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EllenByerrum

  1. Fashion Star, more ugly pants. Really? I may have to turn the channel.
  2. Just catching a bit from Fashion Star, someone made pants with a crotch halfway down the thigh. Yuck! Lose.
  3. Went to Benjamin Moore for a color match, two days, didn't work out. So I went to ACE Hardware and got a perfect match in 15 mins. Wow.
  4. Wondering what Gwyneth Paltrow and Chloe Sevigny are trying to prove with their peek-a-boob dresses at the Met Ball.
  5. Loving the photos from the Met Ball. Sofia Vargara looks incredible. Did Kristen Stewart look in a mirror? Confusing.
  6. Came back home to a yard full of weeds, a foot high. Bought a weed whacker, but the flu has impeded our progress with the lawn. .
  7. Working on a short story. new characters new situation. But still a mystery.
  8. Post conference flu. Will be reading all day. Hope the rain holds up.
  9. These days the school groups in their neon t-shirts are thick around the monuments in DC.
  10. Wonderful trip to D.C. leaving today but taking memories with me, including the Portrait Gallery and Latin music at the Carlyle Club.
  11. Thanks to the people at Restaurant Eve who gave me a beautiful quiet space to conduct a radio interview on Monday.
  12. Had a fabulous time yesterday at Mount Vernon with husband and friends. New sheep, George's teeth, beautiful day.
  13. Slight mix up time wise for the blog talk program. Now it will be at 2 p.m. eastern time.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/writingstrongwomen
  14. I'll be on the blog talk radio program, Writing Strong Women today at noon Eastern time. Archived if you miss it. blogtalkradio.com/writingstrongw…
  15. Tired but happy after Malice Domestic, Thanks to my fellow panel mates, Lee Goldberg, Hallie Ephron, and Kate Collins, and Jennifer Stanley.
  16. Enjoyed coverage of WH Correspondents Dinner. Fondly remember going three times with my sources. Nerdy, maybe, funny yes. Fun, yes.
  17. Malice Domestic, busy. Met a lot of new people this morning at Malice Go Round!
  18. Interview on Blog talk radio April 30. Details at blogtalkradio.com/writingstrongw…
  19. Swag buckets for 4 winners at Lights, Camera, Action at my panel at Malice Domestic panel this Saturday, 9:30. Includes my books.
  20. So much paperwork to do before going to Malice Domestic. Trying to plow through it.