The Diary of a Gold-Digger

This is why pre-marital counseling is important. Because they make you TALK ABOUT THE MONEY. When you don't talk about the money, you ma...

Primo: Your mom sent us money for our anniversary. She didn't need to do that! Me: I know. Primo: She really didn't need to do that....

Before grad school, I worked in Austin for this company. This was back in the olden days when to conduct business with someone, you actually...

Sly is a singer. Or used to be. We asked Sly and Doris if they would sing at our wedding and they declined. Oh, they were out of practice. R...

March 2010 At Sam's dad's memorial service, we discover that one of the issues Sam and his brother faced was what to do with their f...

You guys! I thought I had published all the Ted stories. But I just found a draft of another part of the saga. What a jerk he was. Sheesh. ...

Have I ever told you guys about the time I got my bellybutton pierced? I was 39, I think, and saw my youth flashing before my very nearsight...

Me: Did you make The [obligatory to Sly and Doris if you don't call us you don't love us and we will punish you but darned if we eve...

I hired Esperanza, she who did laundry and cleaned windows, and things went well for a while. I recommended her to my friends. My friends li...

I told you guys about Marisol, my cleaning lady in Chile. It was a few years again before I had another cleaning lady. It took me 18 months ...

I know it seems like a rich lady, first world problem to complain about How Hard It Is To Find Good Help These Days, but that's not goin...

Sometimes, it's not so smart to google old boyfriends or men you thought were cute but way out of reach but who then kissed you anyhow a...

When I got back to the US after my stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile ("Peace Corps lite," we called it because we were in ...

Have I told you guys about the time I made the Mexican bus driver stop so I could run into the bushes and pee? No. I haven't. Because I...

When I lived in Miami, I didn't have a TV, so I needed things to do in the few short hours when I was not at work in the salt mines know...