Ellen Snortland

“You know, you don’t have to have kids,” my mother said in her upper Great Plains Norwegian brogue. We were having coffee on her lovely deck in the Black Hills

"Aug. 26 needs to be a voter registration holiday,” I said, over the din of plates and banda music at Altadena’s neighborhood gem, El Patron. The fragrant smell of enchiladas

“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak,” says fashion consultant to the stars, Rachel Zoe.

New York Times best-selling author Gavin de Becker says, “In Western culture, when a man says, ‘No,’ it’s the end of the conversation; when a woman says, ‘No,’ it’s the

I was sitting behind my huge oak executive desk when my black rotary phone rang. “I hated your videotape,” the gruff voice said on the other end of the line.

“I couldn’t tell if your play is a comedy or a tragedy,” said the clueless woman in my online playwriting class. “It’s both, just like life,” I said, while not

Everyone uses Post-it notes. We write things on them like “Muck out garage,” “Take package to USPS,” and “Enroll Lena in remedial puppy training.” Post-it notes were invented in 1973, and most people can't remember a time when we didn't have them. The 3M Company generates at least $1 billion annually from Post-it notes alone!

Everyone uses Post-it notes. We write things on them like “Muck out garage,” “Take package to USPS,” and “Enroll Lena in remedial puppy training.” Post-it notes were invented in 1973,

My birthday this year was filled with my favorite activities, one of which was visiting the Getty Center in Brentwood. However, our close-to-perfect visit was marred by an encounter with a “woke” indecent docent at the Getty.

“How about a movie at the El Capitan?” Ken yells from his office. “We get free popcorn.”