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About Me

Hey - I'm out on book tour and won't be checking my MySpace page for a few weeks. To read my blog or get in touch with me, check out my website:

www.RaiseYourParents.com

I'll be back mid-May!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
NEW YORK, NY - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @ 6:00-8:00pm
Books of Wonder
18 W. 18th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
New York, NY 10011
For more information, call: 212-989-3270
DAYTON, OH - Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @ 7:00pm
Books & Co.
For more information, call: 937-429-2169
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 7:00pm
The King's English
1519 S. 1500 E.
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
For more information, call: 801-466-5151
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 11:00am
East Millcreek Library
2266 Evergreen Ave.
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
For more information, call: 801-944-7622
SEATTLE, WA - Sunday, May 4 @ 12:00pm
Ft. Lewis - Military Base
Building 5280 Pendelton Avenue
Ft. Lewis, WA 98433
(near Seattle)
REDMOND, WA - Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 3:00pm
Borders
16549 NE 74th Street
Redmond, WA 98052
For more information, call: 425-869-1907
SEATTLE, WA - Monday, May 5, 2008 @ 7:00pm
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
For more information, call: 206-366-3316
SAN FRANCISCO / PLEASANTON, CA - Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Towne Center Books (Mother/Daughter Pizza Party!)
555 Main Street
Pleasanton, CA 94566
For more information, call: 925-846-8826
PHOENIX, AZ - Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @ 7:00pm
Changing Hands
6428 S. McClintock Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85283
For more information, call: 480-730-1142
LOS ANGELES, CA - Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 7:00pm
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
For more information, call: 310-659-3684
GREENWICH, CT - Monday, May 12, 2008 - 2 Events
Parents Together Group Meeting @ 9:00am
Just Books & Arcadia Coffee Company, Mother & Daughter Dinner/Book Talk @ TIME TK
28 Arcadia Road
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
For more information, call: 203-637-0707
Ok, not to be totally self-obsessed but...
My book HOW TO RAISE YOUR PARENTS is on sale!!
How cool is that?!?! I still can't believe it's real.
Also, check out all the media that's covering me book: Teen Vogue interviewed me for a feature in their April issue (check it out!) and CosmoGIRL! asked me to write a story for their June/July issue. Not to mention M-Teen Magazine, Justine magazine, and a bunch of others that are writing about my book! I seriously feel like this is the best Christmas ever. I'm giddy every morning.
I'm just finishing copy editing for my second book BOYOLOGY 101 (which is about dating and guys, obviously) and I have a third book in the works.
The third book is on friendship and I need your help again! I really want to know what your biggest issues are with friends. What makes a good friend and what are your biggest friendship issues? My high school was a tamer version of Mean Girls but definitely not Little House on the Prarie. What's it like for you? Just message me!
Ok, and a few more details for those curious minds that want to know:
- I've lived all over (born in Houston, then moved to Dallas, then Atlanta, then Seattle, then Salt Lake and now New York. I loved them all but I think I'm a New Yorker at heart).
- I'm married to the greatest guy on the planet (sorry, ladies, he's mine!). His name is Grant and he gets hotter and funnier every year. I am SO lucky.
- I am learning how to cook. My New Year's resolution was to cook at least once a week and considering that the year is coming to an end :( I really should know how to make something other than chili and crock-pot chicken by now...
- I am constantly torn between getting a tattoo and not getting one. Maybe one day I'll just break out and do it. I kind of want a canary but Grant tells me that's kind of wussy. But what do guys know about tattoos? I've seen guys with Taz on their chests. Hmmm....
- I always sing along to songs but I NEVER know the right words. At least I'm smart enough to turn the music up really loud so you can't tell.

My Interests

Reading, skiing, riding my road bike along the Hudson, Tasti D Lite, riding my Vespa, anything crafty (I'm learning to sew), travel--Morocco is next on the list, red lipstick, writing, Grant, our canary Avey, jazz, fashion week parties, npr, handbags, salsa (the actual food, not the music although that's cool too), Audrey Hepburn, fall in NY, Neil Simon plays, cheap manicures and pedicures, the Sunday Styles section, afternoon naps, did I say Grant?, making up my own lyrics to songs, running into old friends, road trips, Cafe Lalo, free diet coke refills, the mountains, the Book Review, ok--the entire Times but only online, the KGB bar, Capri, when Grant makes me dinner, that new-book smell, humming, my niece Abbie Jane, pants you don't have to wear belts with, natural light!!, Montauk, Edward Hopper, decrepit architecture, The Great Gatsby, Gawker.com, Domino magazine

Music:

My all-time, better than any other song on the planet is Crimson and Clover. You just can't top that. I also just got into this old school 70s singer Donovan--you know the Mellow Yellow song? His whole album is good. Also: I still love Vanessa Carlton even though she hasn't done anything in a long time. Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake, The Velvet Underground, Kathleen Edwards, Cat Power (her new album deserves all the rave reviews it's getting), Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, Zero 7, old school Wyclef Jean, I'm getting back into REM, the music in Carmen, Leonard Cohen, an occasional dose of Brian Eno.

