Here I am, rocking the "O" and the "K" at the King County Library's Literary Lions Gala last weekend, along with a bunch of my author friends who clearly loved to ham it up in front of the camera (I'm talking about you, Cat Patrick,

I have no idea why it took me seven years into motherhood to take my boys to Baskin-Robbins (bad mom! And yes, I'm a bit of a health nut) but I did over the weekend and the result was total bliss. Hello pink bubble gum,

I was so honored to be invited to be a guest author last weekend at the King County Library's Literary Lions Gala in Bellevue. The event raised more than $250,000 for literacy programs, and I had the chance to mingle with some amazing authors, including

A friend recently shared this lovely little video documentary about 20 strangers sharing a first kiss. It's funny, sweet, awkward (can you even imagine being paired up with someone from the street and agreeing to kiss them? Eek!) and oddly touching---some of these couples have