bag in an apparent last bid for freedom before we boarded, and it landed on the hard floor, spinning crazily beneath the feet of our annoyed fellow travelers. The flash was destroyed. So now, all the indoor and nighttime photos you see will either, a)suck or, b) have been taken by my daughter Dev.
Yesterday, we walked and shopped. It was raining but just a little and very mild.
Dearest Readers
April 29, 2009 by 80 Comments
I am calling on you, once again, for advice. Denis and I are going to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner next weekend (in case you’ve missed my previous boasts about this.) I know that I claimed that I was going to wear the black dress that I wore to last year’s Emmys and the Golden Globes, but I have been talked out of it. The truth is, the dress is a little worn. There’s a stain. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE THERE, a friend finally had to shout at me.
This Old Thing?
January 5, 2009 by 25 Comments
Sorry I’ve been so quiet. I’ve been writing, so there’s nothing to report of interest. Just writing away.
We’ve been enjoying the kids so much that we’ve decided to bring them to LA with us for the Golden Globes next weekend. What am I wearing? THE EXACT SAME DRESS I WORE TO THE EMMYS! I know, aren’t I wildly daring? I’m doing this because a) I really like the dress, b) It seems wasteful to buy a gown and then just wear it once and c) I’m too busy with book to shop. It’s fine right? Nobody will even notice
Fashion Tip
November 11, 2008 by 11 Comments
Here’s a helpful fashion tip for the ladies: When tending to your barn animals, make sure you look your best, just in case your charming Irish blacksmith should show up a little earlier than announced. I recommend you try to duplicate the smart outfit I wore this very morning when farrier Eammon Gillespie arrived:
Fashion Rocks
September 6, 2008 by 10 Comments
Well, although I didn’t go to Fashion Rocks last night, I got to hear all sorts of backstage gossip from Denis and Devin and then I went online to see some photos and I’m going to try to see if I can put them here without having to pay some kind of licensing fee.
Wow, it works. Okay, I know he’s my husband, and I’m biased, but the man cleans up good. I love the way he looks in a suit. I guess he had to change suits every time he came onstage. Here he is backstage with Mary J. Blige:
My Poor Horse and My Poor Shoes
September 4, 2008 by 3 Comments
I have spent the past 24 hours just steeped in inspiration for my new book. So today, I awoke with the dawn and decided I would spend all morning writing.
I had plans to meet my friend Dani for coffee at 2:30, so I took a shower and put on a cute outfit (which I rarely do in the country) and donned a pair of adorable Marni flats that I bought at a 75% off sale at Louis in Boston over the summer. I knew that only Dani, who is very stylish, would appreciate the cunning little flats, as, honestly, to the untrained eye, they look like a tattered pair of canvas slippers.
Dressing Room Woes
August 27, 2008 by 8 Comments
It’s that time of year again. I must find myself a dress to wear to an awards show. An awards show with a red carpet. A show with a red carpet along which flocks of beautiful young starlets, models and actresses will daintily tiptoe in their Manolos and their Jimmy Choos, their perfect bodies draped in custom-designed finery, adorned with diamonds and carrying gem-encrusted clutches. Their lithe muscles will be toned to within an inch of perfection. Long of lash and leg., they will smile and wave; their hair swept up into elaborately glamorous cascades of lusciousness, their skin glowing with youth.
The Lambertson/Truex Show IN HOUSE
August 22, 2008 by 1 Comment
Some of you might recall that two weeks ago there was a little mix-up and although I had announced that my IN HOUSE Radio Interview with Richard Lambertson and John Truex was going to air that weekend, it did not air. This was due to a mistake that I am now humble enough to admit was partially my fault. There was some miscommunication about which show should air when.
IN HOUSE today
August 9, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Well, it’s Saturday again, which means that it’s time for another episode of my radio show, IN HOUSE. If you’re in Northwestern Connecticut you may tune it to WHDD 91.9FM at 2:00 to hear it broadcast. If you’re in other parts of the world, you can still hear it at 2:00 by going here and clicking “Listen Live” at 2:00. Otherwise, you may go here, any time after the broadcast to hear the podcast on my website.