Movies:

Don't laugh, but one movie you MUST see is Josie and the Pussycats--you probably missed it in theaters but it's one of those silly movies that's is actually smarter than it looks. The whole thing pokes fun at itself. Oh, and I'm totally addicted to Planet Earth. I swear, every time I watch it I think I'm never going to buy another plastic water bottle again (and then I get thirsty when I'm downtown and cave in). And: Hot Fuzz, Little Miss Sunshine, Shakespeare in Love (best date movie ever), Amelie (Who doesn't love Amelie?), Dr. Zhivago, Wonder Boys, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket (love OLD Luke Wilson--not the new chubby, frat-boy Luke Wilson), Office Space (a classic), and there are about 100 movies on my Netflix queue that I move around every day.

Television:

My new favorite is the HBO show The Wire. The writing is so amazing and the actors really pull it off. I feel like I'm living in inner-city Baltimore when I watch it. I just wish this fifth season wasn't the last. I'm going through major withdrawal without new eposides of The Office. Also can't get enough of Grey's Anatomy and Law & Order (I think I may have seen every single episode and I STILL find myself watching the re-runs. Does that make me totally lame?)

Books:

My latest favorites are The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver--she is such a good writer!--and Everybody Into the Pool by Beth Lisick--one of the funniest women I've ever read!Old-time classics I can't live without are: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, Safekeeping by Abigail Thomas, Liars & Saints and A Family Daughter by Maile Meloy, Self Help by Lorrie Moore, Are you There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume, 1984 by George Orwell, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Good Night Moon, Dubliners by James Joyce, Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Heartburn by Nora Ephron, all of Henrik Ibsen's plays

Heroes:

Grant, my parents, Joan Didion, my best friend Kathy, Carmindy, my canary Avey (he's really dumb but VERY cute and fluffy), people who ride Vespas in NYC traffic, Nora Ephron, Jennie, Annie, Katie, Connor, my friend Chrissy who can totally rock a pearl-necklace and not look too Upper Eastside, Georgia Nicholson, and if I've ever told you that you're my hero, I meant it. I don't say that to everyone. I just forgot to put it here.

My Blog

Behind the Scenes on Book Tour

I have settled back home after being out on the road for 2 weeks. It's great to be back home sleeping in my bed and waking up at a decent hour, but I kind of miss being out doing events and meeting pe...
Posted by Sarah B on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:04:00 PST

I’m back from Book Tour!

While I was on book tour, I got to speak to a bunch of high school and junior high students in all different cities about how to deal with their parents. Let me just say, these were by far the best ev...
Posted by Sarah B on Mon, 19 May 2008 08:40:00 PST

I’m On Book Tour! Here’s my schedule

This morning I got up at the crack of dawn (literally the crack) to fly out to Cincinnati/Dayton for the first stop on my book tour. Check out the schedule below to see if I'm coming to your city. And...
Posted by Sarah B on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:27:00 PST

Ask Sarah B - You Ask, I Answer - Questions from Real Teenagers

Here's your weekly Ask Sarah B sesh. Remember if you want to ask a question and get some advice, you can email me at: [email protected] Question:Prom is in 2 weeks and my parents are making me come ...
Posted by Sarah B on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:07:00 PST

Cameras installed to watch teen drivers

If my dad could've, he would've installed a GPS chip in my arm when I was a teenager. He also liked teasing me that he kept track of the car mileage so he knew how far I was driving every time I borro...
Posted by Sarah B on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:27:00 PST

The Today Show!

It was so amazing to be on the Today Show yesterday. The day started when the town car picked up me, my mom, and Grant and drove us down to Rockefeller Center. After getting settled in the greenroom (...
Posted by Sarah B on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST

Girl Worth Getting to Know - Kayte Gyles

I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world because I get to meet some really, really cool teenagers - and 18-year-old Kayte Gyles is one of them. I met Kayte and her parents when they ...
Posted by Sarah B on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:44:00 PST

Newsweek, BookPage, and SmartGirlsRock Love my book!

First things first...remember that tomorrow I'm going on the Today Show! I'll be on around 9:00am so don't forget to watch. I'll post the video tomorrow after it goes on the Today Show website. I'm so...
Posted by Sarah B on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:37:00 PST

Should School Start Later?...Teens Need Their Sleep

My high school started at 7:30am. Every morning. Every weekday. It was excruciating.Looking back, I have no idea how I managed to ever show up to my homeroom class on time. Not to mention all the days...
Posted by Sarah B on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:32:00 PST

Ask Sarah B - You Ask, I Answer - Questions from Real Teenagers

Here's your weekly Ask Sarah B sesh. Remember if you want to ask a question and get some advice, you can email me at: [email protected] Question:There is this guy I really like that rides my bus. T...
Posted by Sarah B on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PST