My mom thought Julia Child was silly. When I was a kid, I would watch her show and my mom would yell from the other room, “What is that silly woman yodeling about now?”

I wouldn’t respond. I myself often had no idea what Julia was on about. She talked about wine and cheese parties and coffee and champagne parties (!) and I had never in my life seen or heard of these things. She talked about feeding a hundred people at a party and I couldn’t fathom that many people at one party, let alone making each person their own little omelette. My mom microwaved scrambled eggs. They were just as awful as they sound. Read more

Everyone loves Ellen DeGeneres.  I honestly can’t think of a single negative thing that has ever been said about her, and in our current social climate, that’s saying a lot.  

Ellen makes the world a better place.  Her talk show is a daily ray of sunshine in a sea of garbage television, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  She’s a total business powerhouse with a record company, production company and lifestyle business. Her website, ellentube, is an absolute treasure trove of hilarity, perfectly curated with her signature sense of mischievous humor.  I spent two hours this morning doing “research” when I should have been writing this blog post. Not sorry. Read more