GLAMOUR GIRLS GUIDE

Mom Blog

A sparkling little corner for navigating motherhood, family, life’s unexpected storms, and all the glorious chaos in between, with plenty of humor, heart, and a dash of magic.

  • Dear Adorable Ski Suit
    Dear Adorable Ski Suit with Bunny Ears, I spotted you from across the store and everything else disappeared. It was just you and me.
    Read More

  • My Advanced Pretending Skills
    If someone made a list of my skills, right at the top would be the one that makes me a favorite in the aged 3-10 crowd: advanced pretending. I can pretend my way out of almost any situation, from hard core trauma to election results to the price of hair
    Read More

  • A Wild Adventure in the French Quarter
    Do you know that feeling when you find yourself in the middle of something you never thought would happen to you? Something so dangerous your adrenaline storms your body so that your rational mind turns off and your instinct takes over? That’s how I felt when I found myself in
    Read More

  • The Viper Room
    When I returned to 8852 Sunset to show my children this summer, the logo on the side of the building seemed to rustle and quiver with aching memories, and I longed to tell them but what could I say? What could I tell them of sweaty nights and thumping bodies
    Read More

  • Tragedy Jukebox
    At any given moment, my brain is a tragedy jukebox, saying, “Hmmmm, which tragic moment shall we replay in elaborate detail for Marci right now?” Heart-shattering memories slice into my daily life with wild abandon, as I am forced to relive overwhelming loss. So I sometimes ask myself, how do
    Read More

  • The Nita & Zita Project is going to Hollywood!
    I’ve been trying to patiently wait but it’s been killing me, so today is FINALLY the day I get to announce that The Nita & Zita Project is heading to Hollywood!It’s no secret that I’m wild for Hollywood’s Golden Age so to screen our scrappy handmade tale of wonder at
    Read More

  • Looking for Miracles: On the Road with the Movie
    It was quiet, with only the sound of the river. I have spent my life looking for miracles, so when Sharon and I were driving down the desert highway in New Mexico, with cell service long gone and our only entertainment the gallivanting tumbleweeds crossing the highway, we saw a
    Read More

  • Haponopono: A Few Little Words that Changed My Life
    I hesitate to share this story because it’s so deeply personal, but when something has this big of an impact on me, I want to share it, just in case there’s someone out there who can relate.  A few weeks ago, as I sunk into my delicious nightly ritual of
    Read More

  • Shoe Shopping
    Oh Hello Darling! Where have you been all my life? In all your exquisite luminescent pink? Your delicate curving arch, like a quivering rainbow of invitations… I wasn’t looking for you, oh no. I was looking for a gorgeous storm-proof boot that could withstand slush, and not the pretty pink
    Read More