How to Lose a Guy in Ten States

Warning: This blog post may be somewhat raunchier than the others. If you are extremely religious or you are one/both of my parents, I advise you to stop reading now.       So Terry and I got this opportunity to go to New York City to interview a Holocaust survivor with an amazing story of escape […]

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On The Road

Oct.4, 2013 2pm, Spartanburg, South Carolina: I sneak out of school early to Melanie’s awaiting car, weighed down so heavily by her belongings that it looks as if the bottom is going to scrape the ground as soon as we pass the speed bump leaving the parking lot. I immediately notice that it handles like […]

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Goodbye, Roommate #2

October 3, 2013 It is the last night Melanie will spend in this house, with us, Gamma Gamma Gimmel, the Jewish sorority. I am sad. Anyone who has read my books knows I have a very hard time saying goodbye. My sentimental side rears its ugly head, and I dissolve into a weepy, nostalgic mess. […]

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Upon Turning 40

 October 2, 2013 It is no coincidence that I began my first book, Living in Yen: How Not to Move to Japan Gracefully, with the sentence, “I celebrated my thirtieth birthday at the NuWay, the best little seedy bar in town.” Today I begin my new blog. Today is my fortieth birthday. It was ten […]

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